Allora & Calzadilla

Allora & Calzadilla Cv

Through sculpture, photography, performance, sound and video, Allora and Calzadilla's works have been informed by questions of mark making, traces, and survival in a way that is simultaneously conceptual, metaphorical and spatial. Their understanding of material and metaphor as a couple is crucial; for them a material is never simply self-evident in its meaning, it is always marked with histories, cultures, and politics that are at once irreducible to and indivisible from the material in question. Another recurrent trope in their work is that of animality, and its unstable relationship to the realm of the human. Most recently, they have created a series of works that explore the interplay between militarism and sound in the context of today's global state of war.

Allora and Calzadilla live and work in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Allora & Calzadilla Press

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Art Review, October 2007
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Allora & Calzadilla Exhibitions

Lisson Presents 4  May 6 - June 13, 2009
Perplexed in Public  June 13 - July 20, 2008
ALLORA & CALZADILLA  October 10 - November 17, 2007
Allora & Calzadilla  May 1 - 29, 2004
Out of Sight Out of Mind  February 15 - April 3, 1993

Allora & Calzadilla Public Exhibitions

CURRENT

Adaptation: Between Species
The Power Plant, Toronto
Until 12 September
The Power Plant


PAST

Allora & Calzadilla
Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin
9 July 2009 - 7 November 2009
Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin

Allora & Calzadilla
stop, repair, prepare: variations on 'ode to joy' for a prepared piano, Haus der Kunst München, Munich
13 June 2008 - 14 September 2008
Haus der Kunst München

Allora & Calzadilla
Clamor, Serpentine Gallery, London
17– 29 April 2007
Serpentine Gallery

