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Jonas JoanGraduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1958, then later continued her studies at Columbia University until 1965. She is currently a lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2009 she received the Guggenheim award. She has been a significant figure in the American art scene since 1945. She is a performance artist and creator of installations, video, sculpture, film, photographs and paintings. In some of her works a romantic vision of nature can be seen, a context of nineteenth-century English poetry, and primeval rituals. She is inspired by poetry, song, legends and myths. Many of her installations can be viewed from all sides, and she frequently uses multiple and sources of sound. Photographs of her first performances show her use of mirrors, through which she multiplied the perception of space and motion, introducing a new kind of relationship between the performer and the audience. She uses loops connecting the currently existing space of the installation with a provocative space. Her installations may be interpreted together as a complete cycle, repeating itself like a sort of litany, as she continually redevelops and recreates each one. They address the question of the connection between performance art and the video screen. The media, in her opinion, should serve to make of the soul of the artist material. These aspects are demonstrated by the use of meta-language by the artist. It can be said that she discovered the phenomenology of video art. A retrospective of her works was held at the Queens Museum of Art, New York (2003), Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (2000), and at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1994). Her works were also presented at Documenta V, VI, and VII in Kassel. An installation by Jonas was requested for Documenta XI, which was to become the video performance entitled Lines in the Sand. It was recreated at the Tate Modern in London and at the Kitchen in New York in 2004. Joan Jonas has had individual exhibitions and has conducted performances at the following institutions: Haus der Kulturen den Welt, Berlin, Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna, Dia: Beacon, Beacon, New York, Museo Nacional Centro del Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Museo d’Art Contemporari, Barcelona, Le Plateau and Jeu de Paume/Hotel de Sully, Paris, and the Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago. |
Film screeningsThe films were shown in about a 1.5 hour block every second day from 12 to 27 June 2010. These are productions created by the artist in the eighties. Volcano Saga is a film based on XIII-century Icelandic saga Laxdeala. Video Double Lunar Dogs is inspired by the science fiction story titled Universe by Robert Heinlein, and Upsidedown and Backwards are two fairy tales The Frog Prince and The Boy Who Want to Learn Fear told simultaneously. |
12/06/2010
21:00 Film screenings
14/06/2010
21:00 Film screenings
16/06/2010
21:00 Film screenings
18/06/2010
21:00 Film screenings
20/06/2010
21:00 Film screenings
22/06/2010
21:00 Film screenings
24/06/2010
21:00 Film screenings
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