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My space: Miami
Jorge Rojas. The public is invited to join for seven days.
Exhibition Dates
July 30 - August 5, 2009
Opening Reception
Friday, July 31, 2009, 7-10pm
Artist Talk
August 1, Saturday, 2009, 2-4pm
Jorge Rojas will create My space: Miami, his fifth in the last calendar year in a series of interactive works entitled ‘Live Gestures’. The series started in Guadalajara, Mexico in August of 2008 and has since been in Brooklyn, NY, Bronx, NY and West Chicago, IL. My space will serve as the artist’s broadcast studio for 7 days, during which time he will work, eat and broadcast, as well as interact with the public both in the gallery and online through a 24/7 live video broadcast on BlogTV.com at http://www.blogtv.com/People/myspace .
Rojas will broadcast in his My space structure from July 30th - August 5th. “In each installment of the My space project I explore three main issues: how technology is changing the way we communicate; how we view and interact with art and each other; and the importance of these processes in art and in our daily lives” says Rojas. With My space: Miami, Rojas will explore themes of social voyeurism, boundaries of privacy, and their relationship to technology. Rojas will construct a 14’ X 14’ X 8’ box made of cardboard and wood. The interior of My space will be minimally furnished with a bed, desk, fan, computer, and a lamp and will also include a door, windows, screens, peepholes, curtains, optical lenses and other viewing devices made from plastics, textiles, and other materials selected for their varying levels of transparency and opacity. These devices will serve as a tool for the artist to invite the public to interact with him within the structure as well as to indulge their natural voyeuristic impulses.
“I’m also inviting the community to bring images such as postcards, photographs, posters, record covers, drawings, etc. that will hang in My space and live on permanently as part of the art installation,” says the artist. The audience- both in the gallery and online is as important to this project; their participation will, in many ways, activate and determine the outcome. Rojas wants his audience to come prepared to chat, collaborate on some artworks, dance, goof off and actively participate. He leaves lots of room for spontaneity, improvisation and indeterminacy between the public and himself. “Someone may decide they want to come inside the actual structure for a more direct interactive experience; which would open up a whole other level of possibilities. During the week in My space, I will completely depend on the local community for my food. I plan to exchange artworks for meals and food items. I'm not asking for charity; I'm just saying "Will Work For Food" and in doing so I'm demystifying the process of exhibiting, selling or buying art. I’m doing this to make a statement about the art industry’s system, its mechanics and how people still have this crazy notion that artists need to suffer or starve in order to make good work,” says Rojas.
My space: Miami information www.jorgerojasart.com
This is the fifth installment in a series of interactive works.
My space: West Chicago
My space: Bronx
My space: Politico
My space: Guadalajara
Jorge Rojas will create My space: Miami as part of an artist residency at Diaspora Vibe Gallery and Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc, sponsored by the Visual Artists Network and the National Performance Network funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Joan Mitchell Foundation
Location
3938 N. Miami Avenue
Miami Design District
Miami, FL 33127
305.573.4046
305.573.7675
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