A group Project: "Forçar lo present"by Rosa García (+5)
Observation, exchange and brainstorming in a transversal and multidiscipline way. Build a bridge between two cities: Berlin and Palma.
From a common concept, a team of six persons from Berlin, Palma and Lisbon, starting the search for others participants for the exposition, the location and the management of the events, what will be solved during the online meetings of the participants in the internet. Alba, the fluorescent rabbit by Eduardo Kac will be the starting point. It's an open project, which is in its working process. Still under construction!
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.
