AMANDAGATTI

In a notion of occupying the space as an installation, the artist explores possibilities of fusing objects that were previously discarded in the streets with her body, with the intention of producing ephemeral architectural figures, giving rise to improvised situations that, without any desire to communicate something specific, they encourage the viewer to generate their own associations.

By incorporating objects collected from the streets into the body, a functional displacement of these objects is produced, which, when added together, establishes an excess, a visual accumulation characteristic of the urban environment.  The gesture informs what the second step is about the objects, and the space. From this body-object mutability, the artist subtly grabs the debris, holding the figures as long as possible, like ruins in the landscape.

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Description:

• Solo performance designed for non-conventional, public spaces and galleries. A space of at least 9m2 is required for the installation of the objects.

• As the work is based on improvisation, each presentation is different, as is the selection of the objects used.

• As a primary procedure for the action, a few days before the presentation, the artist collects these discarded objects from the urban environment, collected in different areas of the city where the work is presented. During this short period of time, there is a kind of coexistence with this accumulation, thus generating a closeness between the artist and the objects. The criterion for selecting the objects is that they all have a moderate size, even if they are of different natures, so that the artist can hold them on her body during the action. All the objects are painted blue.

• The audience can stand around the performer, even circulate during the action. It's allowed to enter and leave the space at any time. After the performance time has passed, the performer leaves the space.

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Duration: 20 – 60 minutes (depending on the event)

*Video documentation available upon request​​​

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Past dates:

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01/2025

2054 Exhibition, CRUCE, Madrid/Spain

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04/2024

Acción Spring(t) Congress, UCM, Madrid/Spain

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03/2023

Fundación Antonio Pérez, Cuenca/Spain