Horizons
dal 12/1/2004 al 21/2/2004
Segnalato da
12/1/2004
Horizons
Swiss Institute - Old location, New York
by Momoyo Torimitsu, with Kaz Oshiro in the lounge, Lara Favaretto in the library and San Keller in the lobby. This winter the main space of the Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art will feature a new work by Momoyo Torimitsu: a meditation the world of global commerce.
Please join us at the Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art on Tuesday January 13 from
6 - 8 pm for the opening of 'Horizons' by Momoyo Torimitsu, with Kaz Oshiro in the
lounge, Lara Favaretto in the library and San Keller in the lobby.
MOMOYO TORIMITSU / HORIZONS
January 13 - February 21, 2003
KAZ OSHIRO in the Lounge
LARA FAVARETTO in the Library
and SAN KELLER in the Lobby
This winter the main space of the Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art will
feature
a new work by Momoyo Torimitsu: a meditation the world of global commerce. A
landscaped diorama of the international business world will sprawl across the
floor,
inviting visitors to view and participate as giant judges of a maze of commerce-
competition.
New York-based Japanese artist, Momoyo Torimitsu will transform the main gallery
into a network of geographic territories, over which an army of
mini-businessmen,
the size of 'GI Joe' toys, will crawl, racing against each other, across
imagined
borders. Throughout diverse terrains, over hundreds of countries, Torimitsu's
project will evoke not only the competition, but the vast system of commerce
that
crosses boundaries, both political and physical. As they inch forward, like
soldiers
on a battlefield, the businessmen become corporate combatants, chasing each
other,
creeping over seas to occupy each other's economies.
Torimitsu first created a life-size Japanese businessman, a robot she called
Miyata
Jiro, in 1994, which she brought to business capitals across the globe. More
recently, she has conceived of the possibility of racing multiple businessman
robots
of different nationalities; she presents this new work at Deitch Projects this
winter. The paring down in size for her project at the SI reflects her wish to
demean and belittle the competition of the global business world. She imagines
an
ant-like swarm of toy businessman-soldiers for the SI, where the visitors become
giant observers, allowing the audience to take a step outside the competition,
and
act as observers, assistants, fans or judges.
L.A.-based Japanese artist, Kaz Oshiro will present a work for the lounge,
contributing to the SI's exploration of the possibilities for painting after the
end
of painting, which will culminate with next year's Last Painting show, to be
curated
by Olivier Mosset. Oshiro uses his painted canvases as building blocks for
trompe
l'oeil sculptures. But unlike Swiss tricksters Fischli & Weiss, Oshiro reveals
his
method openly, making for the unusual combination of earnestness and
appropriation.
The library will feature the work of Italian artist, Lara Favaretto, who
attempts to
recreate small details of the best party you never went to. The lobby box
features
the current Swiss artist-in-residence at PS1, San Keller, who invites you to let
him
walk you home.
opening reception: Tuesday January 13, 6 - 8 PM
Swiss Institute
495 Broadway
New York