Ximena Velásquez Sánchez
La contemplación. 2009
Video, 44'51"
The figure of the traveller, central to 19th-century landscape painting, is evoked in this video. The artist seeks to resume the act of gratuitous contemplation, of sheer visual exploration, using a slow-moving plane in which only the natural light changes.
(De la guía breve)
© Still: Ximena Velásquez Sánchez
Repro: Haupt & Binder
30 sept. - 11 dic. 2011, SESC Belenzinho, San Pablo, Brasil. Videos, performances, instalaciones, objetos, pintura, fotografía, etc. de 101 artistas. Curadora general: Solange Farkas. Parte del 17º Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo SESC_Videobrasil 2011.