Current
In Current, numerous cotton threads fan out from a small metal plate, loop through hooks in a nearby wall, and finally dangle towards the floor, weighted by rough pebbles bound with brightly colored cotton. The work feels like a two-dimensional composition given volume and drawn in space. The threads become an ethereal and translucent screen, a boundary between window and room. Or considering the artist’s interest in immigration policy and borders, it could also be read as a fence and barrier between one person and another.
Another interpretation perhaps relates to the installation’s title. Do the strings instead denote an electrical current, power that allows humans to connect with one another across the globe? de Vivero encourages collaboration with her viewers, encouraging them to bring their own experiences and understanding to the work.
(Excerpt from writing by Sherée Lutz for KC STUDIO, Exhibition at Kansas City Artist Coalition)
http://kcstudio.org/micaela-de-vivero-kansas-city-artists-coalition/
"Current," site-specific installation at the food and ammunition storage room at the Acropolis of Kavala, Greece, 2021
"Current," site-specific installation at the food and ammunition storage room at the Acropolis of Kavala, Greece, 2021
"Current," site-specific installation at the food and ammunition storage room at the Acropolis of Kavala, Greece, 2021
"Current," site-specific installation at the food and ammunition storage room at the Acropolis of Kavala, Greece, 2021
"Current," (Kansas City Artist Coalition), cotton thread and pebbles, dimensions variable, 2016
"Current," cotton thread and pebbles, dimensions variable, 2016 - detail
"Current" (IAU, Aix-en-Provence, France), cotton thread and cord, dimensions variable, 2017
"Corrente" (Museu de Lanificios, Covilha, Portugal), cotton thread, dimensions variable, 2018
"Atardecer" (historic tower at Mercado Municipal, Rota, Spain), dimensions variable, 2019
"Atardecer" (historic tower at Mercado Municipal, Rota, Spain), dimensions variable, 2019 - detail
Current
In this art installation Micaela de Vivero is using the space of the food and ammunition storage of the Acropolis of Kavala, Greece to through colored strings physically connect the space with some of the objects that were used to be stored in the space in past centuries and in that way reflect on past and current histories.
Τίτλος καλλιτεχνίας: ‘’Νεότερη’’
Σε αυτό το είδος εικαστικής τέχνης, η Micaela de Vivero, χρησιμοποιεί τον αποθηκευτικό χώρο φαγητού και πυρομαχικών στην Ακρόπολη της Καβάλας, ώστε μέσου έγχρωμων χορδών να μπορέσει να πετύχει την φυσική ένωση του χώρου αυτού με κάποια αντικείμενα που αποθηκεύονταν σε αυτόν τον χώρο σε προηγούμενους αιώνες και με αυτόν τον τρόπο αντανακλάει σε παλιές και νεότερες ιστορίες.