D
u o r a m a bio
Durante los
últimos 18 años, Paul Couillard y Ed Johnson han trabajado juntos en Duorama,
una serie de obras de arte de performance que exploran nociones de relación --entre
sí, con el entorno y con el público. Responder al sitio y examinar actitudes
culturales hacia la intimidad masculina son elementos clave de su proceso. Los
temas recurrentes giran en torno a queering
los espacios, a desvelar historias
ocultas, imaginando nuevas hibridaciones y explorando interpretaciones
cambiantes de lo que es político y lo que es personal. Muchas de las obras se
pueden leer en términos del clima social y político actual en torno a la
cultura gay, ofreciendo referencias dubitativas a temas como el matrimonio
homosexual, el estado del VIH y las representaciones de la cultura gay.
Divertidas, seductoras y, a menudo, minimalistas, estas piezas se basan en las
tensiones competitivas y de colaboración que subyacen a todas las alianzas.
Hasta la fecha, se han presentado 127 actuaciones de Duorama en galerías,
festivales y diversos eventos en Canadá, Francia, Polonia, Croacia, Ucrania,
Bielorrusia, Finlandia, Alemania, Suiza, España, EE. UU., Singapur, Irlanda y
el Reino Unido.
Paul Couillard ha trabajado como artista,
comisario y teórico cultural desde 1985. Ha creado más de 200 trabajos individuales
y colaborativos en 24 países. Fue Curador de arte de performance para Fado de
1993 a 2007, y también es co-comisario fundador del Festival de Arte de
Performance Internacional 7a * 11d, ambos con sede en Toronto. Es el editor de
Canadian Performance Art Legends, una serie de publicaciones combinadas de
texto y DVD sobre artistas mayores de la performance-art en Canadá, publicados a través de Fado. La primera
entrega, La Dragu: el arte vivo de Margaret Dragu fue lanzada en 2002; el
segundo libro, Ironic to Iconic: The Performance Works de Tanya Mars fue
lanzado en 2008; y el último, Alain-Martin Richard: Performances, Manœuvres et
autres hypothèses de disparition / Performances, Manéuvers and Other Hypotheses
for Disappearing, coeditado con Alexandra Liva, se publicó en 2014.
Ed Johnson es un artista visual que
ha creado obras de performance desde 1996. Su trabajo como solista a menudo ha
explorado temas de comunicación / no comunicación (Box, Words of Love) y del
estado del VIH (Inquisitive / Inquisitor, Untitled "[sic] ").
Actualmente su enfoque se centra en la masculinidad, incluyendo Pro tanto quid
retribaumus (por tanto, cuánto pagaremos) y política (Niqab, sauver la reine).
Ed Johnson es miembro fundador de Fado, un centro de artistas de performance
ubicado en Toronto, donde se desempeñó como miembro de la junta hasta 2010.
Peras
de Olmo – Ars Continua, es un espacio autónomo sin
fines de lucro dedicado al arte acción o performance como práctica que se
desprendió de las artes visuales y a otras formas de arte, experiencias y
procesos artísticos de base temporal, en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
ENGLISH
D u o r a m a in Buenos Aires !
Paul Couillard &
Ed Johnson, An important duo of canadian artists will
present a joint performance of the series they have been creating together for
18 years, and which in turn constitutes them as an artistic minimal society.
D
u o r a m a #128,
-- among
other public talks and activities with local artists-- will be presented on Thursday, May
24 (7:30 PM) at Peras de Olmo – Ars Continua,
crowning the 10-day residency that the artists
will share in the same space.
D
u o r a m a #128 will
constitiute Volumen 37 of the Curatorial Series Open field / campo abiertO - Laboratorio
de acciones and
will mark the beginning of exhibitions for the current year.
D u o r a m a bio
For the last 18
years Paul Couillard and Ed Johnson have worked together on Duorama, a series of performance art works
that explore notions of relationship—to each other, to the surrounding
environment, and to audiences. Responding to site and
examining cultural attitudes toward male intimacy are key elements of their
process. Recurring themes revolve around
queering spaces, surfacing hidden histories, imagining new hybridities, and exploring
shifting interpretations of what is political and what is personal. Many of the works can be read in
terms of the current social and political climate surrounding gay culture,
offering askance references to issues such as gay marriage, HIV-status, and
portrayals of gay culture. Playful, beguiling and often minimalist, these
pieces draw on collaborative and competitive tensions that underlie all
partnerships. To date, 127 Duorama performances have been
presented at galleries, festivals and various events in Canada, France, Poland,
Croatia, Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, USA,
Singapore, Ireland and UK.
Paul
Couillard has
been working as an artist, curator, and cultural theorist since 1985. He has
created more than 200 solo and collaborative performance works in 24 countries.
He was the Performance Art Curator for Fado from 1993 to 2007, and is also a
founding co-curator of the 7a*11d International Performance Art Festival, both
based in Toronto. He is the editor of Canadian Performance Art Legends, a
series of combined text and DVD publications on senior Canadian performance
artists published through Fado. The first installment, La Dragu: the Living Art of Margaret Dragu was released in 2002;
the second book, Ironic to Iconic: The
Performance Works of Tanya Mars was released in 2008; and the latest, Alain-Martin Richard: Performances,
manœuvres et autres hypothèses de disparition / Performances, Manoeuvres and
Other Hypotheses for Disappearing, co-edited with Alexandra Liva, was
published in 2014.
Ed Johnson is a visual
artist who has been creating performance art works since 1996. His solo work
has often explored issues of communication/non-communication (Box, Words
of Love) and of HIV status (Inquisitive/Inquisitor,
Untitled "[sic]").
Currently his focus is on masculinity including Pro tanto quid
retribaumus (for so much what shall we repay) and politics (Niqab, sauver la reine). Ed Johnson is a founding member of
Fado, an artist run centre for performance art located in Toronto, where he
served as a board member until 2010.
Peras
de Olmo – Ars Continua, is an autonomous, non-profit space dedicated to action or
performance art a practice emerged from the visual arts and to other forms of time-based
art, experiences and artistic processes, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
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