The work title is Twin Towers, and is constituted by two piles of Letter size office paper sheets with overall dimensions around 21.5" x 22" and 60" high, according not with scale but with the proportions of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2 once existing ensemble; placed inside an art gallery space; kind of white cube, or not so much necessarily so.
During the exhibition period visitors entering in the gallery space are invited to pick up a sheet and take it with them; in order to write or draw something, present best memories or just stick some other thing on it; do whatever they please or want with it; and then also invited to send it back to the gallery in order to be presented altogether in another form or mode.
Trying to make the long short, avoiding the long story of this project, i would say that i somehow believe that it could well yet be installed, till September or even till the end of this year; but i also believe that no longer than that, and definitively not anywhere besides NYC after that.
"Nous Sommes Tous Américains
Dans ce moment tragique où les mots paraissent si pauvres pour dire le choc que l'on ressent, la première chose qui vient à l'esprit est celle- ci : nous sommes tous Américains ! Nous sommes tous New-Yorkais, aussi sûrement que John Kennedy se déclarait, en 1962 à Berlin, Berlinois. Comment ne pas se sentir en effet, comme dans les moments les plus graves de notre histoire, profondément solidaires de ce peuple et de ce pays, les Etats-Unis, dont nous sommes si proches et à qui nous devons la liberté, et donc notre solidarité. [...]”
Jean-Marie Colombani; Nous sommes tous Américains; Le Monde; Editorial publié dans l'édition du 13 septembre; We Are All New-Yorkers; Le Monde; editorial published on the September 13th, of the french newspaper, in the aftermath of the 9/11; 2001
image 1
Joao Felino, Twin Towers, two piles of Letter size office paper sheets; overall dimensions around 21.5" x 22" x 60" high; .
preparatory drawing © the artist, 2011
image 2
Advertising campaign for Asbestos featuring the WTC
© Asbestos Corporation Limited, Canada, 1981
-- Joao Felino
CÇ. DO CORREIO VELHO 3 - 2ND LARGO DE SANTO ANTONIO DA SE 1100-171 LISBOA PORTUGAL
Joao Felino Selected Works : www.joaofelino.com
Joao Felino joaofelino@gmail.com
The work title is Twin Towers, and is constituted by two piles of Letter size office paper sheets with overall dimensions around 21.5" x 22" and 60" high, according not with scale but with the proportions of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2 once existing ensemble; placed inside an art gallery space; kind of white cube, or not so much necessarily so.
During the exhibition period visitors entering in the gallery space are invited to pick up a sheet and take it with them; in order to write or draw something, present best memories or just stick some other thing on it; do whatever they please or want with it; and then also invited to send it back to the gallery in order to be presented altogether in another form or mode.
Trying to make the long short, avoiding the long story of this project, i would say that i somehow believe that it could well yet be installed, till September or even till the end of this year; but i also believe that no longer than that, and definitively not anywhere besides NYC after that.
"Nous Sommes Tous Américains
Dans ce moment tragique où les mots paraissent si pauvres pour dire le choc que l'on ressent, la première chose qui vient à l'esprit est celle- ci : nous sommes tous Américains ! Nous sommes tous New-Yorkais, aussi sûrement que John Kennedy se déclarait, en 1962 à Berlin, Berlinois. Comment ne pas se sentir en effet, comme dans les moments les plus graves de notre histoire, profondément solidaires de ce peuple et de ce pays, les Etats-Unis, dont nous sommes si proches et à qui nous devons la liberté, et donc notre solidarité. [...]”
Jean-Marie Colombani; Nous sommes tous Américains; Le Monde; Editorial publié dans l'édition du 13 septembre; We Are All New-Yorkers; Le Monde; editorial published on the September 13th, of the french newspaper, in the aftermath of the 9/11; 2001
image 1
Joao Felino, Twin Towers, two piles of Letter size office paper sheets; overall dimensions around 21.5" x 22" x 60" high; .
preparatory drawing © the artist, 2011
image 2
Advertising campaign for Asbestos featuring the WTC
© Asbestos Corporation Limited, Canada, 1981
-- Joao Felino
CÇ. DO CORREIO VELHO 3 - 2ND LARGO DE SANTO ANTONIO DA SE 1100-171 LISBOA PORTUGAL
Joao Felino Selected Works : www.joaofelino.com
Joao Felino joaofelino@gmail.com