HOW HARD IS IT, WHEN EVERYTHING ENCOURAGES US TO SLEEP, THOUGH WE MAY LOOK ABOUT US WITH CONSCIOUS, CLINGING EYES, TO WAKE AND YET LOOK ABOUT US AS IN A DREAM, WITH EYES THAT NO LONGER KNOW THEIR FUNCTION AND WHOSE GAZE IS TURNED INWARD.
I CALL FOR ACTORS BURNING AT THE STAKES, LAUGHING AT THE FLAMES.- ANTONIN ARTAUD WE AGREE.
the artists present
VITA CHARING
M. L. E
JAQUAMO FLORENCE-THE VENETIAN
TRIXI SCRUBBS
ROSARIA “SUNFLOWER” BIANCHI
ART IS PROVOCATION AND NOURISHMENT. UNPACKING WHAT IS MEANT AND NOT SAID. WHAT IS IN THAT MUST COME OUT.
-VITA CHARING
MY WORK DOESN'T RISE TO ART UNLESS IT IS A WINDOW ON THE ME I DESPERATELY SEEK TO CONCEAL AND A MIRROR THAT MAKES YOU THE WITNESS, CONFRONT THE YOU THAT YOU EMPHATICALLY DENY EXISTS.
-TRIXI SCRUBBS
M.L.E.
I BELIEVE ART IS A LANGUAGE, A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT TRANSCENDS DIVISION AND DIFFERENCES. ART IS A BIOLOGICAL PROCESS LIKE BREATHING, DIGESTING,
SINGING, SLEEPING... ART ALLOWS US TO MAKE SENSE OF OUR ENVIRONMENTS AND TO HONOR TIME AND SPACE.
PUTTING ART INTO THE WORLD IS JUST LIKE PLANTING A TREE, OR BURNING WOOD IN A FIRE - TRANSFORMING ELEMENTS FROM ONE STAGE TO ANOTHER. THERE IS NO SUCH LIFE WITHOUT ART - IT IS NOT RESERVED FOR "CREATIVE" PEOPLE... ART IS A REQUIREMENT, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE ALL DO.
GAUQUAMO THE VENETIAN IS NOT AFRAID OF BEING BAD AT ART . HE IS NOT AFRAID OF YOU WITNESSING HIM BEING BAD AT ART. HE ALWAYS STRIVES TO SUCCEED, BUT NOT FOR ARTISTIC SUCCESS. SUCCESS IS THE ACT OF ADVENTURING. FAILURE IN ART IS TIMIDITY, FEAR AND THE AVOIDANCE OF REGRET. SUCCESS IN ART IS ADVENTURE, EXPLORATION AND LOVING HUMANITY.
FOR ME, ART MEANS USING WHAT IS AROUND YOU AND WITHIN YOU TO CREATE BEAUTY. A FLOWER CROWN IN YOUR HAIR, HALF OF YOUR BODY COVERED IN MUD, RECREATING THE CONSULTATIONS WITH STONES. ANYTHING BE ART, INCLUDING YOURSELF.
-ROSARIA “SUNFLOWER” BIANCHI