Lyon Biennale unveils the visual identity of its 16th edition "manifesto of fragility"
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Sunday, November 3, 2024


Lyon Biennale unveils the visual identity of its 16th edition "manifesto of fragility"
The campaign introduces the curators’ thematics: fragility, resistance, and cycles of history in the form of six short video collages centered around the flower motif.



NEW YORK, NY.- The visual direction builds on the curators’ theme, and their seemingly contradictory pairing of fragility and resistance. We are using flowers—specifically the practice of preserving them—as a point of departure that ties to Lyon’s rich horticultural history dating back to the 16 th century. Whether as an art form such as the Japanese Oshibana, or as a form of scientific study and archiving, pressing flowers gives an extended lifespan to nature’s most ephemeral and captivating creation.

THE LAUNCH CAMPAIGN

The campaign introduces the curators’ thematics: fragility, resistance, and cycles of history in the form of six short video collages centered around the flower motif. Each video is composed of old and new footage and narrated in a different language such as French, English, German, Spanish, Arabic and Mandarin. The series intends to welcome a very wide pool of audiences that is equally inclusive of the people of Lyon, as it is of the plethora of residents, immigrants, and tourists from different ethnicities or backgrounds.

On commenting on the visual identity, the Biennale curators said: “Studio Safar’s response to our curatorial concept creates at once a lucid yet dreamy landscape of still and moving images, and soothing and disturbing sounds. The flower, within the context of Lyon, has a particular agency. Not only does it connect to the city’s herbarium, one of the largest in the world, but also to the motifs that were printed and to the luxurious textiles that made Lyon a wealthy centre of silk production for centuries. Colonial histories, artistic production and systems of labor all converge in this ostensibly naïve object to make a statement about fragility, resistance, and history.”

The images oscillate between personal remembrance, raw seduction, and contemplative abstraction. Text, image, and sound betray a gradual layering of complexity and depth. The intimate merges with the eccentric yielding a shifting panorama of intense moments ranging from the vulnerable to the bold. The soundtrack of the video opens with “The Swan,” the thirteenth movement of The Car- nival of Animals (1922) by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore in 1977. The choice of the theremin, an electronic instrument that delivers a hauntingly tender sound, is controlled without physical contact. The instrument’s association with avantgarde music of the 20th century, specifically because of its idiosyncratic nature, and its elusive position between the classic and the contemporary, evokes the cyclical nature of time that lies at the heart of the curator’s concep- tual framework for the Biennale. The video concludes with “I Lose” by Gila from the album Trench Tones (2019), with a slow and heavy baseline both in sharp contrast and in surprising harmony with Rockmore’s fading delicate notes. The seemingly conflicting yet perfectly complimentary tracks vividly express the curatorial positing of fragility as a site for generative resistance: vulnerability
and political action, a manifesto of fragility.










Today's News

March 19, 2022

Exhbition at Royal Academy of Arts draws from the collection of Israel Goldman

Bonhams announces acquisition of US auction house Skinner

Andrew Clemens sand bottle, tall case cocks, & glassware soar past estimates

Doyle to present two auctions of Asian art during Asia Week New York

Executive Director Charles A. Guerin to retire from Biggs Museum of American Art

Christie's to offer meteorites from the collection of Michael Farmer

Sound Botánica opens with new commissions, healing sound baths and over 30 works by Guadalupe Maravilla

Spring 2022 exhibition takes an unparalleled look at a Magritte masterpiece from The Israel Museum collection

San Francisco Ballet appoints Danielle St.Germain-Gordon Executive Director

Lyon Biennale unveils the visual identity of its 16th edition "manifesto of fragility"

'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' and the lessons few horror films get right

Peter Bowles, actor in 'To the Manor Born,' dies at 85

Zimmerli Art Museum extends exhibition dedicated to Ukraine's Post Soviet era art revival

John Dilg now represented by Galerie Eva Presenhuber

Stylecraft and the NGV announce Ashley Eriksmoen as the winner of the 2022 Australian Furniture Design Award

Bruneau & Co.'s online-only Estate Fine Art & Antiques Auction

Museum of the City of New York unveils new immersive installation "Raise Your Voice" by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

Driehaus Museum acquires 80 prints from PAN, essential journal of the Avant-Garde

Neue Auctions announces English & Chinese Export Art & Antiques Auction

Colby Museum photography exhibit highlights rare and unpublished works by leading artists

How to Start a Sports Betting Company

Does Home Insurance Cover Paintings, Artwork, and Sculptures?

What Every Online Business Should Know About Labor Attorneys

Photo Booth Rental: The Fun and Easy Way to Make Any Event Memorable

Making Art Work When Working A Hybrid Pattern




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Attorneys
Truck Accident Attorneys
Accident Attorneys
Holistic Dentist
Abogado de accidentes
สล็อต
สล็อตเว็บตรง

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site Parroquia Natividad del Señor
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful