Showing posts with label Connection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Connection. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Connection - My latest Solo Exhibition in NYC



Connection

Resistors, connectors, transistors, circuit boards are integral parts of technology; they are all man-made materials that connect to create the devices we use today to communicate. Those devices and their components have changed, evolved and gotten so sophisticated that technology is no longer isolated; it has become part of our everyday lives. The absence of a computer, a tablet or a cellphone leaves us feeling naked, disoriented, with the empty sensation of being disconnected from the rest of the world. In a way, they have become the idols of this new generation, in what we trust and where we seek comfort…


But what happens when the essence, the thousand parts of those devices get connected with other materials? Would they connect in the same way? Would they create a new form of communication?

This new exhibition explores the CONNECTION between computer parts, their environment, and the human being. A connection that can change depending on the manipulation of the piece and from which points it is held. It has grown from the idea of how things influence us to how we influence them; they are armors, shields, capes that can take on new shapes depending on circumstances and how we choose to interact with them.


The installations are like drawings on the walls or suspended in the air, creating the feeling of movement and structure, and at the same time revealing organic shapes. In the end, it is all about asking ourselves: what is our connection to technology? Does it connect or disconnect?

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

NYC Solo Exhibition - Containment, Connection & Contemplation

Containment, Connection & Contemplation

Curated by Maurizio Pellegrin

March 22 through April 14, 2017

121 Varick St, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10013

Reception, Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
6:00 - 8:00 pm

Three Solo Exhibitions

Containment by Kathryn Cameron
Connection by Nadia Martinez
Contemplation by Taka Maruno



Press Release here

Exhibition Hours
March 20 - April 14, 2017

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
12 p.m. - 6 p.m. or by appointment



Contact
nowaboutart@gmail.com
Telephone: 240-672-3953

Nadia Martinez

Computer parts compose the sculptures of Nadia Martinez, in which nature and architecture are hidden sources of inspiration. The artificial nature of these components sometimes disappears, leaving space for a composition that reveals an organic shape. Many things are woven in this relationship with technology, as the discovery of the familiar in the unfamiliar, the observation of things that surround us, the awareness of how technology became a solid and integrated part of our lives. In her works, Nadia has found a way to also insert everyday materials, focusing on how things influence the human being and vice-versa. In this unique approach, the construction of the artist becomes an open process in which the things assume different shapes, such as armors, shields, nets, and whatever determines the interchange. The work is calm, offering a balance between stillness and subtle movement. The desire, the action, the research for a path of connection and disconnection, seems to reverberate with the antique mythology in which legend and reality constantly change their roles. www.nadiamartinez.com