Text by: Lucila Vilela

Green Cloud Factory

There was a time when industry formed part of the urban space and people coexisted peacefully with the presence of smoke. Then the factories were moved away from the centers and the old chimneys became obsolete; they remained abandoned and almost inconspicuous.

español

español

No es casualidad que Georges Didi-Huberman haya dedicado todo un libro a reflexionar sobre el baile de Israel Galván. En “El Bailaor de Soledades” el autor  escucha, observa y revela el arte del bailaor. “Israel Galván no se muestra. Aparece.”, nos dice Didi-Huberman.

28/06 - 16/11/2011

No ver para creer… este es el secreto de la instalación Architecture as Air del arquitecto japonés Junya Ishigami.

Se trata de una reelaboración de la pieza con la que Ishigami ganó el año pasado el León  de Oro de la 12 Bienal de Arquitectura de Venecia. Adaptada esta vez al espacio de la Curve Gallery de la Barbican Art Gallery (Londres), se trata de una estructura tan delicada y transparente que a penas puede verse.

The power to educate or to seduce, to heal or to scare, to tame or to arouse, to unite or to divide...

From cave murals to digital pictures, images have always had a profound impact on human thought.

Hence, they’ve been often seen as carriers of ideas, used by the political or religious leadership in order to propagate ideologies and direct the masses towards one direction or the other.

Written in response to the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art’s invitation to speak on the subject of art and worship, the following three short essays suggest possible readings of selected works by three contemporary artists that engage with significantly different concerns through their practice.

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BILL VIOLA, Dolorosa, 2000, Color video diptych on two freestanding vertical LCD flat panels framed and hinged together, 11 minute loop, 16 X 24 1/2 X 5 3/4 inches, Edition of 5