“Entrance” by Ernesto Pujol. |
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“By the Water” by Ernesto Pujol. |
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Levin lecture series begins with Pujol
Banner Daily Update posted Sun. June 24
By Melora B. North
Banner Staff
Once again the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 460 Commercial St., presents the Fredi Schiff Levin (FSL) Lecture Series. The season kicks off at 7 p.m. June 25 when conceptual artist Ernesto Pujol presents “Places, People, and the Artistic Process,” a discussion on several works and missions he has undertaken over the past decades.
The artist plans to take the audience on a tour of “The Water Cycle” as well as “Becoming the Land,” a 2002 project commissioned by the Salina Arts Center in Kansas, regarding the impact of agricultural practices on the fragile prairie ecosystem. He will also speak about “Memory of Surfaces,” a 1999-2000 installation commissioned by the Rhode Island School of Design's Art Museum in Providence. This work addresses the 19th century notions of knowledge and historical book preservation.
The FSL lecture will be an opportunity for the audience to lend an ear to a discussion between the artist and his collaborative partner, Blaine Anderson, who will present brief documentation on a performance about AIDS, loss, and longing. An open discussion with the public about upcoming joint projects follows the presentation.
Born in Cuba, raised in Puerto Rico, and currently based in New York City, Pujol has found that coastal and island communities, the influence of place, and a growing concern for audiences have increasingly become the focus of his work during the last five years.
That in mind, a road trip might be the ticket this summer when he presents five performances in Boston, consisting of silent contemplative walks through a series entitled “The Water Cycle,” a public art project that will take place along the Boston waterfront and travel to various harbor islands. This new work was commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art, in partnership with the US Parks Service and the Island Alliance. Of this undertaking Pujol has said that this project is “a secular pilgrimage to the water,” seeking the "transformative epiphanies that art can facilitate: the moments of revisiting, stopping, meditating, questioning, learning."
Admission to the Fredi Schiff Levin Lecture Series is free. For details call (508) 487-1750 or visit www.paam.org.
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Jun 21st, 2007