{"uid":"9XrVr2cbcsWzI1ph","type":"artist","tags":["others"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"\"Up Close and Far Away\"","summary":"For this project I'm proposing an exhibition at a public venue in Lisbon (exact venue still to be decided), that shows printmaking works that I've been creating over the past few years.\nThe works in this series of linocut prints \u201cUp Close, and Far Away\u201d, are based on still frames from 50s and 60s TV shows like \u201cThe Twilight Zone\u201d, \u201cHitchcock Presents\u201d, \u201cThe Hitchcock Hour\u201d, \u201cTales of Tomorrow\u201d and \u201cThe Outer Limits\u201d. In them, I attempt to renew or reanimate the old and poignant images that I see as still worthy of life by isolating them and presenting them in a new way. I chose images from TV shows as opposed to movies because I did not want the actors to be immediately identifiable; I wanted the beauty of the images themselves as opposed to simply a portrait of a \u201ccelebrity\u201d. From the beginning of the technological age and with the invention of video, countless numbers of images are created and simultaneously lost. In this series I sought to recreate these images using one of the lengthiest and most time consuming art techniques \u2013 engraving, in that aspect, the antitheses of video but like video, a work that can be multiplied (each linocut is part of an edition of 5-10 prints). In technical terms, the linocuts grew in size as the series progressed (getting thus closer to the big screen), the last one so far measures\u00a0140x170cm (55x67 inches) and was printed using a steam roller! (there are no printing presses that big readily available).","space":"The exhibition space would have to be fairly large to accommodate these works. Due to the process used to print these pieces I also think a fairly industrial space would be appropriate and go well with the aesthetic of the work in general","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jF8ZRnnCm0w","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":7,"names":"Mariana Duarte","surname":"Santos","email":"mari95santos@gmail.com","dni_type":"Other","dni":"14554047","address":"Rua Prof. Eduardo Ara\u00fajo Coelho N\u00ba7 7\u00baDrt","city":"Lisboa","nacionality":"Portuguese","country_id":"185","birthdate":"1995-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1995-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+351961531968","web":"www.marianaduartesantos.com"}