Rosa Barba Boundaries of Consumption, 2012
Transparent 16 mm film, modified projector, film canisters, 2 metal spheres
Dimensions variable
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
In Boundaries of Consumption (2012) two metal balls move unpredictably on top of a stack of film cans. Their choreography is documented by two restless shadows contrasted with a colored film strip projected onto the wall. The celluloid passes through the pile of cans, randomly lifting and destabilizing it. Within the interplay between instability and balance, the projector illuminates the balls and causes their movement and thereby exists as phenomenon and idea simultaneously. A tension builds between all the constitutive elements of the sculpture—somewhere in between a balancing act and a magic trick, the two balls morph into one and become two again in the projection.
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.
COLLECTIONS:
#1/3: Private collection
#3/3: Colección Jumex, Mexico City
INSTALLATION COMPONENTS:
– 2 x metal globes
– 16 mm projector
– Transparent 16 mm film loop (in case the film breaks, it can be fixed or replaced)
– Film canisters
– Lens
INSTALLATION DIMENSIONS (reference):
– Distance between the projector and the wall: 250 cm.
– Distance between the canister and the projector: 140 cm (measured from the lens).
– Distance between canister and the wall: 110 cm.
– Height of the mounted reel: 90 cm above the floor.
SALE SPECIFICATIONS:
The work can only be sold to institutions or publicly accessible private collections. The acquisition should be discussed with the artist.
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.
COLLECTIONS:
#1/3: Private collection
#3/3: Colección Jumex, Mexico City
INSTALLATION COMPONENTS:
– 2 x metal globes
– 16 mm projector
– Transparent 16 mm film loop (in case the film breaks, it can be fixed or replaced)
– Film canisters
– Lens
INSTALLATION DIMENSIONS (reference):
– Distance between the projector and the wall: 250 cm.
– Distance between the canister and the projector: 140 cm (measured from the lens).
– Distance between canister and the wall: 110 cm.
– Height of the mounted reel: 90 cm above the floor.
SALE SPECIFICATIONS:
The work can only be sold to institutions or publicly accessible private collections. The acquisition should be discussed with the artist.