Alicia Framis
15 Mar - 01 Jun 2014
ALICIA FRAMIS
Framis in Progress
15 March - 1 June 2014
Curator: Mirjam Westen
Coordination: Eneas Bernal
Organised jointly by: Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Galerie im Taxispalais Innsbruck, Cultuurcentrum Bruges
Framis in Progressis a large retrospective exhibition by Dutch-Spanish artist Alicia Framis. Framis gained International recognition for performances and projects in public spaces that focus on human existence and social relationships. Her projects are interdisciplinary and intersect with fashion, architecture and design.
All her works are focused on the analysis of human existence and social relationships, seeking to create unexpected encounters and experiences with the viewer through formal configurations accessible to the public, largely interactive and with high quality aesthetics. Framis seeks to bridge the distance between the artist and viewer.
All of her work is designed to create unexpected encounters and experiences, as she believes that normal art objects are too limited to convey ideas and emotions, and that as an artist you can best reach the public through direct contact and interaction. Her contribution to Utrecht’s Festival a/d Werf in 1996, for instance, was Compagnie de Compagnie, an escort service of identical twins who accompanied solo travelers to festival locations. In 1997 and 1998, Framis offered herself as a Dreamkeeper for 40 days, a service for people who wanted company as they slept at night. At a number of exhibition sites, including the 2001 Berlin Biennale, she developed a minirelaxation space exclusively for women where they could indulge in a male “comforter.” In 2003 she created a sensation with her project Anti_Dog. This clothing line is based on a new material that is both bullet-resistant and resistant to dog bites. In the project Not for Sale (2008) Framis brings attention to global child slavery using necklaces and photos of children.
Since 2009, Framis has worked on the project Moon Life Academy. For this piece, she challenged a number of artists, designers and architects to develop innovative products and prototypes for living on the moon with the ultimate goal of also having positive repercussion for life on earth.
The exhibition at MUSAC highlights the great range of her work over the last 2 decades, it has been designed several interactive sections that make visible the debate on social issues where a series of key works of the artist’s production are presented. Framis in Progress includes an installation on fashion, a simulated office for architecture and a large work covering the wall, as well as videos, photographs, drawings and objects that encourage the active participation of the viewer. Framis in Progresis structured around three themes in which interaction with the public is key: Social Architecture, Fashions and Demonstrations and Wishing Walls.
The Social Architecturesection displays drawings and prototypes of social sculptures and spaces which Framis has designed since 1995. The public can take away copies of the designs. The space resembles an architecture-studio with a big table in the center where people can take a seat and see all the plans, drawings, prototypes and models of buildings and constructions with a social impact. All these designs are made by Framis as solutions or alternatives for the issues she encountered while living in different cities. An important part of this studio is that the audience can find a photocopying machine. Here, one can photocopy all floor plans, studies and drawings developed by Framis for different occasions. These copies can be taken home by the public in order to create these houses, prototypes and buildings themselves.
In Fashions and Demonstrationsthe public can discover the clothing that Framis has designed and the ways in which this clothing was worn for demonstrations, events, and performances, such as Anti_Dog. Visitors can try out all dresses and accessories that were used in all demonstrations that Framis organized in different cities with different purposes. For instance, demonstrations against violence towards women, kidnapping of children or women’s status in China. The third part, Wishing Walls, is a spot for visitors to (invisibly) leave behind their dreams and wishes like Dreamkeeper, Wishing Wall and Letters to the Sky.
The overall concept of the exhibition is that the audience can use, try, photocopy all artworks or take all the information they need to create their own experience.
Exhibtion tour: Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (7th June - 29th September, 2013), Galerie im Taxispalais Innsbruck (14th December, 2013 to 23th February 2014), Cultuurcentrum Bruges (20th September - 23th November, 2014)
Framis in Progress
15 March - 1 June 2014
Curator: Mirjam Westen
Coordination: Eneas Bernal
Organised jointly by: Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Galerie im Taxispalais Innsbruck, Cultuurcentrum Bruges
Framis in Progressis a large retrospective exhibition by Dutch-Spanish artist Alicia Framis. Framis gained International recognition for performances and projects in public spaces that focus on human existence and social relationships. Her projects are interdisciplinary and intersect with fashion, architecture and design.
All her works are focused on the analysis of human existence and social relationships, seeking to create unexpected encounters and experiences with the viewer through formal configurations accessible to the public, largely interactive and with high quality aesthetics. Framis seeks to bridge the distance between the artist and viewer.
All of her work is designed to create unexpected encounters and experiences, as she believes that normal art objects are too limited to convey ideas and emotions, and that as an artist you can best reach the public through direct contact and interaction. Her contribution to Utrecht’s Festival a/d Werf in 1996, for instance, was Compagnie de Compagnie, an escort service of identical twins who accompanied solo travelers to festival locations. In 1997 and 1998, Framis offered herself as a Dreamkeeper for 40 days, a service for people who wanted company as they slept at night. At a number of exhibition sites, including the 2001 Berlin Biennale, she developed a minirelaxation space exclusively for women where they could indulge in a male “comforter.” In 2003 she created a sensation with her project Anti_Dog. This clothing line is based on a new material that is both bullet-resistant and resistant to dog bites. In the project Not for Sale (2008) Framis brings attention to global child slavery using necklaces and photos of children.
Since 2009, Framis has worked on the project Moon Life Academy. For this piece, she challenged a number of artists, designers and architects to develop innovative products and prototypes for living on the moon with the ultimate goal of also having positive repercussion for life on earth.
The exhibition at MUSAC highlights the great range of her work over the last 2 decades, it has been designed several interactive sections that make visible the debate on social issues where a series of key works of the artist’s production are presented. Framis in Progress includes an installation on fashion, a simulated office for architecture and a large work covering the wall, as well as videos, photographs, drawings and objects that encourage the active participation of the viewer. Framis in Progresis structured around three themes in which interaction with the public is key: Social Architecture, Fashions and Demonstrations and Wishing Walls.
The Social Architecturesection displays drawings and prototypes of social sculptures and spaces which Framis has designed since 1995. The public can take away copies of the designs. The space resembles an architecture-studio with a big table in the center where people can take a seat and see all the plans, drawings, prototypes and models of buildings and constructions with a social impact. All these designs are made by Framis as solutions or alternatives for the issues she encountered while living in different cities. An important part of this studio is that the audience can find a photocopying machine. Here, one can photocopy all floor plans, studies and drawings developed by Framis for different occasions. These copies can be taken home by the public in order to create these houses, prototypes and buildings themselves.
In Fashions and Demonstrationsthe public can discover the clothing that Framis has designed and the ways in which this clothing was worn for demonstrations, events, and performances, such as Anti_Dog. Visitors can try out all dresses and accessories that were used in all demonstrations that Framis organized in different cities with different purposes. For instance, demonstrations against violence towards women, kidnapping of children or women’s status in China. The third part, Wishing Walls, is a spot for visitors to (invisibly) leave behind their dreams and wishes like Dreamkeeper, Wishing Wall and Letters to the Sky.
The overall concept of the exhibition is that the audience can use, try, photocopy all artworks or take all the information they need to create their own experience.
Exhibtion tour: Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (7th June - 29th September, 2013), Galerie im Taxispalais Innsbruck (14th December, 2013 to 23th February 2014), Cultuurcentrum Bruges (20th September - 23th November, 2014)