Presented by Gabriel Lima e Pedro Wirz
In a moment they bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts.
A long cornice was next formed at the top, and above it rose innumerable castles, all perfectly alike; these again changed into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last ended in pines, cypresses and other trees.
Postcodes:
Today, the coordinates of long-dominant systems of geographic codification, and the modern logics of governance embedded within them, have been scrambled across a planet increasingly bound in complex systems that have unmoored identity from its traditional ties to place whilst producing nodes of increasingly intensive interaction. In this new world the distance between locations has been simultaneously collapsed and splayed open in overlapping, multi-scalar layers producing new relationships between place and identity, new forms of subjectification and the possibility for new dynamics of evasion and control.
Postcodes seeks to question how dominant patterns of codification are being transformed today by bringing together artistic practices that challenge our assumptions about the relationship between location and identity, distance and proximity, and the forms of knowledge and representations that these relationships are grounded upon and the subjectivities they produce. The program poses these interrogations within the context of the city of São Paulo, and aims to dynamically respond to the complexities of an emerging international cultural hub.
Postcodes will foster collaboration between diverse groups of young international artists via a series of exhibitions, artist mediated lectures and a dedicated publication. Its aim is to provide a singular and long-standing platform for both contributors and the public.
Installation view
Installation view
Viola Yeşiltaç / Habite de Tabletier (the oblique move), 2013 (detail) / Black and white print on Tyvek, 6 hand blown glass vessels / Dimensions variable
Adriano Amaral / Untitled, 2014 / Duct tape and plaster/ Dimensions variable
Adriano Amaral / Untitled, 2014 / Duct tape and plaster/ Dimensions variable
Blake Rayne / The Lustre of Ghostscript, 2014 – Warmilk / Paint on glass / Dimensions variable
Installation view
Installation view
Kaspar Müller / Lake of Zuerich, 2014 / 12 photographs on cardboard and paint / Dimensions variable
Kaspar Müller / Lake of Zuerich, 2014 (detail) / 12 photographs on cardboard and paint / Dimensions variable
Blake Rayne / The Lustre of Ghostscript, 2014 – Untitled / Video projection and cheese can / Dimensions variable
Adriano Amaral / Untitled, 2014 / Found metal box, paint, iPad and video / Dimensions variable
Rodrigo Matheus / Eclipse, 2012 / Reflectors, tripods and camps / 200 x 150 x 95 cm
Installation view
Jan Kiefer / Lift, 2014 / HD Video / 3’10
Mauro Cerqueira / Pratas, 2014 / Typographic plates, mirror, photographs / Dimensions variable
Maria Loboda / Weapons are stashed securely for an unknown future, 2014 / Buried katana swords, display and bambus katana case / Dimensions variable
Raquel Uendi / Albuns, 2014 / Photographs printing and collage on paper / Dimensions variable
Installation view
Kaspar Müller / Forever Alone and Around the World, 2014 / Video / 19’37″
Blake Rayne / The Lustre of Ghostscript, 2014 – Hello World / Screen printed cotton shirts / Dimensions variable
Mauro Cerqueira / Untitled, 2014 / Steel structures / Dimensions variable
Installation view
Jan Kiefer [and Othmar Farré] / Sem título, 2014 / Menu display box, laser print and various materials / Dimensions variable
Mauro Cerqueira / Pratas, 2014 / Typographic plates, mirror, photographs / Dimensions variable
Viola Yeşiltaç [and Oliver Input] / Habite de Tabletier, 2014 / Performance [in collaboration with Lucas Rampazzo] / 40 min
Viola Yeşiltaç [and Oliver Input] / Habite de Tabletier, 2014 / Performance [in collaboration with Lucas Rampazzo] / 40 min
Viola Yeşiltaç [and Oliver Input] / Habite de Tabletier, 2014 / Performance [in collaboration with Lucas Rampazzo] / 40 min