Courtesy of the artist
Mark Curtis will realize a new glitter carpet for J.J. Morgan & Co that will be unveiled during the International Arts Festival 2010 in Wellington.
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December 4, 2009
First LoveLab Initiative: Mark Curtis in Wellington for the International Arts Festival 2010
Courtesy of the artist
Mark Curtis will realize a new glitter carpet for J.J. Morgan & Co that will be unveiled during the International Arts Festival 2010 in Wellington.
August 27, 2009
Launch of LoveLab Initiative
New project from LoveLab Projects, LoveLab Initiative, a collaborative project-initiative organized temporarily in various locations, in order to create epic and ephemeral works for the love of art's sake of love. Works should deal with dualities such as creation/destruction, life/death, serious/amusing, etc.
Thus, works will deal with the notion of ambition with irony, by means of questioning the intrinsic reality of art to be honoured and to honour (whether it's life and/or art) knowing that nothing really matters: what is important, and will remains, is the love, the experience.
Thus, works will deal with the notion of ambition with irony, by means of questioning the intrinsic reality of art to be honoured and to honour (whether it's life and/or art) knowing that nothing really matters: what is important, and will remains, is the love, the experience.
August 2, 2009
A Dazzling Little Death (project)
La petite mort, French for "the little death", is a reference for the refractory period following sexual orgasm. The term has generally been interpreted to describe the post-orgasmic fainting spells or unconsciousness some lovers experience. More widely, it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm, or a short period of melancholy or transcendence, as a result of the expenditure of the "life force".
The show is about the certain flamboyance, daring and fetishisation of glitter or shiny material as a mean of life. Idea of shining (the self and the support), and dazzle. In a sense, if you do put some sparkles in your life then incrementally your life is sparkling... It's about the idea of carnival, as a celebration of life, of being alive. But also the notions of covering, hiding something or hidden, of make-up. Fetishism/ hybridization. It's also about appearances used as a mechanism to maybe cope with the idea of death.
VANITAS
The idea for the show is also based on Roland Barthes who spoke of la petite mort as the chief objective of reading literature: he metaphorically used the concept to describe the feeling one should get when experiencing any great literature. By extension, the show is about feeling ans sensuality when experiencing art (also refers to Susan Sontag idea of sensuality in art, of a direct relationship against analytical interpretation).
The show is about the certain flamboyance, daring and fetishisation of glitter or shiny material as a mean of life. Idea of shining (the self and the support), and dazzle. In a sense, if you do put some sparkles in your life then incrementally your life is sparkling... It's about the idea of carnival, as a celebration of life, of being alive. But also the notions of covering, hiding something or hidden, of make-up. Fetishism/ hybridization. It's also about appearances used as a mechanism to maybe cope with the idea of death.
VANITAS
The idea for the show is also based on Roland Barthes who spoke of la petite mort as the chief objective of reading literature: he metaphorically used the concept to describe the feeling one should get when experiencing any great literature. By extension, the show is about feeling ans sensuality when experiencing art (also refers to Susan Sontag idea of sensuality in art, of a direct relationship against analytical interpretation).
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