{"id":25437,"date":"2021-10-25T11:50:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T09:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espronceda.net\/projectes\/human-signs\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T14:00:52","slug":"human-signs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.espronceda.net\/ca\/projectes\/human-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"HUMAN SIGNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HUMAN SIGNS<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>By Yuval Avital
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Curated by Savina Tarsitano
\nfor Loop Festival Barcelona<\/h3>\n

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For the first time since its creation, the monumental artwork by Yuval Avital<\/strong> that brings together more than 200 artists from around the world will be presented at ESPRONCEDA Institute of Art & Culture<\/strong> on the occasion of LOOP BARCELONA: CITY SCREEN 2021<\/strong>, one of the most important festivals of video art in Europe held in Barcelona every year.<\/p>\n

The participatory project HUMAN SIGNS, a global voice and gesture artwork, is conceived by multimedia artist and composer Yuval Avital in collaboration with Stefania Ballone, dancer and choreographer of Teatro alla Scala.<\/p>\n

An art anomaly, not produced or commissioned by any entity, but desired by the artists themselves. Born during the COVID-19 seclusion, interpreting the viral aesthetic of this unique historical moment, HUMAN SIGNS has gathered till now over 200 performers from 50 countries, each proposing adeep individual art-testimony which converges into a powerful expressive multimedia fresco. Yuval\u2019s 12 minutes vocal art testimony, auto-filmed during reclusion, expresses his most intimate state and becomes a fundamental layer to which all artists relate to as a timeline, musicality and intensity guide (Similar to the Renaissance concept of Cantus Firmus), allowing by this method potential infinite interconnections between all participants, creating choirs, Ensembles, Constellations and intimate dialogues. Bringing a deep sense of togetherness, HUMAN SIGNS aims to overcome physical distance and isolation therefore, it invites us to explore differently the spaces, languages, and forms of interconnection, as part of a collective reflection on a unique historical time. HUMAN SIGNS was presented online as a multimedia artwork through the Living Digital Archive and offline through LIVE GRID performances in five different cities around the world (New York, San Petersburg,Tel Aviv, Milan, Turin).<\/p>\n

The exhibition leads the visitors into the HUMAN SIGNS universe through three chapters. The first element will be an immersive polyptych of seven parallel projections, in which a constant flow of the artists’ auto-filmed performances creates an ideally infinite ensemble. The second element of the exhibition allows visitors to virtually meet the artists and listen directly to all the different emotions they experienced while participating in the performance, and to view the LIVE GRID performances that took place in the past months around the world. The third element is an experience room, in which each visitor is able to engage completely with the artwork as a performer using their voice and body in dialogue with Yuval Avital\u2019s cantus firm us. The exhibition will also host a new LIVE GRID involving artists from Barcelona in dialogue with the surrounding videos.<\/p>\n

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THE PROJECT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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