FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
grimanesa amoros falling installation
FALLING | Santa Fe Art Institute | Sante Fe, New Mexico 2002
The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) was founded in 1985 by Pony Ault and the noted architect and artist William Lumpkins, both of whom sought to provide a unique opportunity for emerging artists to pursue a brief, intense period of study with critically acclaimed visiting artists.
Art has come back to me slowly. . . It took me a while to deal with the destruction of the Twin Towers, which I used to visit with my daughter Shammiel. For months, this loss paralyzed me in many ways. The inability to move around the neighborhood freely only prolonged the psychological and psychical withdrawal after September 11th. To restore my sense of balance I reverted to what has always been my way of responding to life, my art.
I had the opportunity to travel to an artist’s residency program at the Santa Fe Art Institute in New Mexico, during which I completed an installation of eleven drawings on tyvek paper (40 in x 13 ft) entitled Falling. The drawings are my response to the scenes and moments I had witnessed on September 11th: people waving white handkerchiefs from the windows of the towers, amorphous yet painfully recognizable shapes falling down, and the clouds of white dust. In my Santa Fe project, I wanted to represent a metaphorical light that has been essential in my life during these past months.
Additionally, I had the opportunity to collaborate with the composer Jim Wilson, who produced a piece of music entitled Falling to accompany my work. Thus, I have gone from a place of self-examination and feelings of loss to a reassurance that creating art restores vibrancy and light to us all.
“FALLING” Caída 2002
(Instalación)
11 Dibujos de 1m x 4m Música: : Jim Wilson con la colaboración de Grimanesa Amorós
El arte regresó a mí lentamente… Me tomó buen tiempo manejar el tema de la destrucción de las Torres Gemelas que acostumbraba visitar con mi hija Shammiel. Durante varios meses, esta pérdida me paralizó de muchas maneras. La imposibilidad de desplazarme libremente por el vecindario sólo prolongó mi retraimiento físico y psicológico después del 11 de setiembre. Para recuperar mi sentido de equilibrio volví a lo que siempre fue mi manera de responderle a la vida, mi arte.
Tuve la oportunidad de viajar a un programa de residencia para artistas en el Santa Fe Art Institute en Nuevo México, durante el cual realicé una instalación de once dibujos en papel tyvek (aprox. 1m de ancho x 4m de alto) titulada “Falling” Caída. Los dibujos son mi respuesta a las escenas y momentos de los que fui testigo el 11 de setiembre: personas agitando pañuelos blancos desde las ventanas de las torres, amorfas y a la vez dolorosas formas reconocibles cayendo y las nubes de polvo blanco”. En mi proyecto de Santa Fe, quería representar una luz metafórica que ha sido esencial en mi vida durante esos meses pasados.
Además, tuve la oportunidad de colaborar con el compositor Jim Wilson, que creó una pieza musical titulada “Falling” Caída para acompañar mi trabajo. Así, pasé de un lugar de auto análisis y sentimiento de pérdida a otro de consuelo que, creando arte, nos devolvió a todos el ánimo y la luz.