Showing posts with label noon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label noon. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

camminando & vernissages | March 3, Central Park and Upper East Side

The sun is at the meridian, seen from the Hamilton Fountain in Riverside Drive
Yesterday NYC was visited by another snowstorm, this time mixed with freezing rain. The short walk through the park was unpleasant, with snow and rain hitting my face; yet the deserted white Central Park felt almost surreal and magical. Below are a few visual memories.

Central Park Bethesda Fountain
"Richard Prince: Fashion" at Nahmad Contemporary

Tatiana Trouvé "Studies for Desire Lines" at Gagosian (Park & 75 Street)
Another view of the white ocean on the way back to the Upper West Side

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Quite a Year...Will 2015 Bring Back Humanity?

2014 has been a quite remarkable year from the series "that which does kill us makes us stronger". Survival has been the recurrent definition of ways of existence. Art and creativity have as usual been survival means.


Collective tragedies and violence have been observed from my personal troubles and sorrows. I have been "officially" confirmed as victim of emotional and psychological violence. My research has been trashed by academic politics but is well and alive even if access to adequate facilities has been denied or restricted and rushed

I am still here, ready to get up and continue, although bruised and in pain. I have been blessed with reasonable good health and ready to continue in my hope for a better world, which I hope to continue to contribute

I would like end this troublesome year with a positive note, with an Italian song by Francesco Guccini, made famous by Nomadi. The title is aphorism by Nietzsche and Ginsberg's "Howl" translation marks the beginning of the lyrics. A collaborative work to express the hope for a better world in 2015.
Ho visto la gente della mia età andare via
lungo le strade che non portano mai a niente.
Cercare il sogno che conduce alla pazzia
nella ricerca di qualcosa che non trovano
nel mondo che hanno già.
Lungo le notti che dal vino son bagnate
dentro le stanze da fastidio trasformate
lungo le nuvole di fumo di un mondo fatto
di città essere pronto ad ingoiare la nostra
stanca civiltà e un Dio ch’è morto:
ai bordi delle strade Dio è morto,
nelle auto a presa rate Dio è morto,
nei miti dell’estate Dio è morto.
Mi han detto che questa mia generazione
ormai non crede in ciò che spesso è mascherato
con la fede, nei miti eterni della patria e dell’eroe
perché è venuto ormai il momento di negare tutto ciò
che è falsità, e per il fatto di abitudine e paure, una politica
che è solo far carriera, il perbenismo interessato,
la dignità fatta di vuoto, l’ipocrisia di chi sta sempre con la
ragione e mai col torto è un Dio ch’è morto:
nei campi di sterminio Dio è morto,
coi miti della razza Dio è morto,
con gli odi di partito Dio è morto.
Ma penso che questa mia generazione è preparata
a un mondo nuovo e una speranza appena nata,
ad un futuro che ha già in mano, a una rivolta senza armi
perché noi tutti ormai sappiamo che se
Dio muore per tre giorni e poi risorge,
in ciò che noi crediamo Dio è risorto,
in ciò che noi vogliamo Dio è risorto,
nel mondo che faremo Dio è risorto.
Dio è risorto, Dio è risorto,
Dio è risorto, Dio è risorto..
Dio è morto (se Dio muore, è per tre giorni poi risorge)
Francesco Guccini & Nomadi, 1967 

My last walk of 2014, right after the Sun passed the meridian in NYC

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

practice | Moving inside the Icosahedron in Sun Farm, at Noon

Last Sunday my movement practice inside the icosahedron —which has been recently installed at Sun Farm— was coincident with sun crossing the meridian. The geometry of the three anatomical planes inscribing the vertices of the icosahedron was in turn framed by the cubic structure of the trellis. The sharp shadows of the icosahedron and trellis created a strong geometry on the ground. My moving body had clear geometric references in both the icosahedron, the interventions in the landscape and the sunlight. The movement sequence included Laban scales as well as yoga poses flows. Below are sequential frames from video of the movement routines which have been referencing to the geometric context.
The cycle begins in tadasana
Extensions in the three anatomical planes following Laban's scales.

Hands in namaste marks transitions from sequences

Rotation of arm and opposite legs with centers in the vertices defining the frontal plane

Transition to a yoga sequence including:
tadasana, uttanasana (standing forward bend), chaturanga, sirsasana variations 
The cycle ends in tadasana

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Endurance

I am still in this side of the planet, enduring a second winter in less than six months and a totally different lifestyle. Life as a minority without community is quite challenging, especially in this isolated area, with no cultural life besides the university library, which has become my only source of social life during the weekend. The past week I was able to get some design fabricated, which brought some solace and back to my identity. I still enjoy my walks to the waterfront, staring at the shimmering water in the noon sunlight.