domenica 2 agosto 2009

Sounds Like Venice: TUBE (Lithuanian Pavilion)

53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia


Lithuanian Pavilion

TUBE

Žilvinas Kempinas.
Interview by Ilari Valbonesi


Žilvinas Kempinas is widely recognized for his bold use of videotape as a sculptural medium. This large-scale installation, TUBE (created at the Atelier Calder, Saché, France), resonates with the environment of the floating city and creates a space where vision and movement are linked by means of the body. TUBE addresses the physical and optical experiences of the viewer, and the passage of time, while creating the feeling of being inside and outside simultaneously.
One can describe TUBE metaphorically or geometrically but to be appreciated it must be experienced directly. No image can convey the gradual accumulation of sensory experiences awaiting visitors who pass through the translucent tunnel of parallel lines. Kempinas changes the function of magnetic tape from an information carrier to a linear map of time and space.
Commissioner : Laura Rutkutė,Curator : Laima Kreivytė, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius

Sounds Like Venice
Sounds like Venice is a sound art project - flux of radio broadcasts, on site audio performance and multimedia blog -which gathers the testimonies, sounds and voices of world culture from the heart of Venice during the 53rd International Art Exhibition, entitled Fare Mondi//directed by Daniel Birnbaum. The project was created and promoted by Ilari Valbonesi, director RAM LIVE - in co-production with Irena Pivka and Brane Zorman, radioCona (Temporary Web Art Radio Project) - and the personal vocation of a site, Spazio Thetis, for the relationship between contemporary art and technological research dedicated to environmental themes, eco-compatibility and innovation in artistic forms and electronic communication. Sounds like Venice is curated by Ilari Valbonesi, Irena Pivka, Brane Zorman. Alessio Fransoni, Steve Piccolo, Luca Vitiello. Recorded Sounds, Interviews and Field Recording produced by RAM LIVE and radioCona. http://soundslikevenice.wordpress.com/

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