This installation is intended to create a situation of nonsense to link the increase of the level of the sea water with the domestic universe of a bathroom where we daily spend a lot of water. This connection is made through the overlap of the projected image of the sea on 4 side shower curtains, which forms a cubic space. The rising of the water till the horizon will create the illusion of an aquarium that is filled, but before it overflows is emptied by the action of the sound of a toilet flush. This action is repeated cyclically referring to the tidal cycle, or the wave of our day to day. If the installation is experienced inside the curtains, people have the feeling of the paradox of being immersed, although they are in a dry environment.
The enter and exit of the interior of the installation will create movement in the curtains that can be associated with the sea breeze, which carries the situation to the open air, so there is no need to create an extra device for this purpose.
The combination of different elements creates on the observer the sense that something is off-site, but the intention is that is precisely the disparity that works as a driver of meanings.
PHASE #1 | Research Paulo Marques . Rita Abreu . Rosa García
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DURAS, Marguerite [1988] "A barrier against the Pacific", Lisbon, Difel
This novel illustrates the eternal human struggle and desire to dominate nature. In this story a family with little money buys a supposedly arable land, however, after the first sowing in June, the tides come and lead the Pacific with all the planting. "The mother" did not move up and stubborn resolve the various farmers in the vicinity to build a dam against the Pacific. The dam is completed but against all expectations at the time of the tides, yields and is destroyed by the waves. Its location was on the migratory route of crabs and these, to meet their life cycle, with its passage destroyed the foundations of the dam.
Here is concerned the complex system that is the nature, which may never be seen as a direct relationship between two subjects, but as an interrelationship that is not an end in sight.
"Al-gore o mago" reached on March 29, 2008
This reference is linked to ulterior motives or readings of the film, through political and economic interests of various entities and private companies (Al-gore), which aspire to control the growing called clean energy.
"In the U.S. company Enron Corporation, owner of the largest companies in the world in wind energy and solar energy, and the second largest in Russian natural gas after Gazprom, has (with the support of the Clinton government) that was established in 1998" international treaty "of Kyoto (the Japanese city where it was established) and whose aim was and still is, economically penalize those countries that more carbon dioxide (CO2) launch into the atmosphere, mainly as a result of energy production based on Combustion of coal. "
"But we must remember the tropelias political and business that have been implemented, mainly from the United States (USA), with the purpose of enrichment of some transnational companies in handling the basis of" public opinion ", as sensitive as ignorant in theme of "climate change".
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Catalogueof the exhibition Multiple dimensions, organized by Sociedade Lisboa 94 and the Centro Cultural de Belém, 1994
In this exhibition were presented several artworks involving multimedia resources. Among the artists who participated are: Dan Graham and Gary Hill.
This catalog can be found in the Reading Room of the Centro Cultural de Belém
ACCESS; reached on March 25, 2008
"ACCESS is an an interactive installation that lets Web users track anonymous individuals in public places, by pursuing them with a robotic spotlight and acoustic beam system."
This interactive installation work at 3 levels: of who is "caught", that it chooses the "victim" and spectators who attend.
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... ROBB, Susan; reached on March 25, 2008
Artist multimedia mix that the interest in the environment and application of new media in their work. Beyond its official website one of their proposals is available in http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=VuFwaf7u82s
"Susan Robb's sculptures and built environments transform common objects into ideological hybrids of flesh, nature, and technology. Drawing on empirical observation, reflection, and imagination about her immediate surroundings and contemporary social issues, these hybridizations are open-ended investigations into the kaleidoscopic intersection of culture and nature, speaking of the intelligence of nature and dynamic systems. "
TOKODI, Edina; reached on March 25, 2008
Artísta This is part of a broader trend of art and urban intervention of a fun way and criticism. They make reference to the lack of green spaces in cities and increasing the distance between the rural and urban. GUERILLA GARDENING: Strategies for Greening the Hood is an article with a few more references about this trend.
