MY WORK IS OFTEN THOUGHT ABOUT WITHIN THE TRADITION OF PHENOMENOLOGY. TIME IS SUBJECTIVE; SOME PHILOSOPHERS CONCENTRATE SOLELY ON THE PRESENT, WHILE OTHERS FOCUS ON THE FUTURE.
IF THERE IS NO ART, THERE IS NO FUTURE.
I DON'T CREATE ONLY FOR ME, I CREATE BECAUSE THIS WORLD NEEDS MORE PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT ART AND NOT ENGAGE IN THE IDEALS OF EXTREME CONSUMPTION, SUPERFICIALITY AND ABANDONMENT OF SELF.
THAT WORLD IS ALREADY HERE; IT''S MY OBLIGATION TO STAND UP AND WORK, CREATE, AND SHARE WITH OTHERS TO PRODUCE EMPATHY AND SOLIDARITY.
`BRENDA VEGA
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"The Disappearing Self, Second Act"
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“The Disappearing Self, Second Act” is a video performance installation that offers a particular interpretation of presence and absence, the mediation of the screen, and the transformation of the self every day when engaging with the internet, social media, and personal technology. The installation highlights recurring themes in Vega’s work, like disappearance, which for the artist to disappear is not the act of vanishing but rather, living in the in-between, cohabitating with technological devices that integrate with contemporary human beings, causing disassociation and an avoidance of the current perception of time. The artist invites the audience to partake in her self-portraits that blur the boundaries between painting and photography; her projected video performances will introduce an alternative world without the internet, leaving behind the rush to consume and experience the world with the mediation of a small screen, offering an open-ended conversation with her audience in which a rather strange, dim-colored environment blends analog and digital points of view.
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Artist Bio:
Brenda Vega (she/her) is a Visual Artist from the Andes, born in Ecuador in 1984.
In 2016, Brenda was awarded the Troika Photography Prize in London for her multimedia work: Interfaced Nature.She participated in artist residencies like SIM Residency Reykjavík (2019), Lumen in Italy (2018), and No Lugar in Quito (2017). Brenda completed her MA in Photography at the University of the Arts London in 2016. From 2019 to 2023, Brenda taught art full-time at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. In 2022, Brenda was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Grant for Faculty Development in Ecuador before embarking on a Ph.D. in Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Dallas, which is her current pursuit. She now resides in Richardson, Texas, with her husband and dogs, Bruno and Dorita.
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DIMENSIONS: Variable dimensions
Video Performance
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$1000 per edition
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