DORA GARCÍA (Barcelona) "THE ARTIST WITHOUT WORKS: A GUIDED TOUR AROUND NOTHING"

Reede, 21. november / Friday, November 21 at 18:00 18:30 19:00

Esitab / Performed by Michelangelo Miccolis

"Kunstnik ilma teosteta: giidiga ekskursioon mittemillegi ümber" on giidiga ekskursioon kunstinäitusel kunstnikust, kes keeldub midagi tootmast. Giid räägib sellest kunstnikust, kuid samas ei teavita publikut mitte millestki. Publik jääb tühjade kätega, sest kogu aines on ruumist justkui evakueeritud. Mis juhtub kui eemaldada valemist aktiivne element ehk siis kunstniku töö? Nagu keemiline reaktsioon, kus aktiivne element ilmneb alles kõigi teiste ainete eemaldamisel. Mis juhtub siis järelejäänud elementidega: näitusesaal kui kontekst, publiku ootused, lõppmulje, ja teised kaasaegse kunsti kirjutamata reeglid? Ühtäkki muutuvad need nähtmatud elemendid nähtavaks ning asetsevad samal tasemel ilma tähelepanu hajutava kunstiteoseta, just sellepärast, et kunstnik seda esitlenud ei ole. Kõhe tunne täidab tühja ruumi, kus valitseb kunsti puudumine.

Dora García (s. 1965, Valladolid) õppis kauneid kunste Salamanca ülikoolis Hispaanias ja Hollandis Amsterdamis asuvas Rijksakademies. Ta elab ja töötab Barcelonas. Dora García kasutab näitusepinda platvormina, kus uurida suhet külastaja, kunstiteose ja koha vahel. Selleks on kunstnikul kasutada interaktiivsus ja performance. Dora García tööga suhestudes hakkame otsima väiksemaidki märke, mida juhisena kasutada.  Kunstnik tegeleb tõeluse ja kujutelma eristamise ja põimumisega ning seeläbi muutuvad külastajad fiktiivseteks tegelaskujudeks: mõnikord nad teavad seda, teinekord aga mitte. 1999. aastast on ta loonud töid ka internetis (doragarcia.net). Ta esindas Hispaaniat 54. Veneetsia biennaalil 2011. aastal. Valik näitusi: Kunsthaus Bregenz 2013; (d)OCUMENTA 13; Kassel 2012; Gwangju Biennial, Korea 2010; Lyon Biennial 2009; TATE Modern, London 2008; Centre Pompidou, Paris 2008; SMAK, Gent 2006; MUSAC, Leon 2004; MACBA, Barcelona 2002

Michelangelo Miccolis (s. 1981, México) on etenduskunstnik teatri- ja visuaalkunsti vallas. Bakalaureusekraadi omandas ta Londonis Brunel University filmi- ja televisiooniõppes ja magistrikraadi Veneetsias asuvas IUAV University teatriõppes.

Ta on esinenud tuntud rahvusvaheliste kunstnike projektides, sh: Tino Sehgal, Saksamaa paviljon, Veneetsia biennaal 2005; Fondazione Trussardi, Milano 2008; The Unilever Series, Tate Modern, London 2012; Romeo Castellucci / Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Paradiso, maailmaturneel 2008-09; Marcello Maloberti, The Ants Struggle on the Snow, Performa, New York 2009; Dora Garcia, Hispaania paviljon, Veneetsia biennaal 2011; Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam 2014. 2009. aastast on ta teinud koostööd visuaalkunstniku Davide Savoraniga produktsiooniassistendi ja etenduste koordinaatorina.

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The artist without works: a guided tour around nothing consists of a guided tour in the museum, about an artist that refuses to produce anything. The tour-guide speaks about this artist but at the same time is not informing the visitors about anything. The public is left empty-handed because all materiality seems to be evacuated from the situation. What will happen if the supposedly active element, the work of the artist, is eliminated from the formula? It works like a chemistry experiment where the active element in a substance comes to be known only by eliminating every other element. What will happen to the elements that are left: the museum as context, the expectations of the public, the verdict afterwards, and other unwritten rules of contemporary art? All of a sudden, these invisible elements become visible and are horizontally placed without an artwork that could distract the attention, exactly because the artist never presented it. An uneasy feeling fills the empty space where the absence of art rules. 

Dora García (b. 1965, Valladolid) studied Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca, Spain, and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, Holland. She lives and works in Barcelona. Dora García uses the exhibition space as platform to investigate the relationship between the visitor, the artwork, and place. To this end the artist often draws on interactivity and performance. By engaging with Dora García's work we develop a sense to begin reading even the smallest signs as possible signifiers. The artist engages herself with the question of what is real and what is fiction, and thus visitors become protagonists in a fiction: sometimes knowingly, sometimes not. Since 1999 she has created several works on the web (doragarcia.net). She represented Spain at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011.

Selected exhibitions include: Kunsthaus Bregenz 2013; (d)OCUMENTA 13; Kassel, 2012; Gwangju Biennial, Korea 2010; Lyon Biennial 2009; TATE Modern, London 2008; Centre Pompidou, Paris 2008; SMAK, Gent 2006; MUSAC, Leon 2004; MACBA, Barcelona 2002.

Michelangelo Miccolis (b. 1981, Mexico City) mainly works as a theatre and visual arts performer. He holds a BA in Film and TV Studies from Brunel University (London, UK) and a MA in Theatre Studies from IUAV University (Venice, IT).

He has performed extensively in projects by major international artists including: Tino Sehgal, German Pavilion (Venice Biennale 2005), Fondazione Trussardi (Milan 2008), Tate Modern, The Unilever Series (London 2012), Romeo Castellucci / Socíetas Raffaello Sanzio, Paradiso (on world tour 2008-09), Marcello Maloberti, The Ants Struggle on the Snow, Performa (New York 2009), Dora García, Spanish Pavilion (Venice Biennale 2011), Stedelijk Museum Bureau (Amsterdam 2014). Since 2009 he has collaborated with visual artist Davide Savorani as production assistant and performance coordinator.

photo: Michelangelo Miccolis by Davide Savorani