Leave the studio - Luz Broto Luz Broto

Right Cube_01, Interpúbliques, Espai Eart,

Leave the studio, Installation, September 2007

To turn my studio into an exhibition space to host six interventions open to the public, one per week for one and a half months.

I carried out this project at the end of a one-year residence program. The title ‘right cube’ refers to the concept of the ‘white cube’ and counters it by opening up space to the outside world and the unexpected.

The series of interventions gradually open up the studio space outwards, testing different ways of forcing it to connect with the environment. The interventions entail tiny distortions of particular elements that make up the studio or its immediate surroundings, activating experimental situations in the reception and use of the space.

A series of graphic elements (specifically designed banners, posters, postcards) announce the public opening of the space and its program of interventions, along with a weekly mail-out that includes a clue to the subsequent intervention.

Through texts, graphics, photographs, and videos, the publication «right cube_01» shows the project’s process and results.

Banner hanging from the studio window, announcing the new space.

Graphic announcing the programming of the six interventions:

PDF (CAST) Right-cube-01_cartel

PDF (CAST) Right-cube-01_flyer

Situation 1. Test

I made a series of holes in the walls and the ceiling before opening it to the public. The material from the pits is left piled up on the floor.

Situation 2. Terrace

In the middle of the studio, we place a sun umbrella, a table, and two chairs from the sidewalk cafe across the road. The bar service works whenever a visitor sits at the table.

Situation 3. Hosepipe

We prolong to a length of forty meters a hose from the adjacent courtyard. After having watered her plants, I invite the neighbor to come to the studio and water the floor. Visitors find a puddle of water on the ground, and a hose that can be traced to the courtyard next door.

Situation 4. Sneeze

We replace the smoke detector system with a water sprinkler. Whenever a visitor enters the studio, the device is activated, spraying water.

Situation 5. Tree

We use a fishing line to pull the tree branches standing outside the window to bring the treetop into the space.

Situation 6. Window

We suspend a microphone in the middle of the street. We place a pair of loudspeakers opposite the open windows of the studio. The sound recorded in the road is amplified and played back into the street with a two-second delay.

Set of 6 postcards, offered in the space one per week accompanying each situation.

PDF (CAST) Right-cube-01_postales-Luz Broto

Right Cube_01. Torrijos 69, T8
Offset printing, photocopy on paper and data CD
22,4 x 30,4 cm (7 pag.)
2007

Numbered edition of 100.

PDF (CAST) Right-cube-01

Presentation of the publication at the exhibition Inter-públiques, Eart, Octubre 2017.

Consulting: Orfeo PCI S.A., Fito Conesa, Diego Paonessa, Damián Turovezky, Santi Moro.

Graphic design: ferranElOtro

With the collaboration of: Experimentem amb l’art, Sonostudi, Lorente Ofimática, Salambó Café , Dominiques de la Presentació, Electro Europa (Cofac), University of Barcelona.

Thanks to: Fito Conesa, Jose Antonio Delgado, Joan de Cofac, Victor Lobo, Lluc Mayol, Santi Moro, ferranElOtro, Diego Paonessa, Ester Pons, Rosario de las Dominiques de la Presentació, Jordi Subirana, Damián Turovezky, Yoh and María (Café Salambó), Alicia Vela and Martín Vitaliti.

This project Right Cube_01 carried out within the Artist Residencies at Eart and was presented en the exhibition «Inter-públiques», curated by José Antonio Delgado at Eart, Barcelona, from 21 Octubre to 16 Desember 2007.