DATES

debut exhibition Esther Mañas and Arash Moori

RECENT WORKS

May, 15 - 31, 2009

overview and documentation of recent work
opening and reception of the artists: Thursday, May, 14 / 8 pm
Künstlerresidenz BLUMEN, Leipzig


final show of Esther Mañas and Arash Moori 's work

ALLES FÜR DAS WOHL DES VOLKES - ALL FOR THE PEOPLE

August 14 - 30, 2009

work results of the artist's residency
opening and leave-taking: Thursday, August, 13, 7 pm
Kunstverein Leipzig, www.kunstvereinleipzig.de


festival participation

TONES IN THE VOICE OF SHADOWS

June 27 - July 5, 2009

soundinstallation within Leipzig's festival zwischengrün, www.zwischengruen.de

 

installation views



 
 
 
 
 

Tones in the Voice of Shadows, sound installation, festival zwischengrün, recording  © Moori/Mañas 2009

 
 
 

Alles für das Wohl des Volkes (All for the people), sound installation, Kunstverein Leipzig, recording  © Moori/Mañas 2009

MAY - AUGUST 2009:

Esther Mañas/Arash Moori, Spain/UK

 

In close cooperation the artists Esther Mañas and Arash Moori develop light and sound installations that they call "sculpture based sound installations". In these arrangements different articulations of space and site intertwine: precise graphic forms, often refering to urban landscapes, surround intermedial settings generating unusual sound and light effects out of ordinary technical material. Their installative work is based on media and site-specific conditions in which they intervene, converting them into interactive spaces of experience.
Esther Mañas, born 1974 in Madrid, studied Fine Arts at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) in Spain. Arash Moori, born 1977 in Birmingham, studied Fine Arts at the Birmingham City University, UK. In 2006 both artists graduated at the Kuvataideakatemia in Helsinki, Finland. Since then Mañas and Moori work together and live in Madrid.

Interview with the artists

 

Current Work:

 
 

Mañas/Moori: Inside the Beehive, 2009, installation views Arco Art Fair - Expanded Box, Galeria MS, Madrid 2009.

 
 
 

Mañas/Moori:
Every Man and Woman is a Star, 2007 installation views Teatro Valle-Inclan, Madrid 2007.
The Fly Killer, 2007, installation views, Arco Art Fair - Expanded Box, Galeria MS, Madrid 2009.

 

 
 

Mañas/Moori: Composition for Five Rooms, 2007, installation views, Hammarby Artport, Stockholm 2007.

 

Project in Leipzig

During their residency in Leipzig, Mañas und Moori will continue their work with "sculputure based sound installations". Spacial situations and objects on site will be gathered, interfaced and examined with according to their visual and acustic attraction and potential perception.