Puppies Puppies, The Ring, 2015
Venue: Queer Thoughts, San Juan del Sur; La Virgen; San Jose de los Remates, Nicaragua
Exhibition Title: Rainbow
Artists: Kaoru Arima, Diamond Stingily, Lucie Stahl, Chelsea Culp, Martine Syms, Horseshoecrabs Horseshoecrabs, Dot Space, David Rappeneau, Margot Espinoza, Donna Huanca, Alison Veit, Puppies Puppies, Horseshoecrabs Horseshoecrabs, Lulou Margarine, Mindy Rose Schwartz, Rob Halverson, Chloe Seibert, Jared Madere
Dates: January, 2015
陈颖编译
Queer Thoughts画廊日前推出了群展“彩虹”(Rainbow)。这场展览在尼加拉瓜的三个不同地点进行:在南圣胡安的一幢公寓楼;在尼加拉瓜湖沿岸的La Virgen的一间小屋;以及San Jose de los Remates的森林保护区里的瀑布旁。
展览将其背景设置在这个国家当前的政治形势上——尼加拉瓜政府近来开始了一条新的跨洋运河的初步建造,该运河建成后将能与巴拿马运河比肩。这一项目由中国的一家私人集团提供资助,计划建造的运河将比巴拿马运河更长、更宽,并将促进一个中国引导国际贸易的新时代的诞生。除了将穿过尼加拉瓜国土与中美洲生态走廊之外,新的运河还将摧毁森林,迫使人口转移,将繁忙的船舶交通带入尼加拉瓜湖(这是中美洲最大的湖泊,也是该地区最大的淡水来源)。尼加拉瓜政府对公众关于该项目的讨论做足了准备,并且声称新的运河将给这个贫穷的国家带来新的繁荣。
长期受制于外资,许多尼加拉瓜人都希望新建的运河将能带来长期、稳定的经济独立。这一次的群展共有16位来自世界各地的艺术家参展,画廊将其视为关于开发个人资源(情感和身体上的)的另一种方式的一份建议。新的运河将被建成。而在距施工现场数百公里的地方,在San Jose de los Remates的瀑布旁,野生姜正在潮湿的岩石上绿叶茂密地生长着,溪水也自顾自地一直流向城镇。
Martine Syms, Lessons I – XXX, 2014
Work by Kaoru Arima
Work by Chelsea Culp
Work by LuLou Margerine
Work by Rob Halverson
Work by Lulou Margerine
Work by Lulou Margerine
Work by Alison Veit
Work by Chloe Seibert
Work by David Rappeneau
Work by Chloe Seibert
Work by Dot Space
Work by Kaoru Arima
Work by Diamond Stingily
Work by Mindy Rose Schwartz
Work by David Rappeneau
Work by Kaoru Arima
Work by Mindy Rose Schwartz
Work by Mindy Rose Schwartz
Work by Margot Espinoza
Work by Martine Syms
Work by Puppies Puppies
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Work by Rob Halverson
Work by Alison Veit
Work by Alison Veit
Work by Chloe Seibert
Work by Jared Madere
Work by Jared Madere
Work by Jared Madere
Work by Jared Madere
Work by Jared Madere
Work by Jared Madere
Work by Jared Madere
Work by Jared Madere
Work by Martine Syms
Work by Donna Huanca
Work by Horseshoecrabs Horseshoecrabs
Work by Lucie Stahl
Work by Lucie Stahl
Work by Lucie Stahl
Work by Martine Syms
Work by Kaoru Arima
Work by Kaoru Arima
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