Sleepless light exercises

Exposición / Catedral de Canterbury / Cathedral House, 11 The Precincts / Canterbury, Kent, Reino Unido
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Cuándo:
25 oct de 2016 - 05 nov de 2016

Inauguración:
25 oct de 2016

Horario:
10am – 5pm (Mon-Sat only)

Organizada por:
Catedral de Canterbury

Artistas participantes:
Bernardí Roig

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Etiquetas
Escultura  Escultura en Kent 

       

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Descripción de la Exposición

Canterbury Festival, Kent’s International Arts Festival, returns this year from the 15 October to 5 November. Each year, the Festival uses the magnificent Chapter House in Canterbury Cathedral to provide the backdrop for contemporary art projects. This year the Festival, along with the University of the Creative Arts (Canterbury), are delighted to present an installation by the international exhibited artist Bernardí Roig (Palma de Mallorca, 1965). Roig’s previous projects have toured to a number of historic sites including Burgos Cathedral and La Lonja de Palma de Mallorca, making his creations ideal to appear in this emblematic site. The project in curated by Emma Braso, Cultural Programme Curator at the University for the Creative Arts (Canterbury), the organisers of the event. Roig’s work Sleepless light exercises includes a life-size sculpture leaning against a wall covered in 200 fluorescent tubes. The figure, made from polyester resin, represents a man engaged in an ambiguous action that excludes the spectator. The total whiteness of his body and the powerful light coming from the lamps creates a dramatic contrast with the surrounding Gothic space, including the stained glass windows covering the room’s walls. Roig’s work explores themes like human isolation, loneliness, the limits of knowledge or the body’s deterioration. The artist has created a tense relationship between figure and background, between rational comprehension and spiritual understanding, between artificial light and divine clarity. The installation will open during the Festival and stay accessible to visitors for two weeks.

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