Allora & Calzadilla Images

The bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame, 2010 Painted bronze 60 x 50 x 40 cm
The bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame, 2010 Painted bronze 60 x 50 x 40 cm
Sediments, Sentiments (Figures of Speech), 2007 Mixed Media and Live Performance with sound Plaster, Foam, Pigment, Pre-recorded Sound and Live Opera Singers, 263" x 216" x 180" Photo: Seza Bali ©Allora & Calzadilla, San Francisco Art Institute
Sediments, Sentiments (Figures of Speech), 2007 Mixed Media and Live Performance with sound Plaster, Foam, Pigment, Pre-recorded Sound and Live Opera Singers, 263" x 216" x 180" Photo: Seza Bali ©Allora & Calzadilla, San Francisco Art Institute
Wake Up, 2007 Temporary partition walls, lighting system, mixer, dimmer, computer, pre-recorded sound commissions by Franz Hautzinger Mazen Kerbaj, Ingrid Jensen, Leonel Kaplan, Paul Smoker, Natsuki Tamura, and Birgit Ulher, Approximately 96" x 30" x 240", Photo: Wilfried Petzi ©Allora & Calzadilla, Kunstverein Munich
Wake Up, 2007 Temporary partition walls, lighting system, mixer, dimmer, computer, pre-recorded sound commissions by Franz Hautzinger Mazen Kerbaj, Ingrid Jensen, Leonel Kaplan, Paul Smoker, Natsuki Tamura, and Birgit Ulher, Approximately 96" x 30" x 240", Photo: Wilfried Petzi ©Allora & Calzadilla, Kunstverein Munich
Intermission (Halloween Iraq 1), 2008 Hand made print from wood template (ink on muslin) 304.8 x 426.72 cm Intermission (2008) features a U.S. soldier during the Iraq war wearing a mask for Halloween. The artists have consciously obscured the image in order to suggest the historicization of contemporary war-themed documents.
Intermission (Halloween Iraq 1), 2008 Hand made print from wood template (ink on muslin) 304.8 x 426.72 cm Intermission (2008) features a U.S. soldier during the Iraq war wearing a mask for Halloween. The artists have consciously obscured the image in order to suggest the historicization of contemporary war-themed documents.
Internal Combustion (Eye of the Needle), 2007 35mm Film transferred to video, 5:17 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Internal Combustion (Eye of the Needle), 2007 35mm Film transferred to video, 5:17 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Balance of Power Public performance 2007 Three yoga practitioners wearing military uniforms execute a sequence of "Warrior" positions: Warrior I, Warrior II, Warrior III. The work explores the relationship and contrast between militarism and meditation, while addressing issues relative to the embodiment of power.
Balance of Power Public performance 2007 Three yoga practitioners wearing military uniforms execute a sequence of "Warrior" positions: Warrior I, Warrior II, Warrior III. The work explores the relationship and contrast between militarism and meditation, while addressing issues relative to the embodiment of power.
Clamor, 2006 Plaster, Foam, Pigment, 1 Tuba, 1Trumpet, 2 Tombones, 1 Flute, 1 Drum Kit, Pre-recorded Sound, and Live Musicians, 365" x 207" x 64". Photo: A. Burger ©Allora & Calzadilla, Kunsthalle Zurich
Clamor, 2006 Plaster, Foam, Pigment, 1 Tuba, 1Trumpet, 2 Tombones, 1 Flute, 1 Drum Kit, Pre-recorded Sound, and Live Musicians, 365" x 207" x 64". Photo: A. Burger ©Allora & Calzadilla, Kunsthalle Zurich
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Sheep, 2007 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:40 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Sheep, 2007 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:40 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Sheep, 2007 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:40 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Sheep, 2007 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:40 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Unrealizable Goals, 2007 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:32 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Unrealizable Goals, 2007 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:32 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Unrealizable Goals, 2007 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:32 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Unrealizable Goals, 2007 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:32 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Growth (Survival), 2006/2007 Grafted tropical plant's and Jenny Holzer's JH725 "Yellow Corner" (2002; seven electronic LED signs with stainless steel housings: CML bright amber diodes ) Allora & Clazadilla overall dimensions vary; Holzer, each 100 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 inches or 254,7 x 13,3 x 7,6 cm). Photo: A. Burger ©Allora & Calzadilla, Kunsthalle Zurich
Growth (Survival), 2006/2007 Grafted tropical plant's and Jenny Holzer's JH725 "Yellow Corner" (2002; seven electronic LED signs with stainless steel housings: CML bright amber diodes ) Allora & Clazadilla overall dimensions vary; Holzer, each 100 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 inches or 254,7 x 13,3 x 7,6 cm). Photo: A. Burger ©Allora & Calzadilla, Kunsthalle Zurich
Sweat Glands, Sweat Lands, 2006 Single Channel Video with Sound, 2:21 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Sweat Glands, Sweat Lands, 2006 Single Channel Video with Sound, 2:21 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Hope Hippo, 2005 2005. Mud, Whistle, Daily Newspaper, Live Person. Approximately 192" x 72" x 60". Installation View 51st Venice Biennale Photo: Giorgio Boato, Courtesy Lisson Gallery
Hope Hippo, 2005 2005. Mud, Whistle, Daily Newspaper, Live Person. Approximately 192" x 72" x 60". Installation View 51st Venice Biennale Photo: Giorgio Boato, Courtesy Lisson Gallery
Returning a Sound, 2004 Single Channel Video with Sound, 5:42 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Returning a Sound, 2004 Single Channel Video with Sound, 5:42 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Under Discussion, 2005 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:14 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Under Discussion, 2005 Single Channel Video with Sound, 6:14 Photo: Allora & Calzadilla
Puerto Rican Light, 1998/2003 Dan Flavin, Puerto Rican Light (to Jeannie Blake), 1965. Allora & Calzadilla, Puerto Rican Light, Battery bank containing solar panels, batteries, & inverter. Allora & Calzadilla Dimensions 48" x 48" x 30"
Puerto Rican Light, 1998/2003 Dan Flavin, Puerto Rican Light (to Jeannie Blake), 1965. Allora & Calzadilla, Puerto Rican Light, Battery bank containing solar panels, batteries, & inverter. Allora & Calzadilla Dimensions 48" x 48" x 30"

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