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'Banquete sinestésico' de Erick Beltrán en Halfhouse
Sun, Oct 30 2011
Erick Beltrán realizará una cena-performance transformando con la ayuda
de un chef el espacio Halfhouse en el comedor para un banquete,
utilizando los platos como base de su discurso. La performance es un
estudio del fenómeno de sinetésia como metáfora para la práctica de la traslación. Erick nos presentará una variedad de platos llevando al
invitado a una exploración culinaria y histórica.
Beltrán ha realizado este tipo de evento analizando el concepto de sinestesia en dos ocasiones anteriores: la primera fue en la Kadist Art Foundation ('A
dinner with...', 2008) y recientemente en Villa Arson (2010), en el
contexto de la exposición 'Double Bind/Stop trying to understand me!'.
3 mesas, 30+/- invitados.
Inspeccionando la cocina para obtener pistas acerca del misterioso menú...
Ingredientes revelatorios...
Nos dicen que el segundo plato está descansando...
más pistas... parece que en el medievo cuando no se tenía pescado a mano, se preparaba este plato a base de hígado
el tedioso trabajo de pelar huevos de codorniz
Primer plato casi listo...
Erick ultimando su presentación
Invitados empiezan a llegar y a degustar el aperitivo especial de la noche, el cocktail Snake in the grass
Empieza la cena-performance
Entrante: Aspic de huevo de gallina y huevo de codorniz, acompañada de anguilas y cilantro
Sigue la charla...
Presentación oficial del primer plato: codorniz dentro de una perdiz, dentro de una gallina de Guinea, dentro de un pato, dentro de un pavo, o algo así...el 'campo expandido' de una matrioska/Turducken. Se acompaña con una salsa de higos y/o garo
Por cierto exquisito...
Siguen los diagramas...los ourobouros...la patafísica...el yo y el super-yo...
Segundo plato: boquerones dentro de una lubina dentro de un bacalao. Buen provecho. 
Sobre cómo leer el futuro observando las partes de un hígado...
Tercer plato: conejo con chocolate...
Sirviendo vino con hinojo como acompañante del postre (no comestible): música futurista
Muchos cocktail, muchas Estrella...
Apocalíptica cocina post-cena...
Erick Beltrán (México DF, 1974. Vive y trabaja entre Barcelona y
México DF) estudió Artes Visuales en la Universidad Nacional de México
(ENAP-UNAM), entre 1993 y 1997. Posteriormente, participó en residencias
artísticas como ENSAD, París (2000-2001) y Rijksakademie, Amsterdam,
(2002-2004). Ha realizado diversas exposiciones individuales incluyendo
Enciclopedia, Galería OMR (Ciudad de México, 2005); Punchdrunk, SMAK
(Gent, Bélgica, 2005); Analphabet, Stedelijk Museum Bureau (Amsterdam,
2005); Réplica (con Jorge Macchi), Muca Roma (Ciudad de México, 2004).
Además, ha participado en exposiciones colectivas como la Bienal del
Mercosur (Porto Alegre, 2005); Algunos libros de artistas, Proyectes SD
(Barcelona, 2005); Prague Biennale 2 (Praga, 2005); Circuitos/Circuits,
Matucana100 (Santiago de Chile, 2005), Bienal de Sao Paulo (2008),
Manifesta 8 (Murcia, 2010) y más recientemente la actual 11ª Bienal de Lyon.
All photos: Latitudes | www.lttds.org (except when noted otherwise in the photo caption)
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Update: Contents of the forthcoming publication 'Amikejo' to be realised in January 2012 by Mousse Publishing
Mon, Oct 24 2011 |
| Photo: Courtesy Musée de la Vallée de la Greule |
As announced on our previous post, we are currently editing the forthcoming catalogue 'Amikejo', which concludes the exhibition cycle that has taken place at the Laboratorio 987 in MUSAC, León.
One of the main essays (aside that by Prof. Peter Osborne around the philosophical and the historical development of the 'project space' as a type of art space) is that by Prof. Ryszard Żelichowski, Director for Scientific Research at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, titled "Neutral Moresnet and Amikejo – The Forgotten Children of the Congress of Vienna", which narrates the story of the small state Neutral Moresnet which, in 1908 became the first Esperanto state and changed its name to 'Amikejo' ('a place of great friendship' in Esperanto).
Below an excerpt of what's to come...
