Zeno ReminderUqbar Foundation (Mariana Castillo Deball and Irene Kopelman)
| Nov ’09 |
| 13 |
| 12:00 pm |
| Nov ’09 |
| 22 |
| 1:00 pm |
Opening Nov. 13, 6-8pm
Screening Nov. 13, 7pm
November 20, 7 pm, Reinaldo Laddaga, will read his libretto “Summer Maneuvers”
Mariana Castillo Deball and Irene Kopelman’s project “Zeno reminder” for Performa 09 installation, plays with the bonds and ruptures between nature and technology, based on the futurism motto that machines will improve human nature in terms of efficiency and speed. What would be the style of a creative automaton? ? Probably a spasmodic machine, one that itself feels the need to produce disorder, turning its own codes completely upside down. Like the spasmodic machine, our technological Culture must “fail” if it is to succeed, for its very failures constitute the thing that it is trying to measure, harness, or predict. If the predictions of science were completely exhaustive, would nature become technology itself and vice versa? Sculpture-structures inspired by the dynamic shapes created by Fortunato Depero will serve as a set for both a display of objects – sculptures, drawings, a screening and a series of readings.
Screening Nov. 13, 7pm: Nobody was Tomorrow (2007, 15 min.) by Mariana Castillo Deball
In the style of a childrens tale, this video consists of three characters telling their own stories: an accelerating aging machine in Belgrade’s National Library; a huge ficus tree inside a House of Culture in Cacak, Serbia; and the archaeological remains of the Roman baths, also in Cacak, Serbia.
The Uqbar Foundation was initiated by artists Irene Kopelman and Mariana Castillo Deball in 2006. It aims to generate a platform for interdisciplinary practice and discussion, creating a dialogue among artists, scientists, and institutions, and developing new ways of collaboration with different areas of knowledge, individuals and institutions such as museums, universities, archives and libraries. Recent projects include Philosophical transactions at the historical observatory in Cordoba, Argentina; A for Alibi, a long term project in the collection of scientific at the University Museum in Utrecht, including an exhibition at De Appel in Amsterdam and a publication; and participation in the Blackmarket for Useful Knowledge and Non-Knowledge in Istanbul, curated by Jennifer Teets and Anselm Franke.
Co-presented by Performa and Cabinet. Curated by Defne Ayas.
On view Nov. 13-22, Tuesday through Sundays, 12-6pm
FREE
