Para estar a la altura, 2014
Structure coated MDF cement.
In 2008, Proa reopened after a major architectural reform that entailed incorporating two imposing glass windows as part of the facade. “The dream of a transparent and open museum that interacts with its surroundings has come true.” The café on the top floor of Proa features an enticing menu along with “a view of one of the most extraordinary landscapes in La Boca.” Paradoxically, that cherished view is obscured when you sit down at one of the café’s tables. The installation Para estar a la altura [To Reach the Height] consists of a platform that lifts up one of the tables and its chairs to provide a broader view of the landscape. From the platform, another vision of the interior/exterior relationship is possible. This work addresses the problem of limits and demonstrates that they are never set or precise. By means of a minimal gesture, this site-specific work effects a shift in our position. It lifts us up and lets us see a bit more of the outdoors than the terrace wall permits. The platform creates a slope, delimits a space that subtly highlights a difference from the surroundings. It formulates an interplay bound to limited access, the desire to be up there and see from that unique point of view not afforded by other tables.
Ivana Vollaro nace en Buenos Aires en 1971. Su obra investiga las fronteras entre lo formal y lo informal, los intervalos, el absurdo y los errores que generan esos límites. Estudió Artes en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. En 2003 gana la Beca Antorchas para estudios en el exterior y se muda a San Pablo hasta 2005. Desde entonces vive y trabaja en ambas ciudades. Exposiciones individuales más recientes: Sala Vip (2013) y Limites e deslizes (2009), ambas en Galería Laura Marsiaj, Río de Janeiro. En 2008 expone Vermello, Galería Vermelho, San Pablo; en 2007 X-Tudo, Centro Mariantonia-USP, San Pablo. Entre 1997 y 2008 colaboró con el proyecto Vórtice Argentina, organizando encuentros de poesía visual, experimental y sonora. Desde 2003 envía mensualmente por correo electrónico sus Crónicas Visuales. Recientemente junto al artista Juan Carlos Romero publicó el libro Listas (Edições Tijuana, São Paulo, 2013).