Tania Candiani

Frieze LA 2022. Vermelho brings a solo presentation of works by Mexican artist Tania Candiani.

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The protection and recovery of technology and memory are mainstays in Candiani’s work. The series “Sobre el tiempo [About time]” was born from that premise/reflection.

How does time elapse and pass? How is time measured and recorded? How is it perceived and felt?

The first works in the series were made in the desert of La Salada in Mexicali, where she placed clocks without batteries – a mere object without sound – which shadows, as on the old dials, marked the passage of time. In “Plataforma Sonora” she introduced the sound of the mechanism, and the ticking of the clocks, as a vital pulse evidenced that passage.

In “Geometries”, a sound painting in movement, conjugates shadow and pulse, manipulates the physical perception of time and its sound as metaphors of continuous symmetries and becoming. The piece works both in its ability to connect harmonic qualities and in its manifestation of energy stored in sound waves.

This series of architectural/sound interventions reflect on the present and memory, on our activities and schedules, on sleep and rest.