Claudio Zulian. El Olivo
27 May — 5 June 2016
- Artists
- Claudio Zulian
- Curators
- Diana Padrón
- Venue
- Oleoteca La Chinata
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The chronicles of the time recount that in that movie by the Lumière brothers in which a couple is shown while feeding their baby, the viewers’ fascination was not caused by the tenderness of the familiar scene, but by the movement of the tree leaves in the background, shaken by the wind. Because of their desire to capture reality, it is not unjustified that they are attributed the birth of the documentary genre. Following his particular relationship with documentary, in El olivo (Olive Tree, 2010) artist Claudio Zulian (Campodarsego, Italy) recreates that original movement, while portraying the vibration of a monstrous olive tree, metaphor for the humanization of the savage in the technified olive-oil industry. An ubiquitous lightning and a comprehensive post-production work almost put us in front of the documentary record of an olive tree from another world.
‘El Olivo’ by Claudio Zulian ©Carlos Collado
‘El Olivo’ by Claudio Zulian ©Carlos Collado
Director of Aceton, Filmmaker, Video Artist, Musician and Writer. His career has developed mainly in cinema, video installations and theatre. With his documentaries and films he has been selected for various awards and venues such as the AlJazeera International Documentary Film Festival, PriMED, LOOP-Barcelona.
At LOOP 2016 he presented his Artwork “Power no Power” (2013) which considered new forms of power and “El Olivo”(2010), a metaphor for the humanization of the savage through technified industry. He also conducted the UMVA (Unitat Mòbil De Video Arquitectura) workshop.
At Loop 2017 he will present “Orígen, cuerpo, ciudad”, the film is a joint work of the participants of the workshop led by artist Claudio Julian and Matteo Guidi at the centre Torre Barrina in L’Hospitalet. As contribution to the overall theme of this year´s Loop Festival on the beginnings of video art, the film offers a personal mediation on Nam June Paik´s oeuvre. It is also an exploration of the city of L’Hospitalet through the performance of young members of the local Associació Ítaca and the images that the urban environment may suggest.
Last update: May 15th, 2017
Diana Padrón is a researcher, critic and independent curator. She holds a B.A. degree in Art History from the University of La Laguna, M.A. in Advanced Studies in Art History from the University of Barcelona and a Ph.D. from the same university in Society and Culture: History, Anthropology, Arts, Heritage and Cultural Management. She has been a visiting post-doc researcher at the Università di Padova, Université de Lille and Goldsmiths College – University of London. She collaborates with several art, thought and politics journals, and has been co-editor with Martí Peran of the journal REG|AC (Scientific Journal of Global Studies and Contemporary Art of the Universitat de Barcelona). As an independent curator she has organised exhibitions for the San Martín Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Museo Picasso de Barcelona, Loop Barcelona Festival, 13th Havana Biennial, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporànea, Centro de Arte La Regenta and Casal Solleric. She is a member of the Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo (IAC) and the Associació Catalana de la Crítica d’Art (ACCA).
Last update 15th November 2021
