{"uid":"nPWjELPGrNaW9iGg","type":"curator","tags":[],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Radical Vessels; Summoning Elementals at the End of the World","summary":"Three installations by artists using clay and water to develop further natural elements in their work. One works with raw clay to grow seeds, the second makes ceramic vessels to produce sound and the third generates fire from water held in earthenware pots.\n\nI initially envisioned this project with the art as the radical vessels. On discovering another meaning of vessel (a person infused with a non-material quality), I'm inclined to see the artists as radical vessels. They ingest current concerns to make works instilled with significance and agency.\n\nElementals exist in all cultures. It can be argued that we invented these nature guardians to ease our burden of caring for the environment and distance ourselves from nature. By using two elements to form a third, it is as if the artists, these radical vessels, are elementals reconnecting to nature through their works. In our current environmental crisis, it is easy for artists to romanticise an idealised connection to nature. The works exploit traditional methods and bastardise natural sciences in order to create radical works, but are not nostalgic. Poetical and political, they are a declaration against the sentimental. They call attention to our present ecological condition to act as a reminder of how erratic the natural world is. Nature is not neat or tidy but messy and chaotic. Using natural elements opens up the possibilities of the unknown. The installations will change and develop, that is what makes them so captivating.","space":"I propose to show three complementary installations by three different artists. My aim is to have them exhibited in the same building, preferably in interconnected spaces, in order to display the correlated nature of the artists' practices. Ideally, one installation would be outside. \n\nThe three installations vary in size but are approximately 3m x 3m each (minimum 2m x 2m) - 3 spaces of 3m x 3m. An old warehouse or former factory would be ideal.","artists_proposal":"Mercedes Jara Muns, Spanish\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/user19611987\n\nMarina Rubio, Spanish\nhttps:\/\/marinarubio.net\/\n\nPablo del Pozo, Spanish\nwww,pablodelpozo.net","members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"names":"Tsering","surname":"Parodi","email":"tsering@tangent-projects.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"542911636","address":"Carrer del Roser 95,1","city":"Barcelona","nacionality":"British","country_id":"71","birthdate":"1972-05-17T23:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1972-05-17T23:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+34 633197221","web":"www.tangent-projects.com","fileCount":10}