SMASHING TIME. Programme of contemporary art at the Ragged School Museum.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London, U.K. _ April 18, 2011
On May 22, 2011, from 2 to 5 p.m. twelve contemporary artists will take over the Ragged School Museum in East London for an art exhibition curated by Lucia Rivero entitled “Smashing Time”. An alternative Sunday experience.
The act of Smashing Time is directly related to the creative process where the artist decides not merely to lose time but to smash it. The programme of art will address this issue in a range of different media such as drawing, installation and experiments.
We are delighted to share with the public 3 intense hours of Smashing Time.
STATEMENT
A conscious decision, a voluntary parenthesis in which I will decide how to destroy my time. This proposal takes the form of an experience in which a number of artists from various disciplines are invited to smash 3 hours of time. The act of Smashing Time is directly related to the creative process where the artist decides not merely to lose time but to smash it.
To destroy time you might first make it tangible. Time can acquire the shape of a clock or a calendar, the formula of a repeated action such as a drops of water sliding on a glass window or sand grains falling between the fingers; time can last the duration of a journey by car, a slow walk, a song, or as well it can also last the length of a film, “The Clock” of Christian Marclay will be a very conscious materialization of time on film.
The second premise for smashing time is that somehow you will act against it, like in the violent act of counting backwards you would not be gaining time with the the process but losing time in every second. This that can be seen as an anxiety relating to the flow of things, can also be considered an attitude of optimizing every second left. The act of stopping time will be another violent unnatural act, a new reflection towards contemplation that will stand still against the frenetic waste. “As I was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty” from Jonas Mekas exemplifies the importance of the moment, an attempt to capture the present moment against the past or future.
There are as many attitudes as practices towards time, and the selected artists will deal in a personal way with their own questions. This programme will try to adopt the attitude of an airplane controller, a dj, or an editor hoping to transform the 3 hours into a refreshing experience, a modulation of sensations and thoughts.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About the curator:
Lucia Rivero is a mixed media artist. In her own words: “My practice is a series of trials for breaking into the tradition of scenery“. After graduating from the Complutense University of Madrid, she moved to London and completed the MA Fine Arts Byam Shaw, Central Saint Martins course. In 2009 Rivero was awarded with the The Kalliopi & Christos Lemos Scholarship & the Astragal Prize for installation projects and in 2010 her work was selected for Future Map, Zabludowicz Collection, London. She lives and works in London.
Participating artists:
Josh Baum,Nadia Berri, Terry Dynes, Ben Faga, Mark Farhall, Jayne Lloyd, Silas Money, Sarah Pager, Cristina Pedreira, Thomas Poeser,Tom Pope &Jack Thurgar.
About the Ragged School Museum:
The Ragged School Museum, situated in Mile End, housed in a group of three canal-side buildings which once formed the largest “ragged” or free school in London. The museum was founded to make the history of the Ragged Schools and the broader social history of the East End accessible to all.
Title: “Smashing Time”
Date: Sunday 22 May
Time: 2 to 5 p.m.
Location: the Ragged School Museum. 46-50 Copperfield Road, London E3 4RR.
Access: Tube: Mile End (Central, District and Hammersmith & City Lines)/Bus: 277, D6, 25, 339, D7, 323 DLR: Limehouse
