LUZ INTERRUPTUS.
Una luz necesaria
Si
la noche no tenía alicientes suficientes, el colectivo
LuzInterruptus http://www.luzinterruptus.com
ha encontrado una original manera de proponernos nuevas reflexiones y
formas de belleza colocando focos que iluminen y concedan
protagonismo a distintas cuestiones y localizaciones de nuestro
entorno urbano.
¿Persigue vuestra obra un objetivo? Tratamos de poner un punto de atención luminoso a problemas que
detectamos en la ciudad y que parecen pasar desapercibidos a las
autoridades y a los ciudadanos. Pero no todo lo que hacemos tiene un punto subversivo, en algunas
ocasiones simplemente queremos embellecer o sacar del anonimato
lugares que nos parecen especiales u objetos a los que otorgamos
un valor artístico extraordinario, aunque hayan sido dejados al
azar en la vía pública por gente anónima sin ninguna intención
artística. ¿Hay una instalación que haya sido más significativa para vosotros?. Una de las que más alegrías nos ha dado ha sido Control Radiactivo,
que llevamos a cabo este verano en el Festival Dockville de Hamburgo.
Con ella, tratamos de poner en evidencia, en tono humorístico, la
paranoia que sufrimos desde que el escape radiactivo de Japón ha
demostrado la escasa fialibilidad de los sistemas de seguridad de las
centrales nucleares. Nos gustó montarla y convivir con la gente del festival, además fue
barata, muy impactante y nos hizo bastante conocidos. Poniendo el foco de atención en otro acontecimiento urbano, surgió
Agua potable corriendo por las calles. “En Madrid se han perdido en
menos de 30 años, más del 50% de las fuentes públicas en servicio”.
Con esta instalación pretendían reivindicar la necesidad de estas
fuentes por encima de las monumentales. Con Políticos bajo vídeo vigilancia, consiguieron generar debate social
sobre unos políticos bajo sospecha de los que los ciudadanos desconfían
y, más allá, sobre la presión que ejercen los mercados sobre ellos.
También metieron la campaña electoral en la basura. Los edificios abandonados, el reciclaje, la escasez de lluvia, el tráfico...
¿Qué proyecto soñáis con realizar? Uno que consiga reducir, aunque sea por unas horas, la intensidad y el gasto
de la iluminación de la ciudad de Madrid y de paso nos ayude a demostrar a
las administraciones y a los ciudadanos que con menos iluminación urbana
también se ve e incluso se consigue mayor bienestar. ¿Habéis hecho alguna de vuestras instalaciones dentro de un espacio cerrado? No nos hace ninguna ilusión crear piezas para espacios cerrados. Tampoco en
aquellos a los que, aun siendo abiertos, no tenga acceso cualquiera que lo
desee. Lo más parecido a un sitio cerrado en el que hemos intervenido ha
sido en el patio interior del Victoria & Albert Museum de Londres en 2010,
pero el acceso era libre y gratuito. Para esa ocasión, imaginamos la
instalación Seres empaquetados en luz en la que capturamos 100 sombras
humanas, y las conservamos por una noche, envueltas en plástico y luz.
No
tendremos que esperar a que den las doce de la noche y cruzar los
dedos para salir a pasear con la esperanza de tropezarnos con una de
sus inspiradoras instalaciones; en su web nos espera un iluminado
recorrido que inevitablemente nos hará disfrutar y reflexionar sobre
las ciudades que habitamos.
LUZINTERRUPTUS. A necessary light
As if the night did not already have enough charms, the collective LuzInterruptus have found an original way to suggest new reflections and forms of beauty by placing lamps that illuminate and give limelight to different issues and locations of our urban surroundings.
Does your work follow any aims?
We try to place the problems we detect in the city and that seem to go unnoticed by the authorities and citizens under the spotlight of attention.
But not everything we do has an element of subversion, on certain occasions we merely want to beautify or rescue from anonymity, places that seem special to us or objects we give an extraordinary artistic value to, even though they may have been left to chance on the street by anonymous people with no kind of artistic intention at all.
Is there any installation in particular that has been most meaningful to you?
