Notes related to Video
ALŸS AND THE COLLABORATIVE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GAME AT SERRALVES
Francis Alÿs (Antwerp, Belgium, 1959) began, at the end of the last century, to abandon the exclusivity of his body as the subject of the actions of his artistic proposal to begin to explore the possibility of finding and employing other subjects for this purpose. With this idea, the figure of children gained more and more importance in his production and became the sign of identity of a new stage for the new millennium.
WITNESSES OF AN EXTENDING TERRITORY - VIDEO PROJECT AT PINTA BAphoto
The eighth edition of Video Project, curated by Irene Gelfman, invites us to immerse in the concept of territory through the moving image. In video art we find a sense of curiosity and exploration that challenges our ideas of materiality and expands to embrace the most intimate. In six selected works, the notion of territory addresses bodies, landscapes and symbols, questioning the stability of physical and conceptual limits. The territory becomes a fluctuating space, as critical as the viewer's place.
CHAOS THEORY AT THE GUGGENHEIM BILBAO
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Metahaven. Chaos Theory. This is the first exhibition of the year in the Film & Video room, a space that the Museum dedicates entirely to video art, audiovisual installation and moving image as artistic languages, and which celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2024.
EXPLORING THE MULTIVALENT NOTION OF DISPOSSESSION AT THE MAC PANAMÁ
Pies bajo fuego: sobre el espejo (Feet under fire: on the mirror) is the two-part exhibition at MAC Panama. Curated by Miguel A. López, it explores the multivalent notion of dispossession and its forms of representation through a group of video works from the last decade.
ANCESTRAL CLOUDS ANCESTRAL CLAIMS. ANTI-COLONIALIST CINEMA AT VIENNA
Ancestral Clouds Ancestral Claims is Arjuna Neuman and Denise Ferreira da Silva’s first solo exhibition in Austria at Kunstalle Wien. It is centered around the presentation of new work.
VIDEO PROJECT PINTA BAphoto 2023: THE MOVING IMAGE
Video Project is the section of Pinta BAphoto dedicated exclusively to the moving image. In its seventh edition, the common thread is the relationship of bodies with the environment and the notion that in every act of looking there is an expectation of meaning, where the important thing is not seeing, but the way we process and relate things. Tickets are available for Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30, and Sunday, October 1 at Ticketek.
A REFLECTION ON HOW WE RELATE TO NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY - VIDEO PROJECT & SCULPTURE GARDEN
Last two days to visit Pinta PArC, Peru Contemporary Art! In its tenth edition, the renowned fair presents the sections Sculpture Garden, curated by Max Hernandez Calvo and Video Project, curated by Irene Gelfman.
AN UNCERTAIN PLEASURE: QUESTIONING THROUGH TIME & SPACE
The exhibition at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá (MAMBO) in conjunction with the Cinemateca de Bogotá presents works that highlight and manifest sociopolitical questions, identity politics, the representation and fragmentation of the body, performativity and performance, globalization and diaspora.
IN THE DEPTH HEAT LEAKS. THE EXHIBITION OF LAURE PROUVOST
Currently on view at La Casa Encendida, In the depth heat leaks is Prouvost's first solo show in Spain and traces the path of a 12-year period in which she has produced five audiovisual installations.
HERRAMIENTAS: THE REVOLUTIONARY TRANSMEDIA GAMING PROTOTYPE BY ARTIST LEO CASTAÑEDA WITH OTRO INVENTARIO
Locust Projects presents Herramientas (Levels & Bosses), a transmedia gaming prototype by multimedia artist Leo Castañeda with Otro Inventario. The immersive installation invites visitors to play the videogame and enjoy the artist’s oil paintings, virtual reality experiences, sculptural gaming furniture, immersive video and more.
CARLOS MOTTA PRESENTS YOUR MONSTERS, OUR IDOLS IN WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Colombian Artist Carlos Motta is presenting his largest exhibition in the US to date. Your Monsters, Our Idols celebrates commitment to radical difference and the debut of his Wex-commissioned project.
TACITA DEAN IN LUXEMBOURG
This solo exhibition devoted to the work of acclaimed artist Tacita Dean, which is presented across the two galleries on the upper floor of the museum, is formed around two recent projects: a trilogy of works designed for The Dante Project (2021), a ballet inspired by The Divine Comedy, and One Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting (2021), a 16mm filmed conversation between the artists Luchita Hurtado and Julie Mehretu.
THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM PRESENTS “DEATH TO THE LIVING, LONG LIVE TRASH” BY DUKE RILEY
The artist has created a full-fledged maritime museum within the walls of the Brooklyn Museum, debuting approximately 250 new and recent works made entirely out of discarded plastic found in New York waterways. DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash, a critical, provocative look at the ecological impact of capitalism across centuries, connects the history of American maritime art to current themes of environmental justice.
