states of utter silence: 2010

Monday, 13 December 2010

INFLUENCES 001

Female Brazilian avant-garde artists working in the 1960´s-70´s
Using the format of the box and the book as restricted and contained vehicles.

Mira Schendel
Mira Schendel. Untitled. 1960s

Untitled, 1960
Image from www.moma.org

Lygia Clark

Unidade series, 1958

Anna Maria Maiolino
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Trajectoria I, 1976
Image from http://cadernosafetivos.blogspot.com/

Lygia Pape
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Livro da Criação, 1959
Image from http://cadernosafetivos.blogspot.com

Saturday, 11 December 2010

ARTE POVERA

'The name means literally 'poor art' but the word poor here refers to the movement's signature exploration of a wide range of materials beyond the quasi-precious traditional ones of oil paint on canvas, or bronze, or carved marble. Arte Povera therefore denotes not an impoverished art, but an art made without restraints, a laboratory situation in which any theoretical basis was rejected in favour of a complete openness towards materials and processes.' - www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=31

WATCHING- Painters Painting by Emile de Antonio, 1972

Documentary which focuses on the American art world between 1946-70. Artists such as Robert Rauchenberg, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Jasper Jones speak about their work and the world that revolves around it. Only part of the documentary shown here.- http://www.ubu.com/film/deantonio_painters.html

I have recently found a copy of the book "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970" by Henry Geldzahler in a charity shop. This book is a perfect complement for this doucmentary. In fact Geldzahler (Curator of Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the time) also features in this documentary.

WATCHING- Ways of Seeing by John Berger

'Ways of Seeing was a BBC television series consisting of visual essays that raise questions about hidden ideologies in visual images. The series gave rise to a later book of the same name written by John Berger.' - http://www.ubu.com/film/berger_seeing1.html

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

SKETCHBOOK 006

Pages from sketchbook dated Feb- Sep 2010.
Ideas using my student´s unwanted-thrown-in-the-bin photographs.

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

SKETCHBOOK 005

Pages from sketchbook dated Feb-Sep 2010

Monday, 6 December 2010

SKETCHBOOK 004

Pages from sketchbook dated Feb-Sep 2010

Copyrighht (C) Ana Vicente 2010

Sunday, 5 December 2010

QUOTE - Fernando Pessoa

" Tenho pensamentos que, se conseguissse realizá-los e torná-los vivos, acrescentariam uma nova luz ás estrelas, uma nova beleza ao mundo e um maior amor ao coração dos homens."

SKETCHBOOK 003

Pages from sketchbook dated Oct 2010- Present

SKETCHBOOK 002

Pages from sketchbook dated Feb-Sep 2010

Sunday, 7 November 2010

SHOWS- Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the Barbican

Nearly ninety
The legacy tour

Merce Cunningham's last work before his death on 26th July 2009, was premiere in London at the Barbican in October. It was first shown in New York on his 90th birthday, 16 April 2009.

This was the first time I saw a live preformance of Cunningham's work. Managed to buy a ticket at the last minute after listening in the radio about the show.

When I arrived at my seat (GG13) the dancers were unexpectedly on stage warming up. Did some quick sketches.
Unforgetable experience.
Full admiration for the dancers who have performed with astonishing beauty.
Perfect combination of movement and sound.

In his work, Cunningham is interested in creating the possibility of a new experience. Through looking and listening, figuring out that it shouldn't look like something else, but instead making us think of what is that we are looking at.

Choreography by Merce Cunningham
Music by John Paul Jones, Takehisa Kosugi, Sonic Youth

Décor by Benedetta Tagliabue

Costumes by Romeo Gigli for io ipse idem

Lighting by Brian MacDevitt

Video by Franc Aleu

http://www.merce.org/

Monday, 18 October 2010

WATCHING- William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

54th BFI London Film Festival

William S Burroughs: A Man Within

By Yony Leyser

Documentary that looks back at the life of William Burroughs through the eyes of his friends. Includes some rare archive footage and interviews with amongst others: Laurie Anderson, Patti Smith, John Giorno, Peter Weller, Gus Van Sant, David Cronenberg, James Grauerholz, Jello Biafra, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth,....

SHOWS - Trisha Brown Dance Company at the Tate Modern

Sunday 17 October 2010, 13.00-14.30
Early Works (1968-1975) presented at the Tate Modern as part of Celebrating Trisha Brown

Trisha Brown in Avalanche Magazine Summer 1972

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

READING 003 (and watching/ listening)

CHANCE
Documents of Contemporary Art
Edited by Margaret Iversen
Whitechapel Gallery Ventures Limited, London
MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2010