Collection(s) : Contemporary artists = Artistes contemporains
Paru le 16/10/2003 | Broché sous jaquette 159 pages
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Lucy Orta Orta's work examines the social bonds within communities and the relationships between individuals and their environments. In the early 1990s Orta began a series of works that combined architecture, fashion and social activism. These works took the form of prototype clothing and portable shelters for emergency situations. Orta's work has since grown to incorporate interdisciplinary workshops, contemporary dance and other actions that explore notions of identity, shared space and networking. These projects include collaborations with such marginalized groups as the unemployed, the homeless and immigrants. Orta has staged solo exhibitions and performances at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris (1996), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (1998), and the Wiener Secession, Vienna (1999). She has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (1995), the Johannesburg Biennale (1997) and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo (1998). In addition Orta frequently works outside the usual art world of gallery and museum exhibitions. Orta is currently the first Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Fashion at the London College of Fashion, part of The London Institute, and heads the new master programme 'Man and Humanity' at the Design Academy in Eindhoven.
Italian curator Roberto Pinto traces the development of Orta's work and the social and political factors that her projects are a response to. French critic and curator Nicolas Bourriaud discusses with Orta her working practices. Maia Damianovic examines in detail the work 70 x 7 The Meal, a dinning project for an infinite number of discussions and encounters. For the Artist's Choice Orta has selected a texts by her husband, Argentinian artist Jorge Orta with whom she frequently collaborates, and by French philosopher Paul Virilio who's interests in urbanism and new technologies reflect her own. Orta's writings include preparatory drawings and diaries that record her projects, and an interview with Paul Virilio.
Interview Nicolas Bourriaud is a curator, art critic and writer based in Paris. Bourriaud is currently Associate Director (with Jérome Sans) of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. His writings include the novel L'ère tertiaire (1997) and critical writings such as Esthétique relationnelle (1998), Formes de vie (1999) and Postproduction(2002). The exhibitions he has curated include 'Aperto', XLV Venice Biennale (1993) and 'Traffic' CAPC Bordeaux (1996). Bourriaud was the founder of the magazine Documents sur l'art and cultural review Perpendiculaire.Survey Roberto Pinto is an independent curator based in Milan. Among the exhibitions that he has curated are 'Short Stories', Milan (2001); 'Arte all'arte', Tuscany (2000); 'Transform', Trieste (2002); and the series 'Lectures La Generazione delle Immagini', City of Milan (from 1994). Pinto teaches contemporary art at Bergamo Academy.
Focus Maia Damianovic is an independent curator and art critic, based in Paris and Vienna She contributes to various publications, including Tema Celeste, Artpress and Trans Magazine. Damianovic's curatorial projects include 'The Invisible Touch', Kunstraum Innsbruck (2000); 'Days of Hope' Frame Program of the Venice Brennale (2001) 'Enactments of the Self', steirischer herbst (2002); and 'To Actuality', Arge Kunst Bozen (2002).
Artist's Choice Jorge Orta is an artist and architect, and is married to Lucy Orta. He was born inArgentina in 1953, and is now based in Paris. Amongst his most emblematic projects are his large-scale ephemeral light projections. For the XLVI Venice Biennale, he proposed a nocturnal mobile pavilion on the grand canal, painting the Venetian palaces with light images. Paul Virilio was born in Paris in 1932 and now lives in La Rochelle, France. From 1968 to 1998 he was professor at the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris. Virilio is an internationally know philosopher, and in 1990 was appointed programme director at the Collège International de Philosophie, Paris, headed by Jacques Derrida. Artist's Writings Lucy Orta The work of British artist, based in Paris, Lucy Orta crosses the bounderies between fashion, architecture and performance. She has exhibited extensively over the last decade and been included in such exhibitions as the XLVI Venice Biennale (1995) and the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale (1997). Orta's artist writings include working drawings, project transcripts and an interview with entirety for the first time.
