River’s ink (La Tinta del Río)

An installation by Federico Joselevich Puiggrós & Omar Panosetti

Got a mention on the Arcitec contest

Keywords:
Juan Gelman, Generative Art, Río de la Plata, militar dicatorship, poetry

Concept:
A few years ago, in an intimate conversation with Juan Gelman, he mentioned some Jewish artists who were working with the image of smoke chimney, referring to the Holocaust; mentioned his disappointment to find few references to the chimneys of water in the Argentine art, referring to flights of death of the last military dictatorship in Argentina. This work is an attempt to honor both the figure of Juan Gelman as a poet and thinker as well as a critical look at our recent history, and our participation in society. It is at the center of our intention to make visitors interact with the work, and this also convert authors thereof. The work uses physical elements of the environment, such as water from the Rio de la Plata, and others are allegorical both pictorial art and the written art, such as ink.
In the words of Philip Galanter when you define the Generative Art, the work is to “Generative art refers to any art practice where the artist uses a system, such as a set of natural language rules, a computer program, a machine, or other procedural invention, which is set into motion with some degree of autonomy contributing to or resulting in a completed work of art.”, interspersed with the idea of ​​interactivity, inviting and questioning visitors to interact and modify the work.

Comentario VI

(Santa Teresa)

esta secreta unión que pasa
en un punto muy interior del alma/ que debe ser donde estás vos/y donde tales son el deleite y la gloria y demás
criaturas que pasan/conunidas como
aguas de cielo que van a río entrando a mar/o manos que por lados contrarios se hacen una/
o sustento que me sustenta/así me sos
como madera en el palito/aunque
mayor dolor queda después/y deseo mayor porque crece el amar cuando más se descubre
la delicia de vos/y vienen ansias como rayos
que abrasan y retardan el morir/y luego
sin saber cómo ni cuándo/sin
mover mano ni pie/cae un golpe de fuego que hace polvo cuando alentamos cuanto respiramos
al interior de esta pasión/
y suelta queda la pena como un animal que también es noticia de vos/tierra mía de la que estoy atado y desatado/
y rara ausencia/rara compañía/ que nadie es sino vos/
y yo como alguno colgado que
ni toca tierra ni al cielo puede subir
como conciencia de un tormento/
padecer o desdicha/que es gota de agua en el grande océano de el calor de vos/mariposica honda/
libre en la toda luz que das

From: Quotes and comments
JUAN GELMAN

Technical Specification:

The installation consists of a long strip of paper 33cm wide, which slides on a long table 1.50. At one end of the table, a brush with water taken from the Rio de La Plata, drip pouring water on paper. The paper moves slowly. On paper, halfway, another brush draws with colored ink. The brushes are attached to mechanical arms.

There is a microphone in front of the facility and a plot with poetry printed Gelman. When someone speaks (narrates the poem) into the microphone, mechanical arms move in line with those sounds. The continuous movement of the paper and the continuous drip of water from the river are operated by moving inks voice and create unique drawings. These drawings are related to the form, cadence and tone of speaking visitors.