Tuesday, March 3, 2015

LARGO DAS ARTES: DAY 30

My drive into completing the acoustic installation is getting stronger and stronger but there are some configuration changes happening at Largo das Artes' studio so I don't know yet where the  installation site specific will be allocated. Probably inside of my studio. The ceiling is very high around 6 meters so I need to plan an efficient hanging system for the floating speakers shell. At the same time I need to order the rest of the material so I returned to Sabino Som shop do some barato (commerce) in order to try to get a good price for the 24 speaker shells! Tomorrow I will know about the result of my offer!




Before leaving the dry ice to melt completely I wanted to observe the reaction of the ice with the water using neutral and some very tiny colourful glasses. I was very mesmerised by the smoke they create spreading down onto the floor like a fog into a swamp. The sound created by the ice while melting into bubbles is like a hot boiling source of spread water. I am even more convinced that the dry ice is similar to a fire carbonate effect. It was also Interesting trying different surfaces where to position the glasses into the floor, mirror, glass and metallic alluminium so to multiply the number of them using the reflection and the shadows when illuminated.











On my way back from lunch I popped into an alternative shop to see if I could find any particular spices or incense for the light material used for the acoustic installation. I will let it bouncing up and down inside of the shell speakers once the sound is passing through them. Nice packaging but I bought the Divino's one because it was scented as a real incense.







Monday, March 2, 2015

LARGO DAS ARTES: DAY 29

Back to project one of the shell's speakers and the sound wave vibrations. So while Zenite is waiting for a future exchange and performance outside in the real life, I am organising the acoustic installation involving Frado Monteiro (photo n.7) the sound technician and the music shop vendor Samuel that was speaking in Italian!  Today I bought nine shell speakers in different sizes, made the wire connection and tried the hanging system. 












I am sharing the studio with a new arrived great artist Raphael Perez Evans (photo n.1) that will exhibit in April and sadly enough I said goodbye to Luka Moncaleano this morning. Soon the gallery and the studio is going to change so all Largo das Artes' team including Consuelo Bassanesi, Frederico Pellachin and Felippe Moraes will move downstairs leaving the space for future art residency and local artists renting the space. Felippe before moving his belonging did a ritual of purification with incense so we could all start nice and fresh.










Sunday, March 1, 2015

LARGO DAS ARTES: DAY 28

Today 1st of March is the Foundation day of Rio de Janeiro celebrating 540 years when the Portogueses built Rio in 1540! There were several events around the city. We chose to visit Parque Lage celebrating 40 years of foundation of the Visual Art Institution and The Institute Moreira Saies (IMS) with a historical retrospective of the city. At Parque Lage I discovered how the inflatable subject is very trendy in the visual art at Rio. I arrived just in time to see a big plastic baloon taking off in direction of the statue of Christ positioned on top of Corcovado's mountain just behind the palace!










We also met Domingos Guimaraens, my friend from OPAVIVARÁ art group, performing there (photo n.4 wearing an orange T-shirt), and the owner of Gentil Carioca gallery (photo n.1). There was a very nice atmosphere with all these artists and Carioca families doing picnic in the park and all the contemporary artworks exhibited there.









Between Parque Lage and IMS we walked through a very nice antique and second hand market in Leblon where we found some gift to buy for us and family.






We ended our journey with a visit to the Institute Moreira Saies (IMS) in Lavea to see the present exhibition and have a stroll outside in the garden.