From October 27th until October 30th 2009, Martin Gutierrez and Natassja Lopez, students of the Escuela Superior de Artes de Yucatan, will present an exhibition micro-project. From 12 am, they will be twice a day the supports of a piece moving through downtown and the old part of Quebec City for one hour. Their intervention will question the qualities and the movement of images in the public place.
These master's degree students will also present individual projects. On one hand, Natassja Lopez will create an invasion of a private space in the first floor rooms of LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE. Her sculptures made of metal wire will coexist with the everyday objects of this room, affecting the privacy of individuals. Invasion of Space will be in places for the next weeks in order to generate a dialogue between the artist and the users of this private space. On the other hand, Martin Gutierrez will realize an architectural intervention in a domestic space with the construction and the occupation of a nest made of recycled materials. Conceived as a link to childhood, this nest will become his shelter abroad, the mark of his presence and the vehicle of a personal history in this modified place. You can visit his installation Migrations between October 23rd and October 28th, from 5 till 8 pm, to 219, St-Joseph Est #2 in Québec (in front of Le Cercle). Beforehand, please advise us of your visit by calling at LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE to (418) 529-2715. For a preview of this project, have a look at the artist’s blog : http://produccionmerida.blogspot.com/search/label/Migraciones
Natassja Lopez was born in Cancun in 1986. Her artwork investigates the interactive dynamic of a community with its context. In addition to presenting a solo exhibition in Merida in 2007, her artwork was selected for the Third National Biennial of Visual Arts University of the National Autonomous University of Mexico State. She also participated in The second International Conference Peirce, education, arts and sign and contributes to the educational project Galería Móvil at the Escuela Superior de Artes de Yucatan where she is completing her university degree.
Martin Gutierrez was born in Mexico in 1987. He is completing his university degree at the Escuela Superior de Artes de Yucatan. His production creates links between different spaces by the intervention of a multidisciplinary approch. He is the recipient of the Visual Arts Youth Yucatan’s first prize in 2008 and participated in many exhibitions such as the thirteenth International Exihibition Video performance in Mexico and Hacer-Hace in Merida. He also gets involve in the artistic community as a curator and actually collaborates to the Galería Móvil project in the Escuela Superior de Artes de Yucatan.