IN SITU: Alexandre Estrela – Roda Lume
(c) M HKA, Courtesy of the artist
Antípodas, 2011
A canvas roll is vertically suspended between two polished copper tubes. Both of its sides receive a video projection, and each of the projections’ movements complements one another.
The title ‘Antípodas’ [Antipodes] locates the image in geographically opposite points. They are, however, natural phenomena recorded in neighbouring countries: intense tree pollination in Berlin and the formation of foam registered on a beach in Bretagne, which succeed one another in slow and perpetual movement. The images and their vertical catenation, as well as the synchronism observed between both projections drag the canvas in endless rotation, giving way to the illusion that it is the screen that is moving between two poles/tubes.
Estrela, A. Meio Concreto. Fundação de Serralves, Porto, 2013. p. 123
