Zero Celsius DAY 13 – 02

July 31, 2016January 19, 2023 | Irma Irsara

ZERO CELSIUS

Victorian Ice Wells, London Canal Museum, King’s Cross – Non-permanent, ever-changing, time-based ice installation

Materials:
Ice (created from canal water on site each day using three top loading freezers from), 1.3mm El Wire, different lengths powered by mains and battery packs (for embedded lights), Melanex shapes, Silver birch bark sourced from fallen trees source restored to original location at the end of the project. Charcoal made from pruned vine branches.

Dimensions variable.

Zero Celsius was an opportunity to witness, explore and be part of an unexpected subterranean landscape in the heart of King’s Cross. Through investigation and elaboration of different elements embedded in blocks of ice, artist Irma Irsara developed an experimental work with ever-changing outcomes. The installation process was determined by the interaction between the artist, the unique host location and the melting shapes of ice, resulting in a unique participatory experience.

www.zer0celsius.wordpress.com

Charcoal Text 1

July 31, 2016January 24, 2023 | Irma Irsara

CHARCOAL TEXT 1

medium:
digital print of ice, burnt wood and shredded text
Epson archival inks on Somerset Velvet 300gsm paper

size in cm: 59.5 x 84
printed at London Print Studio, Harrow

Charcoal Text 1 is a part of a series produced for the publication Halse for hazel, a sequence of poems about trees, their languages and forms by Frances Preslsy. The collaboration took place during the final year of Presley’s project funded by the Arts Council and included research at the national collections of Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place. The large-scale versions of the images and texts were used for the subsequent exhibition ‘In the open’, at Murray Edwards College in Cambridge (2015)

London Print Show – Members Summer Show

June 22, 2016 | Irma Irsara

Zero Celsius_DAY_8_ 07 SUMMER MEMBERS SHOW 2016
LONDON PRINT STUDIO
425 Harrow Road, London W10 4RE
24th June – 26th August 2016

Opening party: Thursday June 23rd 6.30pm – 8.30pm

This year’s London Print Studio’s Members Summer Show offers snapshot of fine art contemporary printmaking in London. The show features work across the full range of print techniques, with etching particularly well represented. There is work by well established and emerging artists.

Picture shows digital print (ZC DAY 8 – 07) from the Zero Celsius series of images taken of the ice installation in the former Victorian ice wells at the London Canal Museum.

Trittico delle Delizie

April 29, 2016 | Irma Irsara

Mi sembra molto adeguato il ritorno del trittico di Bosch assieme a 19 altri panelli nel suo paese per la mosta a Noordbrabants Museum.

A diciasette anni, frequentando l’Accademia di Urbino, ho scelto di analizzare il Trittico delle Delizie usando le teorie di Pino Parini. Per iniziare si trove il punto dove l’occhio si ferma e da questo si parte per estendere linee dove c’è peso nel colore e forma. Il gioco del triangolo e del quadrato formano con precisione il trittico (proporzioni in perfezione). L’occhio scoperto si estende esponendo simboli alchemici del periodo storico.

bosch triptych left 2 sml

Retina Diamond Leaf

April 4, 2016 | Irma Irsara

Diamond Leaf Retina

Retina Diamond Leaf, on show at Art at the Bridge 7 (Tower Bridge Engine Rooms), evolved from a collaboration with poet Frances Presley in 2015 and coincided with the publication of her anthology ‘Halse for Hazel’, funded by the Arts Council. The work incorporates the concept of bridges as neural networks along which sparks of light can travel. The drawing, superimposed on an inverted photo of the feminine hazel leaf, refers to the repairing of a damaged retina and the fear of losing the ability to see and connect which is described in Presley’s text.

Art at the Bridge #7

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 | Irma Irsara

Tower Bridge (Engine Rooms) is showcasing the works of 15 female artists with the theme Building Bridges: The Female Perspective.

Celebrate female artistic endeavour with Tower Bridges ‘Art at the Bridge’exhibition. Now in its seventh iteration, this long-running exhibition in partnership with Southwark Arts Forum will display the works of 15 female artists as they explore the theme of‘Building Bridges: The Female Perspective’.

The exhibition aims to reflect upon female perspectives in the community, providing a platform for artists to express their ideas through a variety of media including paintings, etchings, video, photography and drawing.

Each of the artists have drawn inspiration from their own experiences and these artworks offer a striking contrast to the huge and beautifully maintained steam engines that surround them.

The exhibition runs from March 8 to July 31, 2016 and admission will be included in the entry for Tower Bridge Exhibition (Adults: £9; Children aged 5-15: £3.90; Concessions: £6.30; Family tickets from £14.10; Under 5s free). The experience visiting the high-level Walkways has now been bolstered with the addition of the new glass floor, which gives visitors a unique perspective of London 42 meters above the Thames. The nearest underground stations are London Bridge or Tower Hill.

Artrooms 2016

January 23, 2016March 31, 2016 | Irma Irsara

Artrooms16 at Melia White House Hotel, London last January.
Rooms where artist, viewer, space and art become entwined and distance is removed.
Pictures show bookwork ‘Citta ideale’ and pulp work ‘L’organico’.

Artists Drawing A Line Under Torture

November 18, 2015 | Irma Irsara

This year, Freedom from Torture is marking its 30th anniversary. Since 1985, it has been the only human rights charity dedicated to the treatment and rehabilitation of torture survivors seeking protection in the UK.

This is the ninth Freedom from Torture art auction, which is held biennially. It is the largest single fundraising event for the charity and the last event in 2013 raised more than £100,000.

The free public exhibition of the works will be open daily from 18 – 22 November 2015. Hosted in the atmospheric rooms of the Bargehouse on London’s South Bank, this will be a rare opportunity to see such a large and diverse group of artists exhibiting alongside each other.
http://www.lineundertorture.com/lite-ui/#lots?category=All%20Lots

BYOB 2015

September 20, 2015 | Irma Irsara

BYOB Brighton was back yesterday for Brighton Digital Festival in Brighton Dome. Pop-up Brighton’s 4th annual event returned once again for a night of collaborative moving image, projection, participation and experimentation.

This was my second time participating in the event and a chance to project time lapse ‘work in progress’, D-freeze (first 4 images). Last 3 images show work by some of the other artists.

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