A Constructed World. Hobbes Opera

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1 Hobbes Opera In 2008 A Constructed World made a performance with musicians and non-musicians at the CAPC Musée d art contemporain in Bordeaux. At the end of the performance the six-neck guitar, which had been played simultaneously by five people, was cut into pieces with an electric saw and the drums smashed by the drummer. Since then the guitar fragments have been played by various people in performances, events, exhibitions and workshops in the UK, USA, France and Australia. In 2011, for an exhibition and performance at the Musée de l Objet in Blois, the drums were re-assembled and played by Rik Bas Backer, the original drummer. The last performance of this work will eventually be made when the six necks are reassembled and rewired back into one guitar. Hobbes Opera and related performances have been produced with the support of CAPC Musée d art contemporain de Bordeaux; Paola Pivi s GRRR JAMMING SQUEEK, Sculpture International Rotterdam; FRAC Pays de la Loire; Centre d art contemporain la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, Musée de l Objet, Blois and La Panacée, Centre de Culture Contemporaine, Montpellier.

Since then the guitar fragments have been played by various people in performances, events, exhibitions and workshops in the UK, USA, France and Australia.

2 have been working together since 1993 in a multi-model practice, producing paintings, video works, performances and publications. They have had solo exhibitions in museums and art centers including CAPC musée d art contemporain de Bordeaux, Cneai, Chatou, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, the Ian Potter Museum, The University of Melbourne, Artist Space, New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and Care/of, Milan. ACW performances and events have been commissioned by, for example, la Biennale de Belleville, Paris, la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, Centre d art contemporain de Villa Arson, Nice, Centre d art contemporain de l Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay and Sculpture International Rotterdam. Their work has been included in group exhibitions at La Panacée, Montpellier, Villa Lemot, FRAC Pays de Loire, Villa Arson, Nice, Centre d art contemporain de l Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay, Foundation Sandretto Re Rebaudango, Turin, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, and Biennales such as Gwangju, Saõ Paulo and Tirana. A Constructed World est une collaboration entre les artistes Jacqueline Riva et Geoffrey Lowe. Ensemble, ils travaillent depuis 1993 et développent une pratique pluridisciplinaire, composée de peintures, vidéos, performances et publications. Leur travail a été présenté dans des expositions individuelles notamment au CAPC musée d art contemporain de Bordeaux, au Cneai=, Chatou, à l Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, à Artist Space, New York, au Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, et à Care/of, Milan. Une prochaine exposition monographique est prévue au Ian Potter Museum, à l université de Melbourne, en novembre Les événements et performances de ACW ont été réalisés et présentés dans le cadre de la Biennale de Belleville, Paris, à la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, au Centre d art contemporain de la Villa Arson, Nice, au Centre d art contemporain de l Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay et dans le cadre de Sculpture International Rotterdam. Ils ont également participé à de nombreuses expositions collectives comme à la Villa Lemot, FRAC Pays de Loire, à la Villa Arson, Nice, au Centre d art contemporain de l Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay, à la Foundation Sandretto Re Rebaudango, Turin, à l Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adélaïde, et dans le cadre des biennales de Gwangju, Saõ Paulo et Tirana.

The University of Melbourne, Artist Space, New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and Care/of, Milan.

3 Hobbes Opera part 1, 2008 Performance with musicians and non-musicians, drums, six neck guitar, plants, tarpaulin CAPC Musée d art contemporain de Bordeaux

4 Hobbes Opera part 1, 2008 Performance with musicians and non-musicians, drums, six neck guitar, plants, tarpaulin CAPC Musée d art contemporain de Bordeaux

5 Speakeasy Medicine Show, 2010 Performance with The Nice Choir and Speech and What Archive Biennale de Belleville, Paris, curated by Claire Moulène

6 One Monkey Don t Stop No Show, 2010 Performances with Speech and What Archive, Michele Robecchi and Steve Piccolo Club 21 Remaking the Scene, One Marylebone, London, curated by Oxana Maleeva and Steve Piccolo

7 Hobbes Opera part 2, 2011 Six guitar fragments, wood, electrical leads, amplyfier dimensions variable Fragmentations Trajectories Contre-Nature, Domaine départemental de La Garenne Lemot curated by Sébastien Pluot

8 Hobbes Opera part 2, 2011 Performance with six guitar fragments and six performers Fragmentations Trajectories Contre-Nature, Domaine départemental de La Garenne Lemot curated by Sébastien Pluot

9 A Constructed World Medicine Show, 2011 Performance with Speech and What Archive, Steve Piccolo and Michele Robecchi Paola Pivi s GRRR JAMMING SQUEEK, Sculpture International Rotterdam

10 Leviathan & Laetitia part 2, 2011 Performance with Etienne Bernard, Judicaël Lavrador, Anne-Laure Sacriste, et. al Convivio, Centre d art contemporain de l Onde, Vélizy-Villacoublay, curated by Sophie Auger and Fabien Vallos

11 Avant Spectacle A Micro Medicine Show, 2011 Event with Speech and What Archive and Michele Robecchi La Ronde, Centre d art contemporain la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, curated by Emilie Renard

12 Avant Spectacle A Micro Medicine Show, 2011 Event with Speech and What Archive and Michele Robecchi La Ronde, Centre d art contemporain la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, curated by Emilie Renard

13 Hobbes Opera part 1 (drums), 2011 Reassembled drums, scotch tape, screws (above), performance with Rik Bas Backer and Elsa Philippe (below) Speech Objects, Le Museée de l objet, Blois, curated by ACW and Etienne Bernard

Backer and Elsa Philippe (below) Speech Objects, Le

14 Hobbes Opera part 28, 2014 Six guitar fragments, wood, electrical leads, amplyfier, reassembled drums, scotch tape, screws dimensions variable, performed with musicians and non-musicians La Panacée, Centre de Culture Contemporaine, Montpellier

screws dimensions variable, performed with musicians and

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