One of the main essays (aside that by Prof. Peter Osborne around the philosophical and the historical development of the 'project space' as a type of art space) is that by Prof. Ryszard Żelichowski, Director for Scientific Research at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, titled "Neutral Moresnet and Amikejo – The Forgotten Children of the Congress of Vienna", which narrates the story of the small state Neutral Moresnet which, in 1908 became the first Esperanto state and changed its name to 'Amikejo' ('a place of great friendship' in Esperanto).
Below an excerpt of what's to come...
Upon
Napoleon’s defeat in 1814, the victorious coalition faced the need
to introduce a new order in Europe. European citizens could gain
entirely new borders for the states they inhabited; first and
foremost however, the coalition saw hope for the improvement of the
terms of their nation’s existence. The Congress of Vienna had to
deal with these challenges while reconciling the often contradictory
expectations of both big and small states.
One such challenge was posed by an
area of what had been the Aubel canton during the French Empire,
which today is part of the Belgian municipality of Kelmis. This
territory – more precisely a small part of it – wedged between
what is today Belgium and Germany enjoyed a certain amount of
independence for over a century, and had many attributes of a
sovereign state: its own anthem, flag, currency, and postage stamps.
This mini-state, Neutral Moresnet (1816–1919), has been mostly
forgotten by historiography, and
almost two hundred years since its creation, I would like to
commemorate the extraordinary fortune of this tiny piece of land at
the heart of Western Europe.
Title: 'Amikejo'
Edited by: Latitudes
Publisher & Distributor: Mousse Publishing and MUSAC
Format: 22,5x15,5cm, 200 pp, hardcover
Language: English/Spanish
Print run: 1,200
Date of publication: Spring 2012
Follow the project on Latitudes' Twitter #Amikejo
Details of the forthcoming 'Amikejo' exhibition catalogue published by Mousse Publishing
Thu, Oct 6 2011 |
| Poster of the exhibition cycle. Designed by Latitudes. |
We are now editing the 'Amikejo' final publication to be released by Mousse Publishing in Spring 2012. The 200-page-publication will include essays by:
Peter Osborne (Professor of Modern European Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University London);
Ryszard Żelichowski (Professor and Director for Scientific Research at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences);
Theo Beckers (Former Professor of Leisure Studies at Tilburg University and currently faculty member of the Tilburg Sustainability Center and Visiting Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences);
Prof. Dr. Menno Schilthuizen (Research scientist at NCB Naturalis, an endowed chair for Insect Biodiversity at the University of Groningen and an Associate Professorship at Leiden University)
amongst others, as well as texts on each exhibition by Latitudes.
In the meantime some images of the exhibitions on Latitudes' flickr, including the final exhibition 'Amikejo: Fermín Jiménez Landa & Lee Welch', on view at the Laboratorio 987, MUSAC, until 15 January 2012. More soon!
All photos: Latitudes | www.lttds.org (except when noted otherwise in the photo caption)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Newsletter #37 - October/octubre 2011
Mon, Oct 3 2011
THIS MONTH...
Participation in the symposia 'Antimonuments: Critique of Public Space', Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Saturday 22 October 2011. Coordinated by Ángela Molina and with the participation of Iria Candela (Assistant Curator, Tate Modern, London), Patricia Esquivias (artist, Madrid), Latitudes (independent curators, Barcelona) and Racons Públics (curator/architect, Barcelona).
UNTIL 15 JANUARY 2012...
'Amikejo: Fermín Jiménez Landa & Lee Welch', fourth and final exhibition of the cycle 'Amikejo' at the Laboratorio 987, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, 24 September 2011–15 January 2012.
Read article by Bea Espejo (El Cultural, 2 August 2011) related to the artists' work and their collaborative working process (in Spanish).
'Amikejo: Fermín Jiménez Landa & Lee Welch', fourth and final exhibition of the cycle 'Amikejo' at the Laboratorio 987, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, 24 September 2011–15 January 2012.
Read article by Bea Espejo (El Cultural, 2 August 2011) related to the artists' work and their collaborative working process (in Spanish).
Follow #amikejo
FROM THE ARCHIVE...
Coinciding with the first anniversary of the beginning of 'The Last Newspaper' exhibition at the New Museum (6 October 2010–9 January 2011), readers are now be able to flick through the pages of the exhibition catalogue via Issuu:
#0 Contents + Index; #1 The Last Post; #2 The Last Gazette; #3 The Last Register; #4 The Last Star-Ledger; #5 The Last Monitor; #6 The Last Observer; #7 The Last Evening Sun; #8 The Last Journal; #9 The Last Times; #10 The Last Express.
Read the first issue 'The Last Post':
Read the first issue 'The Last Post':