A ball pit full of paper sheets? Roberto Jacoby and Alejandro Ros conceived a basement filled with crumpled up paper balls so that visitors can plunge in and have their own experience.
This immersive work proposes a change in the traditional artistic format: paper, always used as a support for print pieces, becomes here the support of the audience.
And so, those who walk through Papelón will become performers themselves.
Dates: May 31, June 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6
Time: 7 to 9 pm
Venue: Sótano
Free admission
Roberto Jacoby 1944, Buenos Aires, Argentina
He lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He is a conceptual artist and sociologist. Most of his work has been developed in collaboration with other artists. During the sixties, he participated in the art dematerialization experiences in the Argentine emerging communication media. Together with Eduardo Costa and Raúl Escari, he promoted the Primer Manifiesto del Arte y Los medios [First Art and Media Manifesto, 1966].He was part of the group of artists who organized Tucumán Arde. In the seventies and eighties, he carried out research work on social conflicts. During the same period, Jacoby also wrote lyrics for the popular band Virus. He earned the Guggenheim fellowship for his Proyecto Venus and Bola de Nieve (2002). He promoted the magazine Ramona (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000/2010). His individual exhibits include: No soy un clown (Galería Belleza y Felicidad, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2001); Dark Room (Malba, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005); El deseo nace derrumbe (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, 2011), and Subasta, together with Alejandro Ros (Galería De’ll Pete, arteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012). He participated in the following biennials: Pontevedra (Galicia, Spain, 2006); Sao Paolo (Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2010) and Lyon (Lyon, France, 2011).
Alejandro Ros 1964, Tucumán, Argentina
He lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He is a designer and an artist. He was in the first class of designers ever to graduate from the School of Graphic Design at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina, 1987). His works in the media include contributions to Página/12 newspaper (Radar, Las/12, Soy, Página/30 supplements); Ramona magazine; Tokonoma magazine, and Big magazine. He is famous for doing the cover art for musicians and bands such as Soda Stereo, Daniel Melero, Celeste Carballo, Juana Molina, Fito Páez, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Babasónicos, Illya Kuryaki and The Valderramas, Gustavo Cerati, Leo García, Mercedes Sosa, Divididos, Bersuit Vergarabat, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Vicentico, Tan Biónica, Sandra Mihanovich, Pedro Aznar, Bajo Fondo Tango Club, Miranda!, among others. He has received numerous prizes including 30 Awards of Excellence, 5 Gardel Awards, 3 Latin Grammys, and the Platinum Konex award, just to mention a few. He is part of the musical collective Agencia de Viajes with Dany Nijensohn, Gustavo Lamas, Leo García and Djjj. He participated in such exhibitions as Ud. esta aquí (Casa de la Cultura de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004); Diseño gráfico 90-2000 (Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, Buenos, Argentina, 2000); Alejandro Ros (Ciudad Emergente, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012), Abertura, together with Roberto Jacoby (Galería Baró, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2013); and Industria Argentina encendida apagada (Casa de la Militancia, Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos/ex ESMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2013). Some of his collaborative works include: Muta, short film co-written with Lucrecia Martel for MiuMiu (2011); and Subasta, with Roberto Jacoby (Galería De’ll Pete, arteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012).
1st Performance Biennial
April 27 thru June 7, 2015
Argentina 2015
2015 Biennial