PART 1 .Installation view. Tarea de reconocimiento AK VON MALMBORG Solo exhibition Buenos Aires at El Lobby Arte
@ellobby.arte
I made a visual love letter to Bs As, and painted the entire ceiling, walls and floor - a 360' painting that you could walk into, that would also be printed on to fabric and sown so I could wear the love-letter, and make a performance in which I tattooed myseld live in the opening. I fell in love with Buenos Aires and the people I met . New friends, old souls, a family of beautiful unicorns.
There are no perfect places and no perfect persons. But there are persons and places that are imperfect in ways that we can navigate and remain authentic, that are fucked up in ways that makes us grow, thrive, flourish. Bs As is that for me. <3 We don’t meet the ones we love - we recognize them. <3 I was lucky to get invited to the residency in El Lobby Arte - founded by
@deliiahou and artistic direction by
@lamoorelamour : the most beautiful artist residency with exhibition spaces and studios right across the park from the Opera House - Teatro Colón.
Painting the full room and ceiling was challenging - I’m normally painting in oil on large canvases. Then it’s a flat surface and you control the light -But in the room I painted the ceiling, the walls, the floor, and the light kept moving all the time with the day and night. Climbing an old ladder, bending backwards, I had to repaint, over and over, only to see the light change the room again. I got obsessed. It was the same feeling as when you drive a scooter and you come to a way-too-steep downhill road - You know that all you can do in that moment is to keep the speed because if you touch the brake, you will be dead.
It’s exhilarating.
I slept in shifts on the floor. I put a tatami close to the balcony and slept with my clothes on, one hour here, one hour there, covered in paint.The challenge, the impossibility of the project, the tight deadline fired me up. There is so much more I want to share… but start with this video by
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