Manu Arregui
Manu Arregui | Ejercicios de Medición sobre el Movimiento Amanerado de las Manos, 2014
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BIO
Manu Arregui, Santander, (Spain) 1970. Lives and works in Bilbao.
His works have been included in important shows such Trans-sexual Express International curated by Xavier Araquistain and Rosa Martínez, Bad Boys a project by Agustín Pérez Rubio produced for the 50th venice Bienale, Monocanal Vídeo: 1996-2002 curated by Juan Antonio Álvarez-Reyes and Berta Sichel for the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Sesiones Animadas a project by Juan Antonio Álvarez-Reyes for this same museum and the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno de Las Palmas, Chacun à son Goût curated by Rosa Martínez to commemorated the Guggenheim Biolbao’s 10th anniversary. and España. Arte Español 1957-2007 at the Palazzo Sant’Elia in Palermo. With Espacio Mínimo he has taken part in important international contemporary art fairs such as ARCO (Madrid), ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH (Miami), FRIEZE (London) or CIGE (Beijing). In 2002 he was granted the Fundación Marcelino Botín Fine art Scholarship which he used to complete his education at ISCP in New York. In 2004 he was awarded first prize in video and digital formats at the Caixa Galicia Awards , and in y 2007 obtained the Altadis Fine Art Prize, and in 2014 the ARCO-BEEP Electronic Art Award. His works are included in the following collections, amongst others: ARTIUM in Vitoria, Guggenheim Bilbao y MUSAC de León, Beep Collection, Centre d’Art la Panera in Lerida, Consejo Superior de Deportes, the Coca Cola Foundation, and the Fundación Ordóñez-Falcón.
ABOUT
Ejercicios de Medición sobre el Movimiento Amanerado de las Manos was the winning piece at the IX Edition of the ARCOmadrid/BEEP Electronic Art Prize in 2014.
Using as a starting point a recording of hands of various professional dancers in movement and an example of 3D modeling software to replicate those movements and obtain the corresponding positioning and rotation data, the piece uses the theme of dance to reflect upon topics such as the phobia of effeminacy and masculinization.