Uma wordgirl elevada a cada letra: Jenny Holzer

Xenon Projections

Since 1996, Jenny Holzer has used xenon projectors to cast text onto buildings, mountains, rivers and assorted public sites in Europe, Mexico and South America. During the xenon event, a powerful lamp creates a procession of text; the writing is in constant motion, like credits rolling at the end of a film. The flow of light and text over the shapes of buildings, land and water transforms the night. Spaces appear to be enveloped, but what reemphasizes the lines of architecture, or dictates a path in the reflection of a river, is the scrolling language. "Seen and absorbed rather than read," much like advertising and public announcements, xenon text has ambled the Spanish Steps in Rome, slid along the Olympic ski jump in Lillehammer and lit the Louvre's courtyard and facade in Paris. In Rio de Janeiro, Holzer threw text onto the beach and bay. Words rose on the backs of waves only to fall into foam; location and projection fused.
(Daqui)


Os poemas de Wislawa Szymborska.





Eu que passo a vida agarrada às palavras gostei das letras de Jenny Holzer assim que as vi. Vieram para exposição na barra esquerda do blogue onde vão ficar durante um tempo, mas sem o efeito espectacular que têm ao vivo. Estas palavras são do tamanho de prédios e monumentos, espalham-se pela rua no escuro, brilham à noite. Podem ser os seus truismos ou poemas. Ou apenas palavras. Neste caso, definitivamente, a forma ultrapassa o conteúdo.

Jenny Holzer: Kulture Flash
Jenny Holzer na Tate Collection
Jenny Holzer

BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOD SOMEONE
MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR MEN.
A CHARISMATIC LEADER IS IMPERATIVE
HE CAN SUBORDINATE THE SMALL
WILLS TO THE GREAT ONE. HIS
STRENGHT AND HIS VISION REDEEM
MEN. HIS PERFECTION MAKES THEM
GREATFUL. LIFE ITSELF IS NOT SACRED,
THERE IS NO DIGNITY IN THE FLESH.
UNDIRECTED MEN ARE CONTENT WITH
RANDOM, SQUALID, POINTLESS LIVES.
THE LEADER GIVES DIRECTION AND
PURPOSE. THE LEADER FORCES GREAT
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MANDATES PEACE
AND REPELS OUTSIDE AGRESSERS.
HE IS THE ARCHITECT OF DESTINY. HE
DEMANDS ABSOLUTE LOYALTY. HE
MERITS UNQUESTIONING DEVOTION.
HE ASKS THE SUPREAM SACRIFICE. HE IS
THE ONLY HOPE

Um dos Inflammatory Essays (1979-82)