ARC is pleased to be able to offer one to one surgeries and a critique with Josefina Posch, the 2010 Art Space Portsmouth International Artist in Residence. Josefina's exhibition - The Logic of Basho - an installation and video, opens at GASP (Gallery Art Space Portsmouth) on Friday 19 November from 6.30 to 8.30pm and is then open to the public on 20, 21 and 22 November from 12 - 4pm.
Josefina's work has been exhibited in Europe, China and the USA. She has also successfully completed residencies in New York and Shanghai. Her work explores interactive and kinetic sculpture, new media and moving image, with particular interest in the 'intersection between man and machine'. During Josefina’s residency in Portsmouth she is developing a project that includes body castings from live local models. As Josefina explains in her blog: “The idea is that these body parts from different individuals will be assembled into one figure. This figure becomes the representation for the "average" Portsmouth inhabitant. To reflect the demographics of Portsmouth I have been casting male and females white British 20-40 year old average height and weight but also representatives from the less than 10% non-white British minority communities in the area as well as persons of much older age.
The starting point for my project is the techniques of the old renaissance masters Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo’s usage of several different models in order to create one ideal figure. With the Vertruvian man Da Vinci illustrated his ideas of the ideal human (proportions) which he saw as a “cosmografia del minor mondo” (cosmography of the microcosm) believing the workings of the human body to be an analogy for the workings of the universe. But my ideas, living in the 21st century, of the perfect figure or human being is rather based upon the beauty of a multiethnic collage ofcultures existing within the same figure. It might be more connected to a baroque (from barrocco meaning imperfect pearl) idea of the necessity of imperfection in order to achieve perfection.”
For more information, follow Josefina’s blog at:http://aspinternationalresidency2010.blogspot.com/
On Thursday 25 November from 6.30 to 8.30pm artists are invited to attend a critique with Josefina when she will consider the results of her residency. The critique will be led by arc Lead Artist, Jonathan Parsons and held at aspex. Please email arc@aspex.org.uk to reserve your place.
On Wednesday 24 November we have four one to one surgeries available toartists in the South East. Artists can use these sessions to gain feedback on their work or to discuss any aspect of career development, fundraising, making proposals, or a particular project. Surgeries last 50 minutes. To register your interest, please email a copy of your CV, artist’s statement, 4 jpeg images of current work and a paragraph or two about what you would like to discuss to arc@aspex.org.uk.
You can find out more about Josefina and her work at http://www.wooloo.org/artists/694
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