16
Aug
2011
42 – that was the answer to life, the universe & everything….
remember DOUGLAS ADAMS ???
he made a tremendous joke – of the humans who want to fix the world – all the unhappiness caused by the imperfectness of the universe – instead of just enjoying life as we go along – … well just read it again, it’s fun!
I just sorted out all my brain & I’m rebooting – going through piles of paper: sketches, snippets, notes of thoughts & ideas (chucking out as many as possible)
with the aim to leave context & text & conclusion & illustration behind – drawing – drawing – drawing
5
Jul
2011
summer time
on sunday - july the 24. – ZENTRIFUGE – performance at finissage 4 p.m.
kultura Ausstellung “Weibliche Positionen”
Galerie – REGIONEUM.
Grottenhof 1
8430 Kaindorf an der Sulm
12.-14. august – presentation of work -
http://www.hotelpupik.org/index.html
& all the best wishes to all of you
7
May
2011
LENDWIRBEL
cynthia schwertsik at work with PENTAPLAN
SHARED SPACE
imagine the street as shared space – equal use – during the festival of LENDWIRBEL, graz
our first temporary change of view on urban street
it was great to see how many people understood the concept without us explaining & it was great fun!
new concept of zebra crossing
& a recommendation:
http://youtu.be/iAtE5mhliDA
I was touched by the timid, yet so heartly approach!
11
Nov
2010
collection of thoughts 1
mark rothko wrote in 1947
” I think of my pictures as dramas, the presentation of this drama in the familiar world was never possible, unless everyday acts belonged to a ritual accepted as referring to a transcendent realm. Even the archaic artist who had an uncanny virtuosity, found it necessary to create a group of intermediaries, monsters, hybrids, gods and demi-gods. The difference is that, since the archaic artist was living in a more practical society than ours, the urgency of transcendent experience was understood and given an official status….
with us the disguise must be complete. The familiar identity of things has to be pulverized in order to destroy the finite associations with our society increasingly enshrouds every aspect of our environment.
Without monsters and gods, art cannot enact our dramas: art’s most profound moments express this frustration.”
4
Nov
2010
TV3 – as screensaver in university…
stills from the video – that is invading the screens in the library at university in Vienna
another version of the performance ZENTRIFUGE – in this film we managed to put space & gravity in question.
I hear the students like to follow it & try to figure out how it works …
20
Sep
2010
oberwart OHO !
a pair of stockings – that were used in a film – made their way to the white wash – now they look like a requisite – they might stand all by themselves!
and again – shoes! awesome – there was something about them, but she didn’t want to tell… so there they are covering the mistery…
14
Sep
2010
WEISS WASCHEN IN OBERWART
im Rahmen von “ANTIDEPRESSIVA FÜR OBERWART”
lade ich ein zur
XIX. Servicestelle
zum
WEISS WASCHEN
Dunkelschwarz
Ein Projekt, kuratiert und konzipiert von Sabine Maier [Machfeld]
Produktion & Realisation Offenes Haus Oberwart
Installationen/Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum
17. September ab 15 uhr
Eröffnung: 20:00 h
Ausstellungsdauer: 18. September – 15 November
Teilnehmende KünstlerInnen u.a.: Cynthia Schwertsik (A), Cheikh Niass (SN), Eva Ursprung (A), elffriede i.a (D), Leo Schatzl (A), Machfeld (A), Norman White (CA), Wolfgang Horwarth (A), Tapfuma Gutsa (Zim)
Artist in Residence (angefragt): Aston (BN), Didier Ruecekli (RWA), Singamo Botto (Zim)
ich freue mich wenn die eine oder der andere sich gerade in Oberwart befinden & mir etwas zum WEISS WASCHEN bringen…
cynthia
14
Jun
2010
Transit
on my way to the studio I ride my bike through viennas leagal graffiti – zone
I like that – there is great stuff – & frequently changing
yesterday – on the way to the studio I watched a girl spraying & it looked quite promising – on may way back home she was almost done & it was awesome (in the 2 years of frequenting this route I have only seen one other girl spraying – so that also made me extra curious!)
then this morning – I was disappionted – I saw this:
some guy – obviously – had destroyed it – just for the heck of it – usually there is respect for the work & somebody will take care to get himself a nice underground & then start working & trying to top the work… – but this was different & it made me wonder – from what I could see the work of destrucktion was writing his name – it was like pissing on the girls work
well I am not familiar with the content & context of graffiti – so probably I am missing out on some things here, but what it looks like to me – is that in this scene girls have a hard time!
25
May
2010
WAYS OF SEEING
I am reading John Berger & I am impressed – about the point of view I am taking while I am painting…
… But the essential way of seeing women, the essential use to which their images are put, has not changed. Women are depicted in a quite different way from men – not only because the feminine is different from the masculine – but because the ‘ideal’ spectator is always assumed to be male and the image of the woman is designed to flatter him. If you have any doubt about that this is so, make the following experiment. Choose an image of a traditional nude. Transform the woman into a man. Either in your mind’s eye or by drawing on the reproduction. Then notice the violence which that transformation does. Not to the image, but to the assumptions of a likely viewer.
5
Mar
2010
ITHUBA still on my mind
this is Laurent’s blog – who went to a school in SRI LANCA – during the time I spent in Ithuba
he held a phantastic workshop there:
http://www.paintforlife.at/DE/Marketplace/BLOG/blognew.aspx
while we are still getting used to our life in vienna – looking through virtual reality into the SKY
