LOS CARPINTEROS: POLARIS – APRIL 2 – JUNE 12, 2016 @ GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER
LOS CARPINTEROS
Polaris, 2014
Single channel, color HD video projection (Blu-ray), audio stereo.
10’40”
Courtesy of Sean Kelly Gallery, New York / Ivorypress, Madrid / Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
© Los Carpinteros
GCAC inaugurates its new Video Project Space with the single channel video and sound work Polaris, by Cuban artist collective Los Carpinteros.
Polaris describes the voyage of a musician who carries his drums through the Pyrenees. Shot in a real setting, it is essentially a sound piece that explores great areas of silence and noise, where the notion of pilgrimage takes on a central role as an abstract and personal ritual.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Los Carpinteros, collective founded in 1992 in Havana.
Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, was born on September 18, 1971 in Camaguey, Cuba. Graduated in 1994 from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
Dagoberto Rodríguez Sí¡nchez, was born on March 6, 1969 in Caibarií©n, Las Villas, Cuba. Graduated in 1994 from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
They live and work between Havana and Madrid.