Wake Up!!!
2017, 5.36 min. Idea and realization: Andrea Juan & Gabriel Penedo, music: Roger Subiraba Mata, “Point of no return”, curatorship: Marisa Caichiolo. Latin American Endless Transformation, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, United States.
Wake Up! based on environmental issues, was designed by Andrea Juan and Gabriel Penedo. Wake up! is a two-channel video installation featuring a water pump, timers, a bed, blankets, curtains, and a large volume of water.
Wake Up! calls upon viewers—through poetics and imagery—to awaken to an increasingly unsettling reality.
Wake Up! is installed in the most intimate of spaces—our bedroom.
It is an allegory reminding us that the consequences of this disaster –that though still seemingly distant today– will inevitably reach us, profoundly altering and affecting our lives.
The video footage was captured by Andrea Juan over the course of several expeditions to Antarctica.
Argentina, 1964.
Visual artist and curator.
Has participated in several biennials, including Gyor, Hungary; Casablanca, Morocco; Beijing, China; Havana, Cuba; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; End of the World, Ushuaia; Expo Yeosu, Korea, and Expo Shanghai, China.
Has had solo exhibitions in England, the United States, Thailand, Russia, Spain, China, Canada, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, and Japan, among others.
Recipient of several awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005, Konex Award in Argentina and Amazona de Oro de Benin, among others.
His works are found in private and public collections, including: the Guggenheim Foundation, the World Council of People for the United Nations, Museo del Barrio, New York; Building Bridges Art Exchange, Los Angeles; Royal Caribbean International, Miami.
