one month later

I can´t believe that a month just passed by like this! I haven´t been doing much but certainly haven´t had free time as well. This photo  of mine has just been acquired by a venezuelan collector. It is about the story of Pearl,  originally a large scale video projection. Pearl lives in a garden,  minding her own little life of fruits, leaves, trees and vegetables. Her only wardrobe is a bubble wrap pseudo wedding dress she holds while she runs because it is not sewn. Pearl reminds me of how women can cope with so many things at the time by keeping their heart and spirit focused into one little world of their own. 

44 things to do at 44

Photo by Marco Caputo

1. learn how to edit my videos on final cut pro

2. cook creative new dishes

3. play more, laugh more with massimo & adri

4. exercise regularly

5. eat well, avoid sweets & breads

6. go to barcelona, again

7. get my portrait portfolio together and my portrait business running

8. go to buenos aires for "the" solo exhibition that is cooking itself

9. watch wonderful movies

10. read wonderful books, read a lot

11. go to da gym, even if i don´t prefer it

12. speak less, do more

13. worry less

14. save

15. become greener

16. practice sewing

17. go to the studio regularly

18. write

19. make photos

20. videos, too

21. write interesting art reviews, get them published

22. continue yoga

23. organize my photo & video files

24. cherish friends more

25. change my sofa

26. keep plants growing well

27. practice my  calligraphy

28. listen to new music

29. update all family photo albums

30. help uri with business, organize files, accountant, etc

31. clean up computer files, make backups

32. take care of my hair 

33. smile more and not frown as much

34. soften my voice

35. my words too

36. bake yummies every week for the kids

37. cook more with the kids

38. go to paris

39. read the divine comedy until the end ( of the book)

40. art related activities... more

41. (space for silence)

42. be kind to myself

43. leave past behind

44. love more

44 , i am grateful for

health

massimo

adriana

oriol

my home

my books

my music

my books

my dad

my mom

erica

marco

ale

my shoes

alejandro y alfonso

caracas

barcelona

ny

miami

napoli

lolly

amaliapolimei

ideas

water

trees

green

elephants

choroni

margarita

arena

caracoles

dentists

cameras

sleep

delicious food

chocolate

the body

my computer

faith

love

fear

light

the opportunities

dreaming

navidad

finally, relaxing days ahead. christmas and routine break!!!

post art basel

it was good while it lasted but now its good its gone!
I don´t know why I can´t succeed on posting pics.

artbaselmiamibeach

next week is art basel miami beach. the BIG event in this city for all art related things to happen.
i usually get nervous and start putting into perspective all facts regarding art fairs, commerce in art, curatorial issues, etc...
but the saaaaaad part is that, i still don´t have a good gallery, i will not have an important participation and one more year has passed.... but as I try to convince myself... ITS ONLY AN ART FAIR¡!¡

i like ny in june, how bout you?

11 years after we left,for the first time since we moved out, we traveled toghether - for 3 days- to the city were we met and lived. we loved it, we thought of coming back, pros and cons, tried to imagine how it would be, how we could work it out, etc...
I don´t know if I have the strenght to start all over again, and again.... its either staying in the US, probably moving to NY in some years from now or go back to Europe, and stay there. I get tired just of writing it!!
Here some pics of our lovely honeymoon.

I have not stopped and looked at "things" since a long while ago. I stopped looking at the small, lovely, magical details that surround us. The apparent triviality of a rose. The kitsch of a sunset. The little wonders of life. Stopped voluntarily as I stopped reading fiction. That was years ago. Too much reality after, slowly I´m making this huge effort to stop, look and find some petit things that are wonderful just to look at. Fiction is also attractive somehow. I think that this looking and finding is somewhat fictions that I find on my daily life. So welcome all these little things. Back.

FONTAINEBLEAU inspiration

I realized some days ago that this painting has been in my mind since I can remember. My father had these very fine art books that I somehow browsed in frequently. One day I scratched the paintings according to my taste, crossing the plates out with a giant X if i disliked or a check mark if it pleased me. This painting was so ambiguous. Why is she holding the other's lady nipple? Somehow disturbing. A few weeks ago, I remembered this and decided that i will make a tableaux vivant with this image, re-creating it and video & photographing it. I think it belongs to the line of thought that my work deals with the alter ego and the notion of beauty in contemporary society.

celebration

these are the remains of the day... a wonderful celebration, lovely blue sky and turquoise sea...
the best party...

mourning

I can´t - even in my deepest thoughts and feelings - imagine how the families of the 30 something people killed -students mostly- feel now. You send your kids to school every morning, hoping you will see them at noon. You send your kids to college and they just get killed by a wacko nobody noticed, that had severe issues of violence, sickness, weirdess, etc.

Many ideas come to mind. It makes me think of how we sometimes prefer not to get involved on issues. Many of the teachers of this crazy guy did notice violence in his words and attitude. Why nothing was done? Did he pay his tuition promptly? Is that all that matters? I can´t help thinking on the interests institutions and people have. It is obviously a hard thing to point out extreme people, specially in a country where we are so aware of issues of discrimination and racism. But I want to believe, for the sake of the future, there has to be a way of protecting, controlling and scanning for possible major unstabile persons.

The reactions in tough situations are also so delicate. How did Virginia Tech not implement some safety measures to the rest of the students after the first two killings? Why did they wait two hours? How could he go to the TV channel meantime and send the video, etc.... and then come back. How come he could go back in...

How safe is safety? How is security an issue to be implemented in schools, universities etc???? How do we separate the security issue from the paranoia? .... How come things like this happen only in USA? Violence exists all around but these extreme sick murder cases - Columbine, etc... only happen here. How come there are still supporting the permisive laws for weapon buying? When is the government going to stop promoting violence by supporting violent wars, preaching about them? etc... I just have no words and too many questions.

My deepest prayers go to the families and the unfortunate that got killed.
We are definetly living in the era of fear.

max's new lego creation and photographs

ipod & walkman

when i was 14 i got a red sony walkman from my dad. it was a revelation. my kids got for their birthdays two ipods nano, from my dad as well. it is a new revelation. they both stayed in their pijamas listening to all the songs they asked for in their ipods.
A. danced until she fell asleep from exhaustion. Massimo doesn´t answer anymore. They are absort, discovering a life of their own... yet so small ...
i explain to M. that they are sooo lucky to have so many things at such an early stage in their lives. Im glad though they are not yet into the computer-playstation era. I will delay it as much as i can.
but music is a different story, it introspects your mind and makes you go places, oh the places you´ll go!!!!

blossoming

my kids turning 8 and 5, spring in depth, life´s good.

museo alejandro otero

This is an installation view of my past exhibition at Museo Alejandro Otero. it closed last sunday, march 11.
Also, I am posting the invitation card.
Just for the record!

devendra -light as a feather

Nothing better on a saturday morning than waking up to Devendra Banhardt´s music. I just adore the way he sings.

it seems eternity

I have been away for almost a year. Not that I dont have anything to show or say, just lack of time.

no need to write

its been almost two months.
ive had no need to write, no will to blog,
no time to nothing
so,
here it goesssssss
THE WORST POSSIBLE BLOG
GOES
AWAY

a simple SPT

three rings for the elven kings under the sky

thinking about how we wear objects that we take for granted. this symbolizes union, faith, love, togetherness.
i shall be aware more often

SWEDISH PROVERB

I FOUND IT SOOO BEAUTIFUL

FEAR LESS, HOPE MORE
EAT LESS, CHEW MORE
TALK LESS, SAY MORE
HATE LESS, LOVE MORE
ALL GOOD THINGS WILL BE YOURS