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I come from a tiny island country in the middle of the Mediterranean sea and since I was a child have always felt to be more in my element in the sea than on land. So being pregnant and not allowed to travel to the sea was particularly hard for me.
Until now. Last weekend the doctor gave me the go ahead to travel and I spent a lovely time swimming – I just couldn’t get out of the sea :-)
These are a couple of photos taken underwater.
If you are in Arles, South of France this week I’d suggest you visit the Galerie Huit and enjoy the Arles Photography Open Salon 2012. The exhibition dates are from the 02 Jul – 23 Sept 2012 with the vernissage taking place tonight (04 Jul 2012).
My work from the series A Dance in the Dark will be screened this week between the 02 – 08 Jul 2012.
Galerie Huit, 8 rue de la Calade, Arles, France
Those of you who visited the Louvre, Paris between the 9-10 June, 2012 were in for a treat as the Art Shopping contemporary art fair was also on.
These are some photos from my exhibition there.
Exhibition information:
Entrance €6. Open from 11:00 to 20:00.
At the Carrousel du Louvre, 99 rue de Rivoli (Pyramide – cour Napoléon) (Arr 1) Metro: Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre
This is the whole set of paintings I will be exhibiting at the Kunstart Art Fair 2012 in Bolzano, Italy.
Should you be in Bolzano this weekend, between the 16-18th March, you can view the Energies series in Secion AB, Stand B06-06 under Galería Javier Roman. Biennale opening hours: 10am – 6pm.
Instances of the Similarities project during Malta Design Week 01-08 October, 2011
(above) Entrance to Malta Design Week
Exhibited at Can Manyé Gallery, Alella
Projecte Alella: Discarded Shoes – Buy / Preview the book
For this new project, I collected used and worn out shoes from the Alella community. The shoes were lit up from the interior and then be exhibited at Can Manyé in the wine village of Alella (Catalunya) from the 6th of May.
Why shoes?…..Shoes are personal; we choose them to join us in our life experiences, travels and work. We might love them and wear them to shreds or might turn cold and give them away after being used just once. It would be interesting to see the spectrum of shoes used in a wine making interior village in comparison to another potential exhibition using unwanted shoes from the city.
Some of the people behind the shoes
This morning I went to Alella to collect shoes from some of the people living there who were kind enough to give me their discarded shoes and enjoy a chat in the sun whilst doing so.. below are some of my favourite shoe givers: a lovely group of gentlemen who made my day!! They call themselves La Moncloa as they are always on the same benches at the park discussing life and politics.. the shoes they gave me were either theirs or belonged to their families and grandchildren..
Also, whilst setting up the exhibition, the crew from Maresme TV filmed us whilst preparing the exhibition
Alella Project and Discarded Shoes on Catalan TV!
Whilst setting up the Alella exhibition a couple of us were interviewed by Maresme TV, a local Catalan TV channel for the coast between Barcelona and the Costa Brava (north of Barcelona).Click on the screenshot below to see the footage and me looking very rough and tired ;-)
What Juan Saw When He Looked Inside The Bin
Installation,70x70x85
Exhibited at: Untitled BCN as part of the “Stairway To..” group exhibition
by: Alexia Medici and Jeni Cumming.
What Juan Saw When He Looked Inside the Bin is the result of collaboration between two developing international artists from different artistic backgrounds; Alexia works in graphic design and works with installation, Jeni is a literature student and works conceptually in a variety of different media. Both are students of Art at Metafora in Barcelona.
The idea of light as protagonist is key to this work wherein electric light shines ´magically´ through a pile of rubbish, and sometimes out of punctures in the rubbish itself, casting cosmos-like patterns inside of an otherwise normal looking waste bin.
The symbol of light and the image of the cosmos are found within the context of generic urban waste (and are also generated artificially). The notion of a character, alluded to in the title of the work, creates a narrative which mirrors the experience of the viewer in the art gallery as they also ´look inside/ take off the lid´ while exploring the contemporary culture of consumerism and environmental waste.
The Many Worlds Theory in quantum physics states that our universe is not the only one, but that many other universes exist parallel to each other. These are known as Parallel Universes.
The aim here is to represent this spacetime theory in art.
I focused on one particular time and three similar, yet parallel lives
Credits:
Photography by Christina Medici and Hector Picazo
Concept, digital manipulation and model: Alexia Medici
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