A Constructed World
Hobbes Opera
In 2008 A Constructed World made a performance with musicians and non-musicians at the CAPC Musée d’art contemporain in Bordeaux. At the end of the performance the six-neck guitar, which had been played simultaneously by five people, was cut into pieces with an electric saw and the drums smashed by the drummer. Since then the guitar fragments have been played by various people in performances, events, exhibitions and workshops in the UK, USA, France and Australia. In 2011, for an exhibition and performance at the Musée de l’Objet in Blois, the drums were re-assembled and played by Rik Bas Backer, the original drummer. The last performance of this work will eventually be made when the six necks are reassembled and rewired back into one guitar.
Hobbes Opera and related performances have been produced with the support of CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux; Paola Pivi’s GRRR JAMMING SQUEEK, Sculp-ture International Rotterdam; FRAC Pays de la Loire; Centre d’art contemporain la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, Musée de l’Objet, Blois and La Panacée, Centre de Culture Contempo-raine, Montpellier.
ing paintings, video works, performances and publications. They have had solo exhibitions in mu-seums and art centers including CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Cneai, Chatou, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, the Ian Potter Museum, The University of Melbourne, Artist Space, New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and Care/of, Milan. ACW performances and events have been commissioned by, for example, la Biennale de
Belleville, Paris, la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, Centre d’art contemporain de Villa Arson, Nice, Centre d’art contemporain de l’Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay and Sculpture International Rotter-dam. Their work has been included in group exhibitions at La Panacée, Montpellier, Villa Lemot, FRAC Pays de Loire, Villa Arson, Nice, Centre d’art contemporain de l’Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay, Foundation Sandretto Re Rebaudango, Turin, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, and Biennales such as Gwangju, Saõ Paulo and Tirana.
A Constructed World est une collaboration entre les artistes Jacqueline Riva et Geoffrey Lowe. Ensemble, ils travaillent depuis 1993 et développent une pratique pluridisciplinaire, composée de peintures, vidéos, performances et publications. Leur travail a été présenté dans des expositions individuelles notamment au CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, au Cneai=, Chatou, à l’Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, à Artist Space, New York, au Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, et à Care/of, Milan. Une prochaine exposition monographique est prévue au Ian Potter Museum, à l’université de Melbourne, en novembre 2012.
Les événements et performances de ACW ont été réalisés et présentés dans le cadre de la Biennale de Belleville, Paris, à la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, au Centre d’art contemporain de la Villa Arson, Nice, au Centre d’art contemporain de l’Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay et dans le cadre de Sculpture International Rotterdam. Ils ont également participé à de nombreuses expositions collectives comme à la Villa Lemot, FRAC Pays de Loire, à la Villa Arson, Nice, au Centre d’art contemporain de l’Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay, à la Foundation Sandretto Re Rebaudango, Turin, à l’Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adélaïde, et dans le cadre des biennales de Gwangju, Saõ Paulo et Tirana.
Hobbes Opera part 1
, 2008
Performance with musicians and non-musicians, drums, six neck guitar, plants, tarpaulin CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux
Hobbes Opera part 1
, 2008
Performance with musicians and non-musicians, drums, six neck guitar, plants, tarpaulin CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux
Speakeasy Medicine Show
, 2010
Performance with The Nice Choir and Speech and What Archive Biennale de Belleville, Paris, curated by Claire Moulène
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
, 2010
Performances with Speech and What Archive, Michele Robecchi and Steve Piccolo
Club 21 Remaking the Scene, One Marylebone, London, curated by Oxana Maleeva and Steve Piccolo
Hobbes Opera part 2
, 2011
Six guitar fragments, wood, electrical leads, amplyfier dimensions variable
Fragmentations Trajectories Contre-Nature, Domaine départemental de La Garenne Lemot cu-rated by Sébastien Pluot
Hobbes Opera part 2
, 2011
Performance with six guitar fragments and six performers
Fragmentations Trajectories Contre-Nature, Domaine départemental de La Garenne Lemot curated by Sébastien Pluot
A Constructed World Medicine Show,
2011
Performance with Speech and What Archive, Steve Piccolo and Michele Robecchi Paola Pivi’s GRRR JAMMING SQUEEK, Sculpture International Rotterdam
Leviathan & Laetitia part 2,
2011
Performance with Etienne Bernard, Judicaël Lavrador, Anne-Laure Sacriste, et. al
Convivio, Centre d’art contemporain de l’Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay, curated by Sophie Auger and Fabien Vallos
Avant Spectacle A Micro Medicine Show
, 2011
Event with Speech and What Archive and Michele Robecchi
Avant Spectacle A Micro Medicine Show
, 2011
Event with Speech and What Archive and Michele Robecchi
Hobbes Opera part 1 (drums)
, 2011
Reassembled drums, scotch tape, screws (above), performance with Rik Bas Backer and Elsa Philippe (below)
Hobbes Opera part 28
, 2014
Six guitar fragments, wood, elec -trical leads, amplyfier, reassem-bled drums, scotch tape, screws dimensions variable, performed with musicians and non-musi-ciansLa Panacée, Centre de Culture Contemporaine, Montpellier
