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One of the most amazing art spaces I’ve seen is located in a former prison in the Tres Cruces neighbourhood of Montevideo. When I was visiting the city in the end of November, I was lucky enough to arrive just in time for the opening of the new season at Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo. Which means I got to enjoy not only the art itself, but also a cool sound performance and a few glasses of free craft beer. I love this city!
The building looks exactly how you would expect a former prison to look - they even kept a row of cells untouched in order to preserve the authentic feel of the place.
Here are just a few examples of the art on display:
I love books. Beyond their primary function of holding information, I find them fascinating as physical objects in their own right. There’s nothing, and I mean nothing, I enjoy more than creative book design and high quality printing.
The experience of a physical book is not limited to reading, and the best books are the ones that deliver not only on story, but on textures, colours and surfaces, on illustrations and, of course, on scent.
This one has it all - the pages are satin, wonderfully smooth, non-reflective but not fully matt. The cover is textured, slightly rough and warm to the touch, with gold embossing. It has some weight to it due to the thick paper and holds nice in the hand. It smells more of ink than of paper. Illustrations - soviet space program artefacts, old photographs, propaganda posters and postcards, stamps and historical documents - give the book a (quite intentional) retro-futuristic feel.
Then, of course, there’s the story - a complex combination of sadness and hope, a tragic yet unavoidable sacrifice in the name of progress.
From Chapter I - Unknown Heroes:
... immediately on landing the waiting crowd ran towards the space travellers, even though it was forbidden, shouting ‘They’re alive! Alive! They’re barking!’ S.P. Korolev grabbed one of the dogs into his arms and ran around the capsule with joy, he then personally drove the heroes back to their enclosure in his car. A week later, Dezik, who was sent into the stratosphere with another partner, Lisa (Fox), dies in a crash when a parachute failed to deploy.
Running is a high-impact sport in which no runner is immune to injury. Runners typically develop knee problems for two reasons: impact and overuse. Ross Tucker, author of "The Runner's Body," explains that "each time your foot makes contact with the ground, forces equaling two to four times your body weight travel upward through your lower leg, knee, thigh, hip and pelvis, and into your spine." This repetitive motion puts a great deal of stress on the body.
To me, music is the most beautiful form of art. The fact that anyone can strum their fingers on the guitar, or go hard on instruments like the violin or piano, or even making/producing beats on programs such as Fruity Loops or Audacity is impressive and captivating. Even Acapela is badass! I’ve loved music for as long as I can remember; my mother even played it for me whilst in the womb. For my research topic to discuss on this blog, I want to research music and it’s effects on humans and society. It’s so fascinating to me how music is it’s own language, and allows for people to communicate and feel through sounds.
For starters, I found this wonderful article titled, “Music & How It Impacts Your Brain, Emotions”. The author, Malini Mohana states “Music, though it appears to be similar to features of language, is more rooted in the primitive brain structures that are involved in motivation, reward and emotion.” This means that as you are listening to music, it is first processed and interpreted in the cerebellum and amygdala, two very important structures related to our emotions. I personally find myself more motivated to finish tasks while jamming out to my favorite tunes. I mean, right now I’m listening to music, writing about music and researching about music and I’m having a blast while doing it. The article also talked about how music effects our frontal lobe, which is the part of the brain responsible for pleasure. When we are happy with the way a song sounds and are anticipating the best part, our frontal lobe is the source of pleasure we feel from hearing and being pleased with hearing a song we like.