One of the pieces that has delighted us the most was Radioactive Control, that we carried out this summer at the Dockville Festival in Hamburg. With it, we tried to point out, in a humorous tone, the paranoia we’ve suffered since the radioactive leak in Japan demonstrated the scarce reliability of nuclear power plants’ security systems. We enjoyed setting it up and co-habiting with the people from the festival, and it was reasonably cheap, very striking, and gave us quite a name.
Shedding light onto another urban fact, arose Drinking water running through the streets. In Madrid in less than 30 years, over 50% of working public fountains have disappeared. With this installation we aimed to reclaim the need for these fountains over monumental fountains.
With Politicians Under Surveillance they managed to generate a social debate about certain politicians under suspicion that citizens did not trust, and furthermore about the pressure the markets placed on them. They also put the electoral campaign in the rubbish.
Abandoned buildings, recycling, the lack of rain, the traffic…
What project do you dream of creating?
One that manages to reduce, albeit for a few hours, the level and the cost of lighting in the city of Madrid and that in doing so helps us show the authorities and citizens that you can still see with less street lighting and can even achieve a greater state of well being.
Have you ever done an installation in a closed space?
Making pieces for closed spaces does not thrill us in the slightest. Neither do those spaces that even though they may be open do not give access to anyone who may wish to enter. The closest place to a closed space that we have intervened in was the patio inside the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 2010, but access was open and free. For this occasion we imagined the installation Beings packaged in light, where we captured 100 human shadow and preserved them for a night, wrapped in plastic and light.
We don’t have to wait for the clock to strike midnight and cross our fingers in the hope of going out for a walk and coming across one of their inspirational installations; on their website an illuminated itinerary awaits us, letting us enjoy and ponder on the cities we live in.
LUZINTERRUPTUS. A necessary light
As if the night did not already have enough charms, the collective LuzInterruptus have found an original way to suggest new reflections and forms of beauty by placing lamps that illuminate and give limelight to different issues and locations of our urban surroundings.
Does your work follow any aims?
We try to place the problems we detect in the city and that seem to go unnoticed by the authorities and citizens under the spotlight of attention.
But not everything we do has an element of subversion, on certain occasions we merely want to beautify or rescue from anonymity, places that seem special to us or objects we give an extraordinary artistic value to, even though they may have been left to chance on the street by anonymous people with no kind of artistic intention at all.
Is there any installation in particular that has been most meaningful to you?
One of the pieces that has delighted us the most was Radioactive Control, that we carried out this summer at the Dockville Festival in Hamburg. With it, we tried to point out, in a humorous tone, the paranoia we’ve suffered since the radioactive leak in Japan demonstrated the scarce reliability of nuclear power plants’ security systems. We enjoyed setting it up and co-habiting with the people from the festival, and it was reasonably cheap, very striking, and gave us quite a name.
Shedding light onto another urban fact, arose Drinking water running through the streets. In Madrid in less than 30 years, over 50% of working public fountains have disappeared. With this installation we aimed to reclaim the need for these fountains over monumental fountains.
With Politicians Under Surveillance they managed to generate a social debate about certain politicians under suspicion that citizens did not trust, and furthermore about the pressure the markets placed on them. They also put the electoral campaign in the rubbish.
Abandoned buildings, recycling, the lack of rain, the traffic…
What project do you dream of creating?
One that manages to reduce, albeit for a few hours, the level and the cost of lighting in the city of Madrid and that in doing so helps us show the authorities and citizens that you can still see with less street lighting and can even achieve a greater state of well being.
Have you ever done an installation in a closed space?
Making pieces for closed spaces does not thrill us in the slightest. Neither do those spaces that even though they may be open do not give access to anyone who may wish to enter. The closest place to a closed space that we have intervened in was the patio inside the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 2010, but access was open and free. For this occasion we imagined the installation Beings packaged in light, where we captured 100 human shadow and preserved them for a night, wrapped in plastic and light.
We don’t have to wait for the clock to strike midnight and cross our fingers in the hope of going out for a walk and coming across one of their inspirational installations; on their website an illuminated itinerary awaits us, letting us enjoy and ponder on the cities we live in.
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