Alicia Framis – Taking flight
Location: Bizkaia Aretoa – Axular
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Date: May 31 – June 3
Time: May 31st: 3pm – 7pm
June 1st & June 2nd: 11am – 7pm
June 3rd: 8.30am – 3pm
Alicia Framis’ work for the Wellbeing Summit for Social Change is a re-imagining of a paraglider’s clothing and apparatus for a filmed flight by Horacio Llorens, an aerial legend, five-time World Champion and Infinity Tumbling Guinness World Record holder.
The garment and apparatus, acting as a white canvas, will include a line from a Basque poet as inspiration for wellbeing and freedom. The artwork will be exhibited at the heart of the Summit program, the Palacio Euskalduna, together with the film of the flight over the Basque Country. Horacio will then reclaim the apparatus for a live flight over the city of Bilbao during the Summit.
The artwork will be exhibited at the core of the Summit program, the Palacio Euskalduna, together with the film of the flight over the Basque Country. Horacio will then reclaim the apparatus for a live flight over the city of Bilbao during the Summit. TAKING FLIGHT charts a hopeful journey – of the body, the soul and the imagination.
A multi-disciplinary artist whose work blends architecture, design, fashion and performance to explore human existence within contemporary urban society, Alicia Framis often works through interdisciplinary collaboration with other artists and specialist across various fields.
Alicia Framis at the Gender Pavilion of Sala Alcala 31. Alicia Framis represented the Netherlands in the Dutch Pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennale (2003) and has had work featured in the 2nd Berlin Biennale (2001), Performa 09 New York (2009), and Manifesta 2Luxemburg (1998) among others. Her work is included in numerous permanent collections, including those of Collection FRAC Lorraine (France), Migros Museum fĂĽr Gegenwartskunst (Switzerland), MUSAC de Castilla y LĂ©on (Spain), and Rabo Art Collection (Netherlands). In 2019, Alicia Framis was awarded the Lucas Artists Visual Arts Fellowship 2019-2022 in California. Taking Flight Beginning with the artist’s meditation on Francisco de Goya’s “Modo de Volar” (A Way of Flying),
Alicia Framis’ work for the Summit embodies our desire to reach for the sky. At a time when people have been determinately earthbound, TAKING FLIGHT represents liberation; the will to reach, release, and innovate.
ESPAĂ‘OL
La obra de Alicia Framis para The Wellbeing Summit for Social Change es una reimaginación de la vestimenta y el aparato de un parapentista para un vuelo filmado por Horacio Llorens, una leyenda del aire, cinco veces campeón del mundo y poseedor del récord Guinness de Infinity Tumbling.
La prenda y el aparato, a modo de lienzo blanco, incluirán un verso de un poeta vasco como inspiraciĂłn para el bienestar y la libertad. La obra se expondrá en el corazĂłn del programa de la Cumbre, el Palacio Euskalduna, junto con la pelĂcula del vuelo sobre el PaĂs Vasco. A posteriori, Horacio recuperará el aparato para realizar un vuelo en directo sobre la ciudad de Bilbao durante la Cumbre. TAKING FLIGHT traza un viaje esperanzador, del cuerpo, del alma y de la imaginaciĂłn.
Una artista multidisciplinaria cuyo trabajo combina la arquitectura, diseño, moda y la actuaciĂłn para explorar la existencia humana dentro de una sociedad contemporánea urbana. Alicia Framis trabaja a menudo en colaboraciĂłn interdisciplinar con otros artistas y especialistas en diferentes campos.Â
Alicia Framis representĂł a los PaĂses Bajos en el PabellĂłn HolandĂ©s de la 50ÂŞ Bienal de Venecia (2003) y ha participado en la 2ÂŞ Bienal de BerlĂn (2001), Performa 09 Nueva York (2009) y Manifesta 2Luxemburg (1998), entre otras. Su obra está incluida en numerosas colecciones permanentes, entre ellas las de Collection FRAC Lorraine (Francia), Migros Museum fĂĽr Gegenwartskunst (Suiza), MUSAC de Castilla y LeĂłn (España), y Rabo Art Collection (PaĂses Bajos). En 2019, Alicia Framis recibiĂł la beca Lucas Artists Visual Arts Fellowship 2019-2022 en California. Taking Flight. Comenzando con la meditaciĂłn de la artista sobre la obra de Francisco de Goya “Modo de Volar” (A Way of Flying).Â
El trabajo de Alicia Framis para la Cumbre encarna nuestro deseo de alcanzar el cielo. En una época en la que la gente se ha quedado decididamente atada a la tierra, TOMAR VUELO (“TAKING FLIGHT”) representa la liberación; la voluntad de alcanzar, liberar e innovar.
