Carlos Casas
Dublin Core
Title
Carlos Casas
Description
The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 can perhaps be considered the last grandiose natural disaster before the advent of moving images. For Casas, the historical eruption is an active producer of multiple narratives and imaginaries. Fascinated by its sublime stature and by the unique visual, sonic, and meteorological phenomena occurred in the aftermath of the eruption, the artist aims to investigate its socio-symbolic entanglements with Indonesia’s colonial history while also continuing his longstanding meditation on how natural disasters affect our understanding of nature and of our position on the planet. Through archival research and on-site shooting, the artist will collect historical, optical, and sonic data from various research stations and archives in Singapore and Indonesia in preparation for a new work.
Date
5 December 2017 – 28 February 2018
Contributor
Coverage
Residency Item Type Metadata
Short Description
For Casas, the historical eruption is an active producer of multiple narratives and imaginaries.
Cycle
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Collaboration
No
Commissioned Work
No
Files
Collection
Citation
“Carlos Casas,” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/1241.
Item Relations
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Residencies OPEN: Art After Dark Singapore Art Week 2018 |
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Residencies Studio Session: Sounding the Invisible, a conversation between Carlos Casas (Spain/France), Artist-in-Residence and Florian Dombois (Germany), artist, introduced by Vivian Wang (Singapore), musician |
| Item: Carlos Casas | References | This Item |