Concierto para el Bioceno
Eugenio Ampudia
Galería Max Estrella, Madrid
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- Title
- Concierto para el Bioceno
- Gallery
- Galería Max Estrella, Madrid
- Year
- 2020
- Duration
- 7 min 30 s
- Format & Technical
HD video, single channel, sound
- Contact
Alberto de Juan
albertodejuan@maxestrella.com
In June 22nd conceptual artist Eugenio Ampudia, premiered the “Concierto para el Bioceno” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona – one of the most important opera houses in Europe. A string quartet performed an arrangement of Puccini’s “Crisantemi” to an auditorium filled with 2,292 plants which was live streamed to a viewership of millions of people from around the world.
With this performative action, Ampudia honors nature and promotes a paradigm shift to find a more balanced and ecological approach to our symbiotic existence with the environment. Pivotal to the work and suggested by curator, Blanca de la Torre, the concept known as Biocene replaces the term Anthropocene, which defines the most recent history of deterioration of our planet due to human impact. With this in mind, Ampudia hopes for people to become aware of our significant role in climate change and that awareness will lead to a more conscientious commitment with the environment, sparking true change.
The video work Concierto para el Bioceno, is a resultant artistic creation of this action.
Stills
Lives and works in Madrid. As a multidisciplinary artist, his work approaches the artistic processes from a critical point of view; the artist as a promoter of ideas, the political role of creators, the meaning of art pieces, the strategies that allow to bring them to life, their mechanisms of production, promotion and consumption, the efficiency of spaces assigned to art, as well as the analysis and experience of those who watch and interprets them.
His work has been internationally exhibited in places as ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany; Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan; Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico DF, Centro de las Artes de Monterrey and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Mexico; Boston Center for the Arts, Boston (MA), USA; Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines; The Whitechapel Gallery in London; Abierto X Obras, Matadero Madrid, Spain; MAC Gas Natural Fenosa, La Coruña, Spain; and in Biennials such as Singapore and Havana’s The End of the World Biennial. And it is also held in collections of museums as MNCARS, MUSAC, ARTIUM, IVAM, and La Caixa, among others.
He is currently presenting “The Reason is a Plant”, a solo show at Max Estrella Gallery in Madrid, which shows the results of the Concert for the Biocene, held on June 22nd at the Liceu Theater in Barcelona.
Last updated: 18th November, 2020
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- Address
- Calle Santo Tomé, 6, patio, 28004, Madrid, Spain
- Phone
- 913195517
- info@maxestrella.com
- Website
- www.maxestrella.com
Thee gallery first opened its doors in 1994 under the direction of Albeto de Juan with a very clear mission to promote young artists and further consolidate the careers of those more established. A coherent roster represents our purpose of breaking new ground in contemporary art, whether it is video, painting, photography, sculpture and installation, with a special focus on new technologies. With fully-dedicated creators and collaborative efforts, Max Estrella aims to find balance between innovative ideas and exceptional techniques and discourses. Over the years, the gallery has grown in notoriety and prestige, gaining attention from collectors and critics. Max Estrella regularly attends art fairs in Europe and America, recently expanding onto Asia. Collaborations with international museums are frequent, as well as with curators. Max Estrella proudly treasures art world colleagues’ recognition for promoting artists work into a consolidated career in international arena.