ANTONIO ORTEGA. Faith and Entusiasm
The work of Antonio Ortega (Sant Celoni, 1968) deals with social behaviour and social dynamics. He often creates «records», employing a strategy similar to that of a fable, with easily recognisable reference points to exemplify or illustrate different situations. For instance, in Record of frailty (1966) he forced a plant to grow inside a long […]
JENS HAANING. Antonio, Aurangzeab, Deniz, Ecevit, Faysal, Hakan, Murat, Oemer, Radovan, Sambas, Shabeer and Dennis
The work of Jens Haaning (Copenhagen, 1965) focuses on the composition of our society and on strategies for communication and for expressing power. The notion of «frontier» to determine the idea of belonging or exclusion is fundamental to his discourse. Haaning explores the complexity of cultural assimilation from two points of view: that of the […]
LUIS BISBE. Pin-pan-pum
The projects conceived by Luis Bisbe (Malaga, 1965) are very often based on an out-of-the-ordinary perception of space. At times he achieves this by making spatial drawings, produced with elastic bands and steel cables that criss-cross the room from wall to wall. These drawings create columns and doorways (Pilot apartment, Galería Salvador Díaz, Madrid, 2001, […]
ANGLE OF VISION: 143o. Objects in the rear view mirror are closer than they appear (ENG)
One of the principal features of present-day artistic proposals is that they raise more questions than they answer when it comes to the mechanisms needed to make us change, or at least question, our perception of things, our perception of the world in which we live and our perception of our own selves. If we […]
ANGLE OF VISION: 143o. Objects in the rear view mirror are closer than they appear
One of the principal features of present-day artistic proposals is that they raise more questions than they answer when it comes to the mechanisms needed to make us change, or at least question, our perception of things, our perception of the world in which we live and our perception of our own selves. If we […]
2a Bienal de Berlin
Diversas localizaciones en Berlín: Postfuhramt, Allianz Treptowers, Kunst-Werke Berlin, S-Bahnbögen Jannowitzbrücke Del 20 de abril al 20 de junio del 2001 “No soy una teórica. Yo me baso en lo que considero que es relevante en arte y lo que creo que está cambiando en el mundo del arte. Me importa el discurso crítico del […]
Al filo del espejo
Mirror’s edge. BildMuseet, Umeå, Sweden (21 de noviembre 1999 – 20 de febrero 2000); Vancouver Art Gallery ( 18 de marzo 2000 – 9 de julio 2000); Castello di Rivoli, Torino (5 de octubre 2000 – 14 de enero 2001); Tramway, Glasgow (2 de marzo 2001 – 15 de abril 2001). El hecho de que […]
THE AWAKENING OF ATTENTION. PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE
THE AWAKENING OF ATTENTION – PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE Historically, the public space has been and still is a reflection —or a narration, as Walter Grasskamp (1) has called it—of political wills, social fabric, cultural dynamics and economic framework, as well as of the reorganization and expansion of our cities. In this shared communal […]
Sobre miedos e inseguridades
En 1970 el escritor austríaco Peter Handke publicaba el libro El miedo del portero al penalty. Explícitamente en el título y en la trama de la novela, Handke utiliza una situación y una imagen omnipresente en la cultura de masas. El autor utiliza el momento concreto en un partido de fútbol como metáfora de la […]
Entrevista con Peter d’Agostino
Entrevista con Peter d’Agostino, por Montse Badia Nacido en 1945, Peter d’Agostino empieza a trabajar en el campo del vídeo en 1971. Desde entonces ha continuado explorando tecnologías cada vez más sofisticadas y profundizando en su reflexión en torno al concepto de interactividad. Sus proyectos, que muestra en forma de instalaciones, acciones o acontecimientos televisados, […]
