Open Art begins its Derivatives of Art and Architecture program with curator and art historian Tania Ragasol, who will talk about the history, importance and present of The Tower of the Winds, a habitable sculpture that can also be thought of as an object perched in the urban fabric, a ghost of the urban landscape and a witness to the city.
The Tower of the Winds was created by the artist and architect Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguay, 1922 — Italy, 1997) as part of the Friendship Route, a project conceived by Mathias Goeritz with the support of Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, to create a sculptural corridor with 19 stations (sculptures) by artists from five continents.
Part of this story will be revisited from the voice of Ragasol: from the creation of the project within the framework of the Mexico 1968 Olympic Games, to its current cultural program. The talk will be woven with personal anecdotes and historical data that give an account of the existence and future of The Tower of the Winds, as well as its importance in the contemporary art scene in Mexico City in the 1990s.
The conversation follows the story that the presenter has made of this tower in #Visor, a podcast she makes for the @convoynetwork platform.
Arte Abierto inicia su programa de mediación y comunicación educativa 2022 con una conversación entre la investigadora y escritora Irmgard Emmelhainz y Sebastien Noel de Troika, tomando la exposición No Sound of Water como punto de partida. Abordarán los temas presentes en este proyecto, como el Antropoceno, y harán diferentes lecturas y cuestionamientos (Materialist Realism / Philosophy of Matter / Art as Image).
Irmgard Emmelhainz transmitirá en vivo desde No Sound of Water en Arte Abierto.
