Mixed media- Photograph, Acrylic painting  and fabric -2004

Estás ahí?

Embrace

 Interview to Bolivian artist, curator and activist Douglas Rodrigo Rada in Cochabamba, Bolivia by Yayo Tavolara- Berlin artist liaison for The Studio Visit art journal.

A different approach to  Latin American and Bolivian contemporary art

The Studio Visit

Mirage of Presence
Yayo Tavolara

New technologies have given rise to a new society, a new approach and a new notion of space, not to say of distance and communications but most of all of one another’s presence.
We are near and immediate everywhere but actually nowhere. We have become a mirage of ourselves where our seemingly physical presence is but a virtual reality. We are all about being through the technological devices, the accessories of our contemporary day-to-day. We live therefore in a world of interconnected individuals that are mostly isolated and lonely.
In view of the technological progress, the other’s presence, even our loved ones, is currently just an impression.
Screens capture our field of vision and action. The screen light prevents us from seeing what is really happening around us and frames our sight.
The way we perceive the outer world is restrained, conditioned by our body posture, which is practically primitive if not static.
I believe this subject matter concerns each and every one of us in these current times, regardless of our geographical location or ethnicity.
Throughout my work I have seeked to create various artistic proposals in different supports, I have therefore chosen two elements that, in my opinion, belong to the topical context that I have decided to analyze this time.
Mirage of Presence is an Installation where photography, video and ready-made interact.
Through this statement I intend to create a space for reflection, where the visitor becomes a viewer of the attitude and alienation that transcends when we are self-absorbed in our own private, virtual, physically inexistent worlds and oblivious of what surrounds us.

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