“Ruler”
Ruler
(SKU. 6677)
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Date
2010/2018 -
Technique
acrylic -
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 50 x 4 x 0.7 cm -
Edition
10 + 2PA -
Comes with certificate of authenticity
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In " Ruler", Walter Silveira revisits issues related to the history of art, mentioned both in the work of concrete poets and in Marcel Duchamp, by proposing games of meaning between the title and the work of art. The transparent acrylic rectangle suggests the shape of a ruler, however, the small curves along the piece make it impossible to draw a straight line and thus remove the possible original function of the object. The piece also becomes a support for a meta-poem by Silveira, and “becomes a ruler again” based on its title.
Biography
Walter Silveira
Walter Silveira is an intermedia artist who has been creating experimental and authorial projects using electronic media since the late 1970s. He studied Radio and Television at ECA-USP, where he was an editor and contributor to the creative writing magazine "Caspa". Since then, his work has been published in collective and authorial editions.
In 1978, he began independently curating several exhibitions, shows and events of visual poetics in São Paulo, Curitiba, Salvador and Belo Horizonte, such as the first exhibition, Video-Arte and the exhibition "Multimídia Internacional" with the participation by mail (mail art) of more than 100 artists from 21 countries, both at USP. In 1987, he was one of the curators of the exhibition "Palavra Imágica", which brought together 40 artists/poets at the Museum of Contemporary Art at USP. In 2008, he was one of the curators of the exhibition "Poesia Concreta – O Projeto Verbivocovisual” at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake, in São Paulo, and at the Palácio das Artes, in Belo Horizonte, in homage to the 50th anniversary of the creation of concrete poetry.
He has been a television professional, content and programming director since 1980. He has worked for several broadcasters, including TV GAZETA, TV CULTURA, TVE and TV BRASIL. He founded TVDO, an independent video production company that stands out for its innovation and creativity. He has received several awards at national and international video festivals. He founded the first video school in the country, “The Academia Brasileira de Vídeo”, a hub for articulating and training new proposals in electronic arts in São Paulo.
With the poet Augusto de Campos and the musician Cid Campos, he developed and directed the poetry, music and video show "Poesia É Risco", presented since 1996 in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United States and in several cities in Brazil.
He has exhibited at several institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo, FAAP, SESC Pompéia, Itaú Cultural, Caixa Cultural de São Paulo, Brasília and Curitiba - with highlights for the exhibitions "TRANSFUTUR" (1990, Kassel, Germany); "XXIV International Biennial of São Paulo", "II Biennial of Visual Arts of Mercosul" (1999, Porto Alegre), the international traveling exhibition, "VIDEOBRASIL 30 YEARS" (2014, Cape Town, South Africa) and "SAMPLING OF BRAZILIAN POETRY OF THE POST-VERSE ERA", (curated by Omar KHOURI, 2015, University of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal).
Destaques da carreira
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"Blackberry – palavra e imagem", Espaço Líquido.
