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Performance / Artivism
Installation/Performance Workshop
Spain’s Cultural Center. From March 2nd to _ April, 2006. Mexico City.
The project consists of a closed room —in complete darkness— divided in two by a wall, as shown in the picture. One of the sections is divided in 3 spaces. The wall facing the audience has several peepholes and holes through which the viewer can find out what is happening inside such rooms or divided spaces with no access. In some cases, the holes’s location forces the viewer to take on a physical posture such as that of a “voyeur”.
In the first hole section, the action of looking at oneself while looking is located. This game is allowed by the presence of a surveillance camera in front of the hole’s wall, which allows the viewer to see the projection of his/her looking at oneself and therefore be able to observe oneself observing.
In the second hole action there are two switches, one that says “Turn the TV ON” and another one that says “Turn the TV off”. When the viewer activates the first switch, a video of a TV in fire begins to be projected. When the viewer activates the second switch, a video of a firefighter’s truck is projected and the TV turn itself off. In both projections there is a fade in/out to exit the vision field.
The third hole action is conditioned with peepholes as those used in apartment doors to see who is on the other side. The viewer will see through the peepholes two small monitors that have an eye on each screen blinking every three seconds. This is how the TV’s dialectic game is established. The linguistic connection with the acronym T.V. is confirmed as an action of being looked at through a device destined for that: to be looked at.
Talk entitled “De los MEDIOS de comunicación masiva a los ENTEROS de comunicación sin IVA”) or the “Perverse relationship between Corcolito from Tío Gamboín to George Orwell’s Big Brother, or is Corcolito the Smaller Brother...? NOT CONFFIRMED
Empty V Installation’s Technical Resources.
Room painted all in black except from the part on the wall signaled to be used as a projection screen.
The room is divided in 3 sections, just as it is shown on the map.
Multimedia Center’s Assessment to create video-lenses.
Multimedia Center’s Assessment for interactive piece of “on and off”.
- 1 video camera in black and white (such as the ones found in bank surveillance) to record from the room (or, ¿could it be a webcam?)
-Cables and plugs to create the circuit and an electrician.
-TWO projectors of more than 1500 lumens of potency with a shooting field adjustable to the designated space meaning that the shooting field can have a light bulb of 1 to 5m of focal distance.
-Computer and program for the “on and off” system.
-Speakers for the audio.
-Interactive circuit of ON and OFF in projections.
With the button “Turn TV ON”, a projection of a fire is turned on.
The firefighter’s projection appears and a fire is put out WHEN THE BUTTON ‘TURN TV OFF’ is pressed.
-Old TV monitor, with a rabbit’s antenna. No less than 18 inches.
-2 small monitors or mini DVD projectors with integrated screen.
-2 DVD’s
-3 peepholes such as those used to observe who is knocking on the other side of the door.
-2 wood stools for architects’ desk.
Performance
Charro suit (the artist will take care of this).
-Charro’s hat in white
-10 neon cables. 1.78m each.
-Several sizes and red LEDs.
-20 batteries of 12V (includes 9V spare battery)
-Accesories and complements for batteries.
-LED programmable portable screen.
-Energy source for the LED screen.
-Video-lenses with mobile screens installed to broadcast right away.
-Possibly two performance artists, each with its custom during the performance.
-Possibly three mariachis with lights in their suits (not yet confirmed)
-Smoke machine (given by the artist)
1 closed TV circuit camera
Projector for closed TV circuit
(it may be necessary to have an interface: a computer, an image receiver, a converter, I’m not sure)
Wireless mic
Audio equipment
orchestra’s choir
Dressing Room
(mariachis hiring to be confirmed)
This would happen on the stage DURING THE OPENING
(caption) Design selected form a pattern. They measure 1.78 wide and require a battery each of 12V.
TALK
“De los MEDIOS de comunicación masiva a los ENTEROS de comunicación sin IVA” or “Las perversas Relaciones entre Corcolito del tío Gamboín y el Big Brother de George Orwell, o es Corcolito ¿el Small Brother...?”
For this, I have suggested that Eugenio Teiselli and Juan Antonio Montiel participate virtually with a videoconference from Barcelona.
My interest, which I have already shared with the group, is to have the participation of two academics from the Department of Design Assessment from the Arts and Science Division for Design at the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Mexico City. My direct boss, M. A. V. Paloma Ibañez is very interested in getting to know Ángeles Albert to take into account a future academic exchange between Mexico and Spain.
The exhibit’s presentation text will be written by Juan Antonio Montiel.
Workshop (for 15 people)
I’m not specifying ages, but I may teach one part of the workshop that will overlap with another one. Not sure..
3 hour duration (Saturday, March 4th)
Work Tables
2nd hand stuff collected from the street República de El Salvador.
Availability to get objects from the Sonora Market, such as transportation and money.
10 silicon guns.
Enough silicon refills.
5L of white glue (Resistol).
Containers to distribute the glue.
20 contact glue containers.
20 pieces of bread.
20 brushes.
20 cardboard plates.
20 plastic containers.
1L of yellow, red, blue and green paint
2L of white paint.
2L of black paint.
Different size brushes (such as those sold at Chinese stores)
Enough meters of rag paper to cover surfaces.
How to build objects’ workshop: “Demystifying technology, from language to technicality”. Building of a “TELERA” (bread with antennas. TV is not our everyday bread.
The edible TV is not food, but we need to learn how to digest it.
For example: chocolate edible TVs.
“The World’s biggest TV chain” (is the one that wraps around you)
Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo and the Monte Video.
Get objects at the Sonora market, such as TVs (from dolls’ houses), several sizes
(at the street República de El Salvador), antennas, equipment taken apart and antennas from radios such as switches, tuners, etc.
Performance and installation photos by Jaso
Video by Alejandro Loera
Spain’s Cultural Center, Mexico City.
Exhibit AC/DC (Antes y Después de Corcolito)
Performance with electric-mariachi and charromantic calámbrico: Black Mariachingón.
Performance and installation photos by Jaso
Video by Alejandro Loera
Spain’s Cultural Center, Mexico City
Exhibit AC/DC (Antes y después de Corcolito)
In the first peephole section the action of looking at oneself while observing is introduced. The game is allowed by a surveillance video camera placed in front of the peepholes’ wall that allows the viewer to be ‘projected’ as looking at oneself. Therefore, the viewer can observe himself/herself while observing.
- Telera is a kind of bread found in Mexico. This word is also used to refer to the TV.
- La TV que te ve.