Last weekend was the weekend of the year for art admirers in London, with numerous events and fairs being held in the megalopolis. The Zoo art fair is the second most important fair after Frieze art and focuses on emerging galleries . It is held at the Royal academy of arts which gives to the fair a kind of nice student atmosphere though very limited in space. Several performances happen in the fair like violinists running in corridors while playing sounds of sirens (Violin siren, 2005, Giorgio Sadotti), giving the overall a feeling of disruptiveness and freshness. It is interesting to compare the approach of the Frieze – Zoo art fairs with the one of Art Chicago which I visited a few months ago. The firsts are providing very different spaces for established and emerging galleries as on the other hand Art Chicago presented all of them in the same building, with the same commodities. Both approaches are relevant in my opinion.
Here are few items I enjoyed:
The Whiteness of the Whale III by Maria Hedlund, 2008 (Elastic gallery)
I feel some connections between my work and this poetic narrative made of texts and photographs. I wanted to interview Ola Gustafsson from the gallery but he preferred to give me recommendations about how to capture the work of the artist, which is very nice. The pictures like the texts are between raw reality and sublimity.
‘Zoning’ + draws by Natalia Stachon, 2007
I liked the purity of the Zoning sculpture from Natalia Stachon and asked to the Laurin gallery more details about the artist.
Zoo art fair, Natalia Stachon introduced by the Laurin gallery from Christophe Bruchansky on Vimeo.
Here is a double channel video by Eve Sussman . I’m very attached to the idea that video should not necessary require non-stop attention but might also be something played in the background, watched by intermittence. This is what I try to convey in my own productions. I asked Joel Beck from the Roebling Hall gallery to tell me more.
Zoo art fair, Eve Sussman introduced by the Roebling hall gallery from Christophe Bruchansky on Vimeo.
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