MEDIA POINT IN PINTA PArC – LIVE TALKS, VIDEOS AND MORE
With the curatorship of Verónica Santalla and the collaboration of Miguel López, this meeting space is proposed in a hybrid format, combining in-person talks at the Pinta PArC auditorium and audiovisual content.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ORIGIN WILL BE IMPORTED BY THE ORIGIN OF THE SUBSTANCE – ARGENTINE PAVILION AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
In this 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, the largest contemporary art event in the world, the artist selected to represent Argentina is Mónica Heller, who will show in the Argentine pavilion the video installation entitled The Origin of Substance Will Matter the Importance of Origin. The project, which has the curatorship of Alejo Ponce de León, was chosen among the 40 proposals that were presented in a public and open call.
FRANCIS ALŸS WILL REPRESENT BELGIUM AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
For the 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, the Belgian Pavilion (Flemish Community) has invited curator Hilde Teerlinck and artist Francis Alÿs to develop an exhibition project. For the Belgian Pavilion, Alÿs will present The Nature of the Game, an exhibition featuring a selection of films and a series of paintings. Almost all of the films will be new productions.
ROLF ART OBTAINS THE LEXUS AWARD FOR THE BEST STAND AT ARCOmadrid
Lexus, official partner of ARCOmadrid 2022, awarded for the second year the Prize for the Best Stand and Artistic Content of the edition with a prize of 10,000 euros. The purpose of the award is to highlight not only the great work that all the artists do in their galleries, but also those who stand out for their great presentation.
MÓNICA HELLER FOR THE ARGENTINE PAVILION AT THE 2022 VENICE BIENNIAL
Heller's proposal has been selected from more than 30 preliminary projects presented in an open call through the Argentine Foreign Ministry and consists of a multi-channel 3D animation video installation. The curator of the exhibition is Alejo Ponce de León.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – “NATURAL TRANSCENDENCE” AT OOLITE ARTS MIAMI
This group show curated by Rhonda Mitrani presents artworks that reflect an ethereal sensibility toward nature. During a time when we were forced to stay home, away from public spaces and other people, the relationship between humans and nature shifted, causing a Natural Transcendence, and a renewed sense of gratitude for the natural elements that surrounds us.
CLAUDIO CORREA: OVERCOMING A RESISTANCE
PHOTOGRAPHY UNDER FLORIDA’S SUN - OOLITE ARTS
Oolite Arts in Miami exhibits Feels like 97°, a video and photography group exhibition curated by Michelle Lisa Polissaint.
MoMA’S COLLECTION GALLERY EXHIBITS MARTA MINUJÍN’S “MINUCODE”
The exhibition includes this piece by Argentine artist Minujín which exposes a meta-narrative of the art world and other spheres, their different agents and interrelations.
THE BEAUTY OF DANGER AS STIMULUS – NAN GONZÁLEZ IN PINTA CONCEPT
With the curatorship of Félix Suazo, Pinta Miami 2021 becomes a scenario for immersive and thought provoking installations. The aim of Pinta’s section Special Projects is to accentuate the individuality and artistry of contemporary artists who, through their works and installations, bring to life the concerns and possibilities of the near future.
TREMOR: SANDRA RENGIFO EXPLORES THE NOTIONS OF BODY, MATERIALITY AND LABOR AT CASA HOFFMANN
TREMOR collects and revisits the reflections on painting, cinematographic noema and experimental video that Sandra Rengifo started in 2016 with the work Los Lirios del Campo y las Aves del Cielo. It is a kind of "synthetic Neo-romanticism" that gathers the premises of existentialism, the process of the everyday, the revisiting of the past and thinking about the present: carrying bodies, diseased bodies, caring bodies, bodies suffering from inclement weather.
MAMBO EXHIBITS “I DREAMT THE LANDSCAPE WAS LOOKING AT ME”
The Museum of Modern Art Bogota presents I dreamt the landscape was looking at me, by Jessica Mitrani in in collaboration with Alex Czetwertynski. It is optical device that invites the viewer on a hypnotic journey suspended between reality and fiction, personal and public, resulting in a spontaneous and non-linear narrative.
SOMXS PODEMX - VIDEO PERFORMANCE BY PONCILÍ CREACIÓN FOR EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
Known for their fantastical and improvisational approach to puppetry, Poncilí Creación is an art collective composed of identical twin brothers Pablo and Efrain Del Hierro who describe their practice as “speculative alchemy.” For their newly commissioned performance Somxs Podemx, the group takes to the streets for a durational progression across the neighborhoods of San Juan, the duo’s hometown and where they have been in quarantine during the global pandemic.
CECILIA BENGOLEA EXHIBITS “ANIMATIONS IN WATER” AT GUGGENHEIM BILBAO
Three recent works by Cecilia Bengolea (b. 1979, Buenos Aires) are featured. She is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice merges video, choreography, and sculpture. Following the thread of water and movement flows, this exhibition presents a selection of works where the artist’s reflection on dance, the sensorial interplay between the body’s interiority and its surroundings, as well as the rhythmical relations of social communities and nature, symptomatically manifest through the choreographic language.
HEAVEN’S GATE - MARCO BRAMBILLA’S EXHIBITION AT PAMM
A lavish, satirical and vertigo-inducing meditation on the Hollywood ‘Dream Factory,’ Heaven’s Gate is a work of digital psychedelia employing the same state-of-the-art computer compositing technology as the films it references. On view at the Pérez Art Museum Miami until early 2022.