Provisorio Permanente presents des lúcidos, a service of black and white analogue photographic portraits. The project focuses on the personal experience of each viewer who becomes part of the action.
Participants will first have to enter a space where they will find a large antique photographic enlarger that will be used as a studio camera, and sit in front of it to get their picture taken. Then, they will go through a trap door and into the red-lit dark room, where an operator will develop the photograph in an atmosphere of complete intimacy.
Visitors will get to observe the end-to-end process until finally receiving their printed portrait, whose image will vanish before their eyes prior to leaving the room. They will take home the photographic paper as a memento of that ephemeral presence.
Date: May 22 through June 7
Time: 5 to 9 pm
Venue: Casa Nacional del Bicentenario
Free admission
First-come, first served basis. One person every 10 minutes
Co-produced by Casa Nacional del Bicentenario — Argentine Ministry of Culture
Curated by Liliana Piñeiro
Victoriano Alonso 1976, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Eduardo Tomás Basualdo 1977, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Hernán Soriano 1978, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Pedro Wainer 1975, Mexico City, Mexico.
They live and work in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Artur Lescher 1962, São Paulo, Brasil.
He lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
These artists' backgrounds include various disciplines, from visual arts to theater, animation, or object manipulation. Since 2003 they research and develop the dramatic potential in visual works to enhance the experience. Their work is developed on photographic, performative, or object supports to highlight the relation between the viewer and the piece. In 2005 they were awarded the second prize at the Currículum Cero competition featured by Ruth Benzacar gallery (Buenos Aires, Argentina) with Nocturnidad (which makes reference to Héctor Germán Oesterheld's science fiction comic strip El Eternauta); Punto de antigravedad (Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2009); Lágrimas de niña cocodrilo (Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009); Humo del noctámbulo (Límite Sud, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008), curated by Roberto Jacoby and Vivi Tellas; Alguien llama (Ruth Benzacar gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006); Visitas a la casa del coleccionista (Casa-taller, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005-2008), and Invierno imberbe (Espacio Callejón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004), curated by Emilio García Wehbi, member of El Periférico de Objetos. Some of the most recent exhibitions which featured their work are Últimas tendencias II (Buenos Aires National Museum of Modern Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012); Toponave (Centro Cultural de España, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008); Museo salvaje (Centro Cultural de España, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008); Duchamp en Buenos Aires (Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007); Cultura y media (Centro Cultural San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007); El otro chancho, which is part of the project titled Palimpsesto by the art collective Rosa Chancho (urban intervention, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006); Memoria 1976/2006 (Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006), and Naturaleza artificial (La Casona de los Olivera, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006).
1st Performance Biennial
April 27 thru June 7, 2015
Argentina 2015
2015 Biennial