Rosa Barba Sight Enables Us to Appreciate Distance, 2013/2016
70 mm film, aluminium, LED, motors
180 x 260 x 17 cm (70 7/8 x 102 3/8 x 6 3/4 in)
Edition of 1 plus 1 artist's proof
In Sight Enables Us to Appreciate Distance (2013/2016), the screen coincides with the actual source of the images. The backlit text piece is made up of approximately 132 meters of celluloid film which are set up in 24 lines running in different speeds. The title of the work refers to a definition by French theorist Henri Poincaré (1850-1912): "However, sight enables us to appreciate distance, and therefore to perceive a third dimension." The text takes as a point of departure Poincaré's definitions and develops the philosopher's thoughts by interweaving them with one other.
Rosa Barba engages within the medium of film through a sculptural approach. In her works, Barba creates installations and site-specific interventions to analyze the ways film articulates space, placing the work and the viewer in a new relationship. Questions of composition, physicality of form and plasticity play an important role for the artist as Barba examines the industry of cinema and its staging vis-à-vis gesture, genre, information and documents. Her film works are situated between experimental documentary and fictional narrative. They often focus on natural landscapes and human-made interventions into the environment and explore the relationship of historical records, personal anecdotes, and filmic representation, creating spaces of memory and uncertainty.
INSTALLATION SPECIFICATIONS:
–Three technically skilled and informed art handlers are required to install the work.
– The wall must hold the load of ca. 500 kg. If need, it must be reinforced. Best results will be gained on stone or concrete walls. Neither the artists nor the manufacturer does take liability for poor wall mounting.
– 2 power lines (2 x 230 VAC) have to be connected to the installation. They can be on the same electric phase but must not be switch on at the same time, but with a delay of 10sec.
– For the maintenance, cleaning agents should be avoided as it can damage the film. Do not install the installation in a dusty environment as dust particles can damage the film.
COLLECTION:
#1/1: Private collection, Lebanon
SALE SPECIFICATIONS:
The work can only be sold to institutions or publicly accessible private collections.
Rosa Barba engages within the medium of film through a sculptural approach. In her works, Barba creates installations and site-specific interventions to analyze the ways film articulates space, placing the work and the viewer in a new relationship. Questions of composition, physicality of form and plasticity play an important role for the artist as Barba examines the industry of cinema and its staging vis-à-vis gesture, genre, information and documents. Her film works are situated between experimental documentary and fictional narrative. They often focus on natural landscapes and human-made interventions into the environment and explore the relationship of historical records, personal anecdotes, and filmic representation, creating spaces of memory and uncertainty.
INSTALLATION SPECIFICATIONS:
–Three technically skilled and informed art handlers are required to install the work.
– The wall must hold the load of ca. 500 kg. If need, it must be reinforced. Best results will be gained on stone or concrete walls. Neither the artists nor the manufacturer does take liability for poor wall mounting.
– 2 power lines (2 x 230 VAC) have to be connected to the installation. They can be on the same electric phase but must not be switch on at the same time, but with a delay of 10sec.
– For the maintenance, cleaning agents should be avoided as it can damage the film. Do not install the installation in a dusty environment as dust particles can damage the film.
COLLECTION:
#1/1: Private collection, Lebanon
SALE SPECIFICATIONS:
The work can only be sold to institutions or publicly accessible private collections.
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