Thursday
February 13th 2014, 6-8 pm
Performance
Soler
will do a performance based intervention work responding to the place and time
of the show as well as taking into account the people in its surroundings, as Soler
describes Jessica's coming installation " a space of sculptural extrusion",
he will be making actions tangible in a visceral manner responding to this
given condition.
"All existence flows in the stream of creation and passing away"
Heraclitus
Soler
is a visual artist whose name was taken directly from the surname of a famous
Colombian biker who suffered a brutal accident. Therefore the word “Soler”
translates as a metaphor for resistance, will, survival and persistence. In
this context, the artist gives special value to the processes that come with
art making rather than searching for individual recognition. Soler triggers
actions in performances and extends them to photography, painting, video and
site-specific installations, building spaces where these practices are
interwoven and the presence of the body can be read from its absence.
He
holds a BFA from the University of Brighton and an MFA from UCL, Slade. He has
produced several large site-specific intervention projects responding to his
life back in Bogotá. His most recent performance "Anticipación/Retrovisión"
took place by the Caribbean Coast of Colombia, involving over 1500 people and concluded
in a solo Show at the Museum of Santa Marta, presenting a large Installation
work, product from this experience.
