Chelpa Ferro
dal 25/6/2011 al 7/1/2012
Segnalato da
Pamela Ruggio - The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
25/6/2011
Chelpa Ferro
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield
Chelpa Ferro is a Brazilian collective comprised of renowned visual artists Barrao, Luiz Zerbini, and Sergio Mekler that was formed in 1995. At The Aldrich, Chelpa will present installations, including one titled Acusma in which a series of Brazilian ceramic vases contain loudspeakers that play different voices singing numbers. The sound is similar to that of a chorus of professional singers warming up for a performance and yet is the product of a computer program that selects the numbers randomly.
Curated by Mónica Ramírez-Montagut
Chelpa Ferro is a Brazilian collective comprised of renowned visual artists Barrão, Luiz Zerbini, and Sergio Mekler that was formed in 1995. Their work has been shown and performed in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Italy, and their exhibition at The Aldrich will mark their American debut. For Chelpa Ferro (Portuguese slang for money and steel), any object can simultaneously be an instrument and an artwork.
Their sound-creating devices use bricolage and digital technology to explore the interdisciplinary possibilities of exchange between the visual, sculptural, and acoustic qualities of objects. At The Aldrich, Chelpa will present installations, including one titled Acusma in which a series of Brazilian ceramic vases contain loudspeakers that play different voices singing numbers. The sound is similar to that of a chorus of professional singers warming up for a performance and yet is the product of a computer program that selects the numbers randomly.
Chelpa Ferro: Visual Sound is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.
Contact: Pamela Ruggio, pruggio@aldrichart.org, 203.438.4519
Reception: June 26, 2011
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