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| suite
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| text
and photography project |
| (2013-2016) |
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| Description
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exhibition presented in three modules (Luna llena (Full Moon),
Vida o muerte (Life or Death) and Narciso (Narcissus)), where
each deals with a different typ of contagion between texts
and images. The two tend to go hand in hand, but in fierce
opposition, in an endless arm wrestling match. This contest
is the central theme in suite. The concept was developed
thanks to a grant awarded by the FNA (National Fund for the
Arts, Argentina) in 2013, and the result is exhibited here
for the first time. The photographs included come from different
times and places, in both digital and analog formats, as do
the texts. |
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| Centro
Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires |
| Sala
10 |
2016
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Mirar o Buscar (To Look or to Look For) |
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| Anyone
who has witnessed a small baby's meandering, unfocused gaze
will most likely have asked themselves whether the infant
is unable to see anything yet, or doesn't yet recognize what
he or she sees. Given that our personal experience of this
moment of initiation is conveniently stored away in a pre-memory
vault, we trust blindly in our ability to comprehend what
we see. |
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are not alone in this world, however, but practically awash
in mediations and interventions of all kind that attempt to
play a hand in our perceptions. Does that blind trust still
resist? It's a bit like walking across a floor covered with
tiny crystal balls: keeping one's balance demands so much
effort that it is hard not to lose sight of the horizon, let
alone maintain any sense of perspective. |
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no tricks up my sleeve (aside from the occasional mirror)
and without straying into the realm of dissection and investigation,
I have dedicated quite some time to mulling over the relationship
between one thing and the other--between seeing and understanding--adding
instances to see where contrasts appear, or where the connection
between the realm of images and that of text stretches taut.
In English, the difference between to look and to look for
is minimal (as opposed to their differentiation in Spanish:
mirar and buscar) and it may well be that a vague intention
is the only thing that calibrates to what extent an idea guides
the eye toward finding confirmation or, on the other hand,
observation decants to form comprehension; to what degree
we choose to heed or ignore the creaking of the scales when
we weigh what we see against what we read in black and white.
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Tamara
Stuby
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