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some of my recent artistic activities of the last months; including events, exhibition and on-going projects of my video, performance, cooking and social practices.
luca wyss video / performance "a funk for birds", 2014, video
# APRIL 2014
dears,

I'm happy to release to you my last video work um funk pra pássaros (a funk for birds) (video, 20min), concluding my residency in baracco #55, in rio de janeiro. the work is a result of my investigation about the kites of the complexo do alemão, favela of the north zone of the city.

the video is a letter to a friend, about kites, their handmade production and the people who practice its. but mainly the question are how the kites talk about the relation between the favela and the authorities? and how this simple game can be a poetical resistance of the inhabitants?

here the video: vimeo.com/lucawyss/funk
(portuguese subtitled in english, french and spanish)
[press the CC button to activate subtitles]

on the exhibition pipas avoadas in the artist-run space of barraco #55, the work has been presented with a series of broken kites, during the whole month of february. at the end of february, it was also presented in galvez inc, in valparaiso. the projection was followed by the sale of my first production of kites.

here below more info about the exhibition in rio and the evolution of the project.

kisses,
luca
rio de janeiro
barraco #55 rio de janeiro, brasil

the exhibition pipas avoadas: first contact with kites aimed to propose an artistic and personal view of a local practice. the works presented and the narrative of the exhibition try to include both art people and inhabitants as an audience; avoiding elitism and social moralism.
my personal respect for the craft work of the pipeiro (the manufacturer of the kites) bring me to collect a set of used, broken, abandoned kites during my residency. those kites helped me to build a poetical approach of the subject.
here and here some images of the exhibition.

the barraco #55 is a art and research space in complexo do alemão, in the north zone of rio. researchers and artists are invited to explore local thematics in collaboration with the inhabitants.
barraco55.org
fb.com/barraco55
valparaiso
galvez inc. valparaiso, chile

chili having also a strong kite culture, the presentation pipas malucas, volantines y documental was inviting the audience to reflect to its own relation to the kites, and to it political meaning.

at the side of the video projection, was presented a reproduction of a kite shop from rio. for it, I start my own fabric of paper kites inspired by my experience in rio. nomadic, the fabric will produce paper kites on different locations following the wind. the name of the fabric is pipas malucas.

here and here some photos.

galvez inc. is an artist-run space aiming to provoque circulation in the visual arts, the creative process  and production.
galvezinc.cl
fb.com/ galvezincarte
Omelia agli uccelli vol de nuit, marseille

one other of my video works will be presented in marseille the friday 11th april at 19:00 at vol de nuit. the screening include work from other artists selected by ben eastop and bruce allan from difference screen.

sinopsis: "to preach to the birds, to convince them to disseminate the narratives of those who speak less, to carry the news of the current sinking. birds are radio waves.they bring thoses stories in unexpected places."
folio.lucawyss.com/en/images/omelia

difference screen is an evolving programme of international artists' moving image reflecting on changing realities through portraits of people and place that is travelling across 20 countries over two years.
differencescreen.net
fb.com/difference.screen

luca wyss 12, rue moreau paris 75012 France
http://www.lucawyss.com
info@lucawyss.com
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