Cosy
Universe Mostra Multimedia de Arte Brasileira 2004
The workshop will be run on the
23th and 24th October 2004, 12:00 to 16:30 hrs.
The exhibition will run on 30th
and 31st October 2004.
Private View is on 30th October 2004, 18:00 to 20:30
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CU Cosy Universe_2004
is the first Festival of Multimedia Art from Brazil in London.
The Festival is part of the celebration of the second anniversary
of the magazine Jungle Drums.
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CU Cosy Universe_2004
consists of two interrelated events:
A workshop run by Brazilian artist
Giacomo Picca,
An exhibition of multimedia art by Brazilian artists,
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The workshop will be run
on the 23th and 24th October 2004, 12:00 to 16:30 hrs.
During the CU Cosy
Universe_2004 workshop Giacomo Picca will invite visitors
to find new uses for recyclable materials either found in
situ or brought in by the participants.
The workshop will culminate
in the creation of a collective installation re-contextualising
those materials in relation to the architecture of the building.
The workshop will be run
on the 23th and 24th October 2004, 12:00 to 16:30 hrs.
All the process will be
documented and catalogued on the Internet.
http://www.giacomopicca.com/cosy_universe_2004.html
The exhibition will run
on 30th and 31st October 2004.
Private View is on 30th October 2004, 18:00 to 20:30 hrs.
CU Cosy Universe_2004
will also comprise an exhibition of multimedia art by Brazilian
artists. The exhibition avoids enclosing the works of these
artists under any particular theme, and instead presents the
works as the product of idiosyncratic and sometimes contrasting
experiences.
The artists
Fernanda Chieco
Flavia Fernandes
Gobira
Daniel Marques
Marssares
Eduardo Padilha
Marcia Thompson
Tetine
Beto Valente
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CU Cosy Universe_2004
is curated by Giacomo Picca.
It will take place at 142
Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, London E5.
The venue is a disused factory that is being converted into
a space for multicultural activities.
Brazilian artists
celebrate their encounter in London Article
in Portuguese, click here
By Theo Ferreira
This article was originally published in the newspaper
Brazilian News, London, on October 14th 2004 by www.BrazilianArtists.net.
Brazilian art seeks
a place amongst the busy cultural agenda of London.
On 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st of October the 1st Brazilian
Art Multimedia Exhibition will take place in London. Named
CU Cosy Universe_2004, the event has as its curator
the Brazilian artist Giacomo Picca and consists of two different
artistic interventions: firstly, a workshop given by the curator
and, secondly, an exhibition with works of various artists
including Fernanda Chieco, Flavia Fernandes, Gobira, Daniel
Marques, Marssares, Eduardo Padilha, Tetine, M·rcia
Thompson, Beto Valente and Dado Amaral.
The exhibition will take place in Hackney (142 Lea Bridge
Road, Hackney, London E5); in an old factory no longer in
use whish has been transformed in a multicultural space.
For the workshop, which is going to happen on the 23rd and
24th, Giacomo invites visitors to experiment with recycled
materials found in the factory or brought by participants.
The workshop will finish with the production of a collective
installation, which is going to put these materials into a
context in relationship to the architecture of the space.
The whole experience will be documented, catalogued and will
have a permanent link on the website www.giacomopicca.com
Encounters
The exhibition will take place on the 30th and 31st uniting
Brazilian fine artists whose journey has met Giacomo s
journey throughout his work in London, at some point in time
and space. It aims to celebrate these experiences, which reflect
a particular moment of such encounters.
The exhibition avoids classifying the work of various artists
in one single theme and, for that very reason, brings a diversity
of their production, such as photographs by Daniel Marques
investigating the construction of narratives in images illustrating
moments of socio-political crisis; the works of Fernanda Chieco
exploring human interaction with new equipments and instruments
resulting in a strange hybrid form in a some place between
a medicine book and a selection of classical drawings, as
well as a physics laboratory of a lunatic inventor; the sound
manipulations of an environment and installations created
by Marssares; the exploration of videos retelling stories
created by Beto Valente and Dado Amaral; or the search of
a new poetic and plastic meaning through the relationship
between an artistic installation and a landscape by Flavia
Fernandes.
You will have the opportunity to appreciate our relationship
with pop culture, art-performance, political bodies and chance
by watching a video created by Tetine; a social construction
of art and its hierarchies interpreted by Gobira and the exploration
of lost links amongst materials as well as their transference
to different contexts on the drawings of Eduardo Padilha.
New spaces, new
interpretations
All works have a link: the relationship between art, architecture
and social space. The exhibition faces the challenge to defy
the common place dedicated to art, as in the gallery; and
takes place in an architectonic space in transformation, an
environment of different events. For that, it takes advantage
of improvisation making the exhibition subtle and opened,
trying to get closer to the ones who quite often feel intimidated
with fancy galleries, offering them the opportunity to experiment
new visions and interpretations in an architectonic space,
in an informal social context.
The spontaneity of such
improvisation actions establish links with references from
Brazilian experimental art of the 60s, as it s known
in Europe trough the works of Helio Oiticica and Ligia Clark,
and current creations of Ducha,Marssares and Jarbas Lopes.
I would dare to say that such criteria reflect the
way Giacomo produces art , whose exhibitions and artistic
interventions are always searching for a social inter-relation
and makes us believe or remember that there is an artist inside
all of us. It makes us believe art can be appreciated and
it is available for all of us.
For those whose artistic instincts have already taken them
to adventure the production of artistic videos, but had only
the opportunity to show them to their families or friends,
don t miss the opportunity to explore new audiences:
the event will have an opened section to exhibit videos of
upcoming artists who might be interested in showing their
work. In order to participate, get in touch with the curator
through an e-mail: giacomo_picca@onetel.net.uk or send your
work directly.
To the ones who found this information very interesting
but are not prepared to leave their comfortable sofas during
this cold weather… Cheer up! You can also watch gigs
by the bands B Neg„o e os seletores de freq¸Íncia ,
Maracatu Estrela do Norte or listen to the sound
of Sambatralia DJs and guests.
Further info:
www.giacomopicca.com
www.brazilianartists.net
CU Cosy Universe
23/24 and 30/31 October 2004
Project 142
142 Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, E6 London
Buses 38, N38, 42 and 55
Tel: 0207 2425140
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