Hotel Central
Works exhibited:
Quartzscreen VI
Quartzspectrum (architectures for the future)
Deformations on the flat universe - São Paulo
Deformations on the flat universe II - Histories
Curated by Maria Montero and Lucas Bambozzi
São Paulo, Brazil. November-December, 2009
A place in change
Artists from different countries together, for one month, in an old hotel in historical São Paulo downtown. Brazil is the first country in the world to host Red Bull House of Art. The project offers activities opened to the public.
A hotel built in 1918, and currently out of business, is being occupied by artists from different nationalities. Red Bull House of Art takes place at Hotel Central, a building designed by Brazilian architect Ramos de Azevedo nearby Largo do Anhangabaú, in the heart of São Paulo. The area has experienced its golden age, became decadent and now goes through an ongoing revitalization process.
During Red Bull House of Art, the participants will work closely with the motions of the city downtown, sharing impressions, practices and artistic knowledge. The building will be the main setting for the participant’s activities, with experience in photography installation, sculptures, video, painting, live performance, audio, among others. But what happens outside the wallsof Hotel Central is also part of Red Bull House of Art. The city of Sao Paulo itself will be experienced by the artists through sidewalks and special routes featured by the curators – with artists’ suggestions too.
A total of 10 artists from seven different countries, including Brazil, will share the building. The spaces have been tailored to accommodate 10 individual workshops, as well as other rooms for art installations, projection rooms, work exhibitions, a lounge and an editing/internet room. There will be common spaces for the two main exhibits, the opening and closing of the project, and places for artistic interventions, lectures with the curators, art critics and guest artists. The events are open to the public and the admittance is free.
The artists are Alessandra Cestac (Brazil), Cláudio Bueno (Brazil), El Bocho (Germany), Gabriela Golder (Argentina), Grant Davis (United States), Hiraku Suzuki (Japan), Regina Parra (Brazil), Rodrigo Garcia Dutra (Brazil), Rui Gato (Portugal) and Zander Bloom (South Africa).
From November 11th to November 22nd, a first exposition brings to the public a collection with works from each participant. The idea is to introduce the artists proposals to the local audience. And, from December 5th to December 13rd, a new exhibition will present the art works developed by the artists during your time in Red Bull House of Art.
The project also features visits to locations selected by the project’s curators. Activities such as the “Curators’ choice” intend to take the artists to venues such as galleries and ateliers, chosen according to the questioning of the participants during the process. At the program section “Artist Voice” a guest artist will talk to the group about his personal experience. And at the “Lectures” a curator, art critic or researcher of contemporary art will discuss an art-related theme. The curators of Red Bull House of Art are Lucas Bambozzi and Maria Montero.
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