Esther Mañas and Arash Moori
17 April 2016 – 16 June 2016
Esther Mañas and Arash Moori have been collaborating artistically since 2005 with spatial sound works that investigate the acoustics, history and symbolic characteristics of place, resulting from the interaction of the individual practices of both artists.
Arash Moori (1977, Birmingham) Bachelor of Fine Arts (MH) from the University of Central England and Master of Fine Arts (MH) from Kuvataideakatemia, University of Helsinki, Finland. Moori, a multidisciplinary artist based in Madrid, starts from experimental research based on electromagnetic interference, light, electricity and sound to form the foundations of his work. Highlights include his debut album ‘Heterodyne’ (2015), Type Recordings label and his exhibitions and performances; Repro Tableau (2004), The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh; Parasitic Noise (2015), Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm; Descension (2012), Moonride Festival, Košice, Slovakia. Esther Mañas (Madrid 1974) holds a PhD in Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Master in Fine Arts, Time and Space, by Kuvataideakatemia, University of Helsinki and Bachelor of Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Mañas works with the experience of place and the relationship with its socio-cultural connotations through drawing or expanded sculpture. Sculptural or pictorial materials and processes take presence in the intervened space and dialogue with it. Some of his outstanding exhibitions and projects; Uso y Deshecho (2006) La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Encrucijada (2013) MNCARS, Madrid; Planes Futuros (2007) Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Baluarte, Pamplona. Mañas & Moori’s collaborative work has been presented at; Art Center/South Florida and A/CE, Acción Cultural Española. Interstate (2015) Miami; Joan Miró Foundation, Espai 13, Invoking a Demon Landscape, Implicit Sound (2010) Barcelona; CA2M, Madrid and LaboraL, Gijón, Experimental Station (2011); Frieze Art Fair. Resovision Stand by Resonance FM (2010) London; Kuntsverein Leipzig, Alles für das Wohl des Volkes (2009) Leipzig; HAP, Hammarby Artport Gallery, Composition for Five Rooms (2007) Stockholm.
Project in residence
(Cu)
Esther Mañas and Arash Moori will develop during their residency at LABoral their proposal (Cu), the winning project of the DKV Seguros – Álvarez Margaride Production Grant, jointly organized by the insurance company and LABoral Centro de Arte.
The artists will remain at LABoral for two months at Plataforma 0. Centro de Producción de LABoral, prior to their presentation to the public starting on June 17th. (Cu) proposes the use of copper as a guiding thread through a search and monitoring of its traces in the history and territory of Asturias; as well as an artistic material in its electronic, electrical and sculptural applications. During these two months of residence the artists will delve into the recycling capacity and electrical conductivity of this material, as well as the symbolic ties that bind it to the areas of Asturias dedicated to its extraction and production at different historical moments.
The artists plan, therefore, to create a series of works based on the fusion of sculptural techniques, electronic technology and the use of electromagnetic phenomena. The production process and research will be part of the final exhibition of the project.
