Monteagudo_ The Project_09/11 by Álvaro Negro

Monteagudo_ The Project_09/11

Monteagudo. Natureza! EstĂĄs soa? 2009 - 2011 Ă lvaro Negro

Monteagudo, the project

Monteagudo is a little village located in Spain´s north-western region of Galicia where german sculptor Ulrich Rückriem has completed a major site specific work . His project consists of four monumental pieces that are scattered around as many strategical spots. As one approaches the place is greeted by a big slab of stone, Estela, which marks the entrance to the oak forest. From there, a path take us to the second sculpture, Columna, which leads us out of the forest. Both sculptures work as signals and remind us of the functionality of the menhir in ancient megalithic cultures. The other two works, a cubic volume and a relief in the ground, are placed further away on the lower part of the meadow, on a promontory surrounded by walls and vegetation. The film Monteagudo. Natureza! Estás soa? aims to evoke a cartography of a place. It is focused on the relationship between the sculptures and their surroundings via natural phenomena. My main concern is to see how the concept of time affects the image by examining light changes and seasonal transitions . As Derrida stated, “no nature exists, only its effects”. The structure of the film follows Ruckriem’s effort to link his geometrical approach to the open and abstract notion of landscape. In relation to that the footage merges the filmic and the documentary, the pictorial and the sculptural.

Monteagudo. Natureza! EstĂĄs soa?

2009 - 11, 1920x1080 hd, color, stereo audio, multichannel installation, 1h 27Â´ (Videostills: pp. 4 - 13) 4

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