{"id":545,"date":"2012-06-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/?p=545"},"modified":"2017-07-16T03:01:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T03:01:54","slug":"the-value-of-stuff-three-displayed-perceptions-on-trade-and-tradition-trauma-beijing-tjinchina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/the-value-of-stuff-three-displayed-perceptions-on-trade-and-tradition-trauma-beijing-tjinchina\/","title":{"rendered":"THE VALUE OF STUFF Three Displayed Perceptions on Trade and Tradition & Trauma @ Beijing TJINCHINA"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL VALOR DE LAS COSAS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

No hace mucho tiempo, accidentalmente termine viendo una p\u00e1gina de internet que se enfoca en el fen\u00f3meno OVNI y llam\u00f3 mi atenci\u00f3n el encabezado: \u201cAvistamientos en Beijing, China y Tijuana, M\u00e9xico.\u201d Luego m\u00e1s a\u00fan el hecho de tratarse de dos videos aparentemente filmados el 1 de enero del presente a\u00f1o. Me interes\u00f3 como 10,265 kil\u00f3metros de distancia con 15 horas de diferencia, se un\u00edan simb\u00f3licamente mediante unos pretendidos objetos voladores. Me interes\u00f3 m\u00e1s a\u00fan el hecho que estas dos ciudades encarnan cotidianamente un estigma donde lo falso y truculento, lo peligroso, lo ex\u00f3tico, lo emocionante y lo surreal campean as\u00ed, sin m\u00e1s. En fin, al final del d\u00eda quede convencido que si en alg\u00fan lugar del mundo debe de haber ovnis es precisamente ah\u00ed. Acepto que podr\u00eda parecer absurda la analog\u00eda para referirme al primer ejercicio expositivo surgido del proyecto TJ IN CHINA: THE VALUE OF STUFF \/ three displaced perceptions on trade, tradition & trauma. Una suerte de laboratorio donde Mely Barrag\u00e1n, Daniel Ruanova y Jaime Ruiz Otis, presentan un grupo de obras producto de su actual residencia en Beijing. Ahora bien, es importante hacer notar que no se trata \u00fanicamente del desplazamiento f\u00edsico o de la percepci\u00f3n de los artistas, sino, en todo caso, del acto mismo de dislocar sentidos, de re aprender en cierta forma fragmentos del proceso productivo personal y finalmente de la asimilaci\u00f3n del contexto inmediato y su representaci\u00f3n mediante el marco conceptual y el elocuente uso de los materiales. Si bien en los 3 casos esta obra reciente refiere a su cuerpo de obra previo, tambi\u00e9n lo es que hay una evoluci\u00f3n clara hacia rutas que hoy les resulta viable explorar. Unir ideas corporizadas en luz ne\u00f3n, vidrio, metal y objetos diversos, utilizando soportes como el video, la nueva escultura y la intervenci\u00f3n en sitio, entre otras, permiten ir visionando el rumbo que empieza a perfilar la obra de los artistas, pero adem\u00e1s debe ser considerado como una declaraci\u00f3n de principios del proyecto en su conjunto. M\u00e1s que intentar hacer un crossover o verse pretendidamente mainstream lo de Barrag\u00e1n, Ruanova y Otis es una propuesta que articula, como bien lo dice el t\u00edtulo de la muestra, esta trasferencia y tr\u00e1fico de identidades, de tradiciones y de traumas o recelos sobre los cuales uno soporta su propia existencia. Sin embargo, de nuevo termino convencido que si hay un par de lugares tan intensos y complejos como emp\u00e1ticos y necesariamente art\u00edsticos son Tijuana y Beijing. Sean pues bienvenidos a TJ IN CHINA 001.<\/p>\n

THE VALUE OF STUFF\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

THREE DISPLACED PERCEPTIONS ON TRADE, TRADITION & TRAUMA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Not long ago, I accidentally viewed a website that focuses on the UFO phenomenon and the headline caught my eye: \u201cSightings in Beijing, China and Tijuana, Mexico.\u201d Both videos were apparently filmed on the 1st of January this year. I was interested that the two cities were symbolically joined by a reported flying object, at a distance of 10.265 miles with a 15 hour time difference. I was even more interested in the fact that these two cities daily lives embody a stigma where the false and tricky, dangerous and exotic, exciting and surreal abound \u201cjust like that\u201d. Finally, at the end of the day, I was convinced that if somewhere in the world there are UFO\u00b4s, it must be there.<\/em><\/p>\n

I agree that the analogy may seem absurd to refer to the inaugural exhibition project created by TJ IN CHINA, THE VALUE OF STUFF \/ three displaced perceptions on trade, tradition & trauma. A sort of laboratory where Mely Barragan, Daniel Ruanova and Jaime Ruiz Otis, have a group of works resulting from their current residence in Beijing. Now, it\u00b4s important to note that this is not just about the physical movement or perception of artists, but in any case, the very act of dislocating senses, somehow rearranging the fragments of the production process and finally, the assimilation of the immediate context and its representation through the conceptual framework and the eloquent use of the materials. \u00a0Although the three projects refer to their past body of work, there is a clear path to the routes that are now feasible explore.<\/em><\/p>\n

Connecting ideas embodied in neon, glass, metal and other objects, using media such as video, new-sculpture, on-site intervention among others, we can envision the direction that begins to outline the work of the artists, and this must be considered a declaration of principles of the project as a whole. Rather than attempting to make a supposedly mainstream crossover, Barragan, Ruanova and Otis proposals articulate, as well as the title of the show, a transfer and trafficking of identities, traditions and trauma or suspicion on which one bears hers or his own existence. However, I am still convinced that if there are a couple of places so intense and complex as empathic and artistic, thay are necessarily Tijuana and Beijing. You are welcome to TJ IN CHINA.<\/em><\/p>\n

Marco Granados<\/strong>,\u00a0May 2012<\/em><\/p>\n

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