Sin Tiempo
Giovanni Ozzola
Suburbia Contemporary, Barcelona, Leipzig
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- Artist
- Giovanni Ozzola
- Título
- Sin Tiempo
- Galería
- Suburbia Contemporary, Barcelona, Leipzig
- Año
- 2017
- Duración
- 7 min 54 s
- Formato
4K
- Edición Loop
- Ed. 2024
- Presented in LOOP by
- Suburbia Contemporary
A man indistinguishable in the landscape, a larger landscape, getting closer on him, his shapes and energy stand out, he is the center in that specific moment, in that specific place. The man face the ocean and speak to it. His native language is a whistle. A flow of air coming out from him that melts into the wind, merges with the landscape. nature and man become one thing, again. The video was shot in Añaza controversial municipality on the outskirt of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. being a vast aboriginal inhabitants guanche’s archaeological site it was declared Heritage of Cultural Interest even though has been brutally urbanized in the past few decades. The Gomeran whistle is a archaic but still used language in a remote island of Atlantic Ocean, la Gomera. Since 2009 it was declared as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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Giovanni Ozzola, a Florence-born artist living in Canary Islands, is a multidisciplinary artist working with photography, video and with more traditional media such as the engraving on slate or sculpture casting. Ozzola’s practice demonstrates a deep sensitivity towards the phenomenon of light and its various physical characteristics. His main thematic interests lie in conceptualizing and representing infinitude and exploration, both geographical and introspective. A selection of his most recent solo shows includes Senza te, senza Nord, senza titolo (Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence, 2023); For a little while (Galleria Continua, Parigi, 2023); Traces of Wind (Galleria Continua, Beijing, 2022); I did’t see you (166 Art Space, Shanghai, 2021); Atto Unico (Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, 2021); Búnkeres y Estrellas (XVI Bienal Internacional de Fotografia, Museo de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, 2021) and If I Had to Explain, You Wouldn’t Understand (Fosun Foundation Shanghai, 2019), among others.