MUSLIHAT OK. Video Catalogue

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Shahar Marcus (Israel)

The Curator 04'35" 2011 Ini adalah trailer dari film yang layak dinanti oleh para pelaku seni rupa. The Curator berkisah tentang peran monumental kurator bagi ranah seni rupa kontemporer. Kurator digambarkan menjadi poros bagi kebijakan yang diambil galeri dan museum. Posisinya tidak tersentuh. Keputusannya adalah mutlak. Hingga akhirnya ketika seorang kurator wafat, maka institusi pamer seni rupa butuh kurator baru yang lebih mumpuni. Video karya Shahar Marcus ini secara satir membongkar stereotyping praktek kuratorial. Pembongkaran bukan dilakukan pada wilayah gagasan kuratorial, tapi lebih ke pakem-pakem fisik dan bagaimana seorang kurator berperilaku. Seperti cara berbusana, gestur serta tatapan mata, hingga perlunya membuat skandal demi menaikan status. Semua ini dirangkum sebagai panduan kronologis, sehingga seorang tanpa latar belakang akademis kesenian, siapa saja juga bisa menipu institusi dan tampil sebagai kurator. Shahar Marcus (Israel 1971) adalah seorang seniman interdisipliner yang sering berkarya dengan video, performans dan instalasi. Ia secara teratur muncul dalam karya-karya videonya, memainkan peran yang berbeda, melintasi pribadi dan gambaran artistiknya dengan orang lain. Dalam performans-nya ia menghubungkan tubuhnya dengan bahan-bahan yang bersifat organik dan tidak tahan lama, seperti adonan kue, roti, jus atau es. Hubungannya dengan bahan-bahan tersebut meneliti posisi dan peran tubuhnya sebagai manusia dan pencipta. Pilihannya pada bahan yang tidak tahan lama tersebut juga menyoroti sifat seni dan kehidupan. This is a trailer from short film that is worthy to be waited by art agents. The Curator tells about the monumental role of the curators in the contemporary art field. Curator is depicted as a main axis for policies taken by galleries and museums. Their position is untouchable. Their decision is absolute. And, finally, when a curator died, the institutions need new curator who more qualified one. Shahar Marcus video opens up stereotyping of curatorial practice satirically. The dismantling is not only in the curatorial idea, but also in the code of physical stereotype and how curator should behave. In this video we can see the way the curators dress, their gestures as well as their eyes’ gaze, and the way the curators making a scandal to raise their status. All of these things were summarized as a chronological guide so people without art and academic basis can trick the institution and perform as the curator. Shahar Marcus (Israel 1971) is an interdisciplinary artist who works primarily in video, performance and installations. He regularly appears in his video works, playing different roles, crossing his personal and artistic figure with that of someone else. In his performances he relates his body to organic and perishable materials, such as dough, bread, juice or ice. His relationship to those materials examines the position and the role of his body as both human and creator. His choice of perishables likewise highlights the nature of art and life.

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