Apparition and Rhizome
Apparition and Rhizome
Presented by Rute Ventura
September 19-28, 2014
chashama 300
300 West 30th Street (at 8th Avenue)
New York, New York 10001
Live Performances:
Friday September 19, 6:30pm and 7:30pm
Thursday, September 25, 6:30pm
Installation on view from street 7 days/week.
In Apparition, Ventura will portray a ghostly female figure emerging and vanishing from the public's view by interacting with her surroundings. Apparition is inspired by dreamlike ideologies.
Rhizome is a transparent fabric structure made of organza that Ventura’s Apparition will move throughout. Rhizome is Ventura’s interpretation of the philosophical term “rhizome” used by French writers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in Capitalism and Schizophrenia (1972-80) to describe an alternative model for society. Deleuze and Guattari describe a non-hierarchical, horizontally mapped system that allows multiple entities to move freely—as opposed to the vertical structure of modern society.
Artist Biography:
Rute Ventura is a fine artist from Lisbon, Portugal. Her work is influenced by everyday events and personal memories, along with a sense of the humanity we all share. Ventura works in a variety of mediums, including sculpture, painting, performance art, video and installations.
Ventura earned a B.A. in Sculpture in 2004 and an M.F.A. in 2006 from the School of Art and Design in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. In 2005 Ventura was awarded a grant to study at the Accademia di Belli Arti in Venice, Italy. In 2009, Ventura moved to New York City, where she works as a teaching artist for Doing Art Together, a non-profit that provides hands-on art programs to underserved audiences. In 2013, Ventura returned to Italy to learn trompe l’oeil techniques at L’Accademia del Superfluo in Rome.
Please visit www.ruteventura.com for more information.
Presented by Rute Ventura
September 19-28, 2014
chashama 300
300 West 30th Street (at 8th Avenue)
New York, New York 10001
Live Performances:
Friday September 19, 6:30pm and 7:30pm
Thursday, September 25, 6:30pm
Installation on view from street 7 days/week.
In Apparition, Ventura will portray a ghostly female figure emerging and vanishing from the public's view by interacting with her surroundings. Apparition is inspired by dreamlike ideologies.
Rhizome is a transparent fabric structure made of organza that Ventura’s Apparition will move throughout. Rhizome is Ventura’s interpretation of the philosophical term “rhizome” used by French writers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in Capitalism and Schizophrenia (1972-80) to describe an alternative model for society. Deleuze and Guattari describe a non-hierarchical, horizontally mapped system that allows multiple entities to move freely—as opposed to the vertical structure of modern society.
Artist Biography:
Rute Ventura is a fine artist from Lisbon, Portugal. Her work is influenced by everyday events and personal memories, along with a sense of the humanity we all share. Ventura works in a variety of mediums, including sculpture, painting, performance art, video and installations.
Ventura earned a B.A. in Sculpture in 2004 and an M.F.A. in 2006 from the School of Art and Design in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. In 2005 Ventura was awarded a grant to study at the Accademia di Belli Arti in Venice, Italy. In 2009, Ventura moved to New York City, where she works as a teaching artist for Doing Art Together, a non-profit that provides hands-on art programs to underserved audiences. In 2013, Ventura returned to Italy to learn trompe l’oeil techniques at L’Accademia del Superfluo in Rome.
Please visit www.ruteventura.com for more information.
