Art Isn’t Fair - Feria de acciones y performance. Para 21 cities at once.

ART ISN'T FAIR . Feria de acciones y performance
"You are part of something happening all over the world right now."

Part of the project 21 cities at once.
September 14, 2007
19:00
Beca Lexus Opening
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
Santurce, PR

Acción: During the exposition’s opening the group distributes invitation
notes to the attendants. The invitations diffuse the rumor of a
Performance Fair Celebration entitled ART ISN’T FAIR. The performance
is part of PROJECT 21 CITIES AT ONCE, an international event in which
a series of performances are executed simultaneously in different
world’s cities.

Participants: Vanessa Hernández Gracia, Melissa Sarthou, Natalia Martínez, Marilis Aveillez, Rafael Miranda, Abdiel Segarra y Karlo A. Ibarra.

Photos: Puntos Suspensivos
Flyer design and photography: Vanessa Hernández Gracia

Participación en la exposición PRODUCTO?INC. Art Tracking en Galería Candela

Acción: During the exposition’s opening of PRODUCTO?INC. , the group
arranges itself as a production chain to make little notebooks. The
performance is made step by step(paper cutting, leaf counting,
bookbinding, signature and enumeration). The notebooks are distributed
among the attendants.

Artists: Vanessa Hernández Gracia, Wilmary Ramos Valentín, Melissa Sarthou, Natalia Martínez y Marilis Aveillez.

Photos: Jason Mena and Repuesto.

La línea de producción en Candela.

Foto: Repuesto

Start a Rumor - Cumpleaños del arte en =DESTO

=DESTO CELEBRA EL CUMPLEAÑOS DEL ARTE

Tomorrow Wednesday from 8:00 PM DESTO celebrates ART’S BIRTHDAY. The
forum of Arte ALTERNATIVO will present performances and experimental
music in the Fluxus tradition. The performances will be led by the
Performance’s ensemble PUNTOS SUSPENSIVOS, whereas for the
experimental music, artist and forum’s founding member Omar Obdulio
Pena Forty and PUNTITO SINIESTRO will show their proposal.

Artists: Vanessa Hernández Gracia, Rosamarie Perea, Melissa Sarthou, Karlo A. Ibarra, Marilis Aveillez, Abdiel Segarra, Rafael Vargas Bernard, Raquel Quijano, Puntito Siniestro y Omar Obdulio Peña Forty.

Photos: Jason Mena, Rosamarie Perea and Puntos Suspensivos.






"El árbol de los deseos"
Melissa Sarthou y Marilis Aveillez
Interpretación de la idea de Yoko Ono para "Wish Piece", 1996.




"Banquito para esperar", idea original de Karlo Ibarra.



Melissa Sarthou y Vanessa Hernández Gracia
Interpretación de la idea de Lygia Pape para "Good Blood", 2002.



Marilis Aveillez, Rosamarie Perea, Vanessa Hernández Gracia y Melissa Sarthou
Interpretación de la idea de Willem de Ridder para "Laughing".



Marilis Aveillez
"Pizarra" idea original de Karlo Ibarra.




Rafael Vargas Bernard



Rosamarie Perea



Melissa Sarthou
Interpretación de la idea de Félix González Torres para "Untitled" de 1994.



Vanessa Hernández Gracia
Interpretación de la idea de Yoko Ono para "Cut Piece", 1964.



Vista general de la exposición.




Vanessa Hernández Gracia
Interpretación de la idea de Yoko Ono para "Cut Piece", 1964.

Dibujo de memoria

Fotos: Marielis Castro

Acción en el Octavo Certamen de Escultura de la Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico.

Acción: All participants draw from memory each member of the group.

Artists: Natalia Martínez, Marilis Aveillez, Karlo A. Ibarra, Abdiel Segarra, Melissa Sarthou, Rafael Miranda, Rafael Vargas y Vanessa Hernández Gracia.






























Photos: Puntos Suspensivos.

Videos

Puntos Suspensivos en ARWI (Booth F16 =DESTO)

The marathon of performances that we showed in ARWI is our first
project as an ensemble and comes up as a result of a series of
reflections about the performance and its relationship with the Fine
Arts.


ARWI. Centro de Convenciones, San Juan, PR.
October 6-8, 2006

Curated by: Vanessa Hernández Gracia

Artists: Natalia Martínez, Rafael Vargas Bernard, Vanessa Hernández Gracia, Rosamarie Perea, Melissa Sarthou, Karlo A. Ibarra, Diego Romero y Abdiel D. Segarra-Ríos.

Itinerary:

Friday, October 6
1:00 PM-8:00 PM

MEMORIA
Natalia Martínez (escritura)
Rafael A. Vargas Bernard (secretos)
Rafael A. Vargas Bernard (“Por la cuneta” vídeo digital)

Saturday, October 7
1:00 PM-8:00 PM

UNO, DOS, TRES…
Vanessa Hernández Gracia (producción)
Rafael A. Vargas Bernard (depilación masoquista)

Sunday, October 8
1:00 PM-8:00 PM

REPETICIÓN
Rosamarie Perea (deja vu)
Vanessa Hernández Gracia (línea)
Natalia Martínez (multiplicidad)
Colectivo (mimesis)

Catalog design: Vanessa Hernández Gracia
Catalog Photographs: Natalia Martínez, Rosamarie Perea y Melissa Sarthou.

Photos: Abdiel D. Segarra-Ríos





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