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Workshop by Lucy Orta
"Drink Water"
When: 16 February, 2005
Where: Fabrica
What: Workshop
From February 16 to 18 the well-known English artist Lucy Orta has been at Fabrica for a workshop entitled "Drink water". The workshop - that is part of a larger project that will be presented at the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, during the Biennial of Visual Arts - has focused on the emergency behind the depletion of the most important of our natural resources, water.During the workshop participants have developed a series of objects, sculptures, public interventions and a large format publication to be presented in the exhibition and the public space. It has been a kind of collective forum for discussion and development of ideas to contribute to the production of the exhibition. Topics of research have included: water filtration and processing units, water transportation systems, pure water distribution schemes, bottling stations, aid kits, etc.
Lucy Orta was born in Great Britain in 1966. Her principal field of intervention is the personal space of the individual fighting for survival in adverse conditions. Over the last decade she has created an extensive body of work, which crosses the boundaries between traditional sculpture and intervention to create a highly original visual language. She encourages in an active participation from very diverse members of the community by organising workshops called "Actions" and her projects both in the museum space and within the community question the role of art as a agent for participation and dialogue. Her work has been exhibited in the major museums and galleries worldwide, among which: Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Pitti Immagine, Florence; Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein; Venice Biennial of Visual Arts; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Johannesburg Biennial; Museum of Modern Art, Paris. Two monographies have been published on her work: “Process of transformation”, éditions Jean-Michel Place; Paris 1999 and “Refuge Wear, Lucy Orta”, éditions Jean-Michel Place, Paris, 1996.
Workshop upon invitation
16, 17, 18 February 2005
Lecture open to all
February 18 at 6:00 p.m.
Fabrica
via ferrarezza
Catena di Villorba (Tv)
http://www.studioorta.free.fr
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