Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Tones in the Voice of Shadows
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The installation 'Tones in the Voice of Shadows' from Esther Mañas and Arash Moori, situated in the former loading area of Leipzig’s central station, is shrouded in an unusual and almost ghostlike visual and acoustic effects: An empty and forgotten office space , scarred by traces of demolition and neglect, forms the stage for a scenery which the artists have re-animated with waving light and amplified sound.This quondam place is transformed into a temporary situation of experience speculating what happened within and after the erstwhile hustle and bustle, what occurred or disappeared – possibly also in the sense of Edgar Allan Poe from whom the title of the installation is taken:„And then did we start from our seats in horror, for the tones in the voice of the shadow were not the tones of any one being but a multitude of beings and the familiar accents of many thousand departed friends..."
-Christine Rahn
Especially for the festival z w i s c h e n g r u e n exploring urban landscapes which follows this year the running of the Parthe river and takes places at the former loading area of Leipzig’s central station,
Dates: Sunday, June 28 – Friday, July 3 starting at 3 pm.
Finissage:Saturday, July 04 starting at 5pm until 9pm
place: former loading station, Leipzig’s central station, westside
meeting point: bicycle store »Eckhardt«
duration: approx. 2 hours
Please note: The show can only be experienced in context of guided festival tours
www.zwischengruen.de
www.residence-blumen.de
From May till August 2009 Esther Mañas and Arash Moori are participating in the *blumen* artist-in-residence programme in Leipzig.
August 14 – 30, 2009
final show with new work from the residency stay
Thursday, April 02, 2009
IINSIDE THE BEEHIVE + DIGICULT INTERVIEW
A short video which documents our most recent work titled 'Inside the Beehive', which can be seen to follow on from previous works such as ' Composition for Five Rooms ' and 'Every Man and Woman is a Star'. A construction of a false corridor was made which became progressively destroyed/augmented, leading the viewers/listeners into a central chamber constructed from a hexangonal material. Elements found within the space contribute to the resulting soundtrack of the space, whose acoustical properties in turn alter through spatial exploration and investigation.
We exhibited the work in February at the fair ARCO09 Madrid with the help of Fundacion Arte y Derecho,Vegapand Galeria Ms .The work was situated within 'Expanded Box' which housed eight international projects selected by Italian contemporary art critic and curator Domenico Quaranta .
You can also find a recent interview we made with Marco Mancuso of Digicult in Aprils issue, currently only in Italian but there should be an english translation of the issue out soon.
We exhibited the work in February at the fair ARCO09 Madrid with the help of Fundacion Arte y Derecho,Vegapand Galeria Ms .The work was situated within 'Expanded Box' which housed eight international projects selected by Italian contemporary art critic and curator Domenico Quaranta .
You can also find a recent interview we made with Marco Mancuso of Digicult in Aprils issue, currently only in Italian but there should be an english translation of the issue out soon.
all rights reserved © Arash Moori & Esther Mañas 2009
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Updates
Goethe-Institut
Currently we are taking part in a week long work shop,'In der Femde///En Casa' to be held at the Goethe-Institut Madrid. The workshop is an exchange between five berlin based artists and four Madrid based artists. The inauguration of the workshop will be held on the 22.02.08 at 19:30 within the exhibition space of the Goethe Institute on the first floor. You can visit the Goethe Institute during opening hours to see how the various works develop through the week and talk with some of the participating artists. Thing will conclude on the 29.02.08 at 19:30 with an exhibition of weeks work.Hope to see you there!
ARCO08
Last week we showed ‘Every Man and Woman is a Star’ at ARCO08 an international art fair held at Ifema, Madrid .Our work was placed within the Ayuntamiento(Madrids Art Council) stand which displayed a number of works which had been originally exhibited for La Noche en Blanco(see below in previous posts for info ). It was a busy week for the both of us and a great opportunity!
EXPLUM08
Our work has also been selected to be exhibited at Explum08 which is an annual international arts exhibition held in Puerto Lumbreras. The exhibition runs from the the 15.03.08 for the duration of one month you can find more information via the link.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Recent Exhibitions
Espacios Vitales
Sala de Exposiciones
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
4-20 Diciembre
Laborables de 12 a 17h
Oriol Añón, Nuria Fuster, Fernando García, Juan López,
Esther Mañas & Arash Moori ,Guzmán de Yarza Blache
'The Fly Killer'
Esther Mañas & Arash Moori 2007
Sala de Exposiciones
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
4-20 Diciembre
Laborables de 12 a 17h
Oriol Añón, Nuria Fuster, Fernando García, Juan López,
Esther Mañas & Arash Moori ,Guzmán de Yarza Blache
'The Fly Killer'
Esther Mañas & Arash Moori 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Every Man and Woman is a Star
A quick update to let you know what we have been up to recently. It's been a really busy and enjoyable time for the both of us, as we had three exhibitions in different countries crammed into the space of just over one month. We started off in Liverpool at the Albert Dock's 'Site Gallery' where we installed a well recieved interactive light and sound sculpture titled 'Every Man and Woman is a Star', inspired by a quote taken from Aleister Crowley's 'The Book of the Law'(1909).
The second exhibition was a solo show hosted by the wonderful folks who run Candyland, they have recently expanded their Artist run activities to a larger industrial space in Stockholm called Hammarby ArtPort.Three solo show's were orchestrated to open simultaneously which included work by Paul Cullen(NZ) , Delphine Reist(CH) & Lauren Faulon(FR) and ourselves. We were given an empty office space consisting of five adjoining rooms to work within, installing microphones in the various rooms we amplified the sound of the lights electrical current with found speakers & amplifiers :) The electricity supply of the lights was interrupted intermitently creating a monstrous composition of random flickering light and sound.
Lastly we ended our triad of exhibitions at Teatro Valle-Inclan for La Noche en Blanco / White Nights. Where we installed 'Cada Hombre y Cada Mujer es Una Estrella/ Every Man and Woman is a Star'.
Cada Hombre y Cada Mujer es una Estrella,
Teatro Valle-Inclan, Esther Mañas & Arash Moori
2007
All in all we had an amazing month and would like to thank all those that helped us along the way.
Esther & Arash
Teatro Valle-Inclan, Esther Mañas & Arash Moori
2007
The installation was similar to our Liverpool work but much larger in size, accompanying the work were a number posters installed in the theatre space which greeted the public as they ascended to the window fronted second floor.
All in all we had an amazing month and would like to thank all those that helped us along the way.
Esther & Arash
