In the Sala Antonio projection room, Vermelho exhibits Monumentos efímeros [Ephemeral monuments], by Tania Candiani. Developed for the 13th Havana Biennial (2019), the work investigates the Cuban Revolutionary Project through the point of view of sport as a political tool.
Monumentos efímeros is based on a series of works developed from a performance carried out by professional Cuban athletes at the José Martí Sports Center (Havana). From the series’ works, Vermelho exhibits now a set of photographs and drawings and a video at the Sala Antonio projection room. The action was orchestrated around building and sustaining ephemeral bodily constructions which explores ideas of solidarity, union and resilience. The constructions symbolize an exercise of trust and collective effort: if one of the participants fails, everything collapses.
The deteriorated sports facilities in the city of Havana, Cuba, are the starting point of this visual essay in which some ideas about the modern architectural movement, sports as an ideological flag and the abandonment of public infrastructure interwoven.
Monumentos efímeros (Ephemeral monuments) is a project that points out the correspondences between the physical and emotional resistance of athletes to the collapse of their environment.
In the Sala Antonio projection room, Vermelho exhibits Monumentos efímeros [Ephemeral monuments], by Tania Candiani. Developed for the 13th Havana Biennial (2019), the work investigates the Cuban Revolutionary Project through the point of view of sport as a political tool.
Monumentos efímeros is based on a series of works developed from a performance carried out by professional Cuban athletes at the José Martí Sports Center (Havana). From the series’ works, Vermelho exhibits now a set of photographs and drawings and a video at the Sala Antonio projection room. The action was orchestrated around building and sustaining ephemeral bodily constructions which explores ideas of solidarity, union and resilience. The constructions symbolize an exercise of trust and collective effort: if one of the participants fails, everything collapses.
The deteriorated sports facilities in the city of Havana, Cuba, are the starting point of this visual essay in which some ideas about the modern architectural movement, sports as an ideological flag and the abandonment of public infrastructure interwoven.
Monumentos efímeros (Ephemeral monuments) is a project that points out the correspondences between the physical and emotional resistance of athletes to the collapse of their environment.
