[Misc.]
I was impressed about Benedyka's concept of memory: the
impossibility of identically replicating two photos, after all,
what forces us to do, if not starting with a redefinition of the
perceived, revising the signifier associated with a memory, to
a single fragment to the extent that the deceptive and
misleading memory arbitrarily returns us in relation to what we
have seen?
In the painting "Knife on the Table" (Oil on Wood, 2016), reinforcing the concept of contact emphasized by the
icastic encounter of surfaces, the dimensional connections
are grasped, just like the knife that cuts the eye in the short
film “Un chien Andalou” (Luis Bunuel 1929), the surrealistic
translation of a visual expression that becomes reality capable
of projecting us to a higher level of perception. Similarly,
bringing out the boundary between conscious and
unconscious, the artist gives shape to a dividing line to stare
the memory as an absolute sign.
Text: Ivan Bissoli
Do You Remember When (Conversation I)
Why The World Looks They Way It Does (Conversation II)
Before The Mirror
Woman In White
Table With Cheese︎
Roof︎
Industrial Landscape
Triptych (Apron, Camera Boxes, Garden)︎
Knife On The Table︎
Still Life
2021-2022
In Memory Of My Feelings
Archaeoacoustics or examining sound in the past
Castello di Squillace
SOLO SHOW - i.e. Art Projects
OPEN STUDIO - In Ruins Art Residency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmUmBvpNumU
https://soundcloud.com/martyna-benedyka/o-virga-ac-diadema-hildegard-von-bingen-martyna-benedyka
https://issuu.com/martynabenedyka/docs/in_memory_of_my_feelings-martyna_benedyka
First part of a sound/art project realized during my art residency in an ancient Italian town, in the region of Calabria.
In my works (sound-drawing-photography), I investigate themes like the translation of archeology and subjective experiences into general history.
I examine how the idea of archaeoacoustics is understood and narrated.
Drawings and photographs in response to:
a piece created by blending my vocals (12 voices) in the interpretation of a fragment of a medieval piece by Hildegard von Bingen "O virga ac diadema" (Praise for the Mother)
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as well as
the soundscapes
fragments of information
archaeology of sounds
the ruins
visible and clandestine
feelings and emotions
natural phenomena
my stories.
Image: Martyna Benedyka, 2021, Fragment 1, Fragment 2
Image: Martyna Benedyka, 2021, Fragment 3
Image: Martyna Benedyka, 2021, Fragment 4
Image: Martyna Benedyka, 2021, Fragment 5
Image: Martyna Benedyka, 2021, Fragment 6, Fragment 7
“Composed by Hildegard
von Bingen, a saint, mystic and medieval composer, the song is an ode to an
olive branch which, free from original sin, becomes a source of life and a
symbol of the mother's womb. Martyna's voice provides a vivid image when it is
grafted into the context of centuries-old olive groves such as those that cover
the surroundings of Squillace, restoring the sense of that god inherent in
nature so dear to Bingen and that only art can embody in the human body. Archaeoacoustics,
an interdisciplinary methodology used by the artist, includes archeology,
ethnomusicology, acoustics and digital modelling, allowing for a concrete
consonance between sounds of the past and those of the present.”
In-Ruins
Art Residency
Image: Martyna Benedyka, 2021, Fragment 8
Image: Martyna Benedyka, 2021, Fragment 9, Fragment 10
Image: Martyna Benedyka, Room 1, Installation View, Castello di Squillace, 2021
Installation Views
Silent Sticks
Italy 1044
In Memory Of My Feelings
Praise For The Mother
Sprig
In Blossom
Untitled
The Stage
Terra
The First Of All Trees
In-ruins Art Residency, Squillace, Calabria, Italy
OPEN STUDIO, Castello di Squillace
Listen now on
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sound installation
drawing and analogue photography
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2014
Open Your Eyes
Degree Show, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Oil on Wood | Lith Photography
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︎ Best Intentions
Knife
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︎ Paper Knife I
︎Potter’s Wheel
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Knife On The Table
︎ Mother Sleeping
︎ Men Carrying Mattresses II
︎ Man With A Camera
︎ Cheese On The Table
︎ Pianist
︎ Jars
︎ Yellow Painting
︎ Potter’s Wheel
︎ Palm Trees
︎ Man Reading
︎ Bows
︎ Woman In Black
︎ Paper Knife II
︎ Dusty Studio
︎ Men Carrying Mattresses
Back
Waulking
Room With A View
︎ Vase
Frond
︎ Conducting
Nesting Boxes
2014
On The Border Photobook
What is a photograph? For me, a fragment of quick-silver,
a lucid dream, a scribbled note from the subconscious
to be deciphered, perhaps, over years.
It is a monologue trying to become a conversation,
an offering, an alibi, a salute.
a lucid dream, a scribbled note from the subconscious
to be deciphered, perhaps, over years.
It is a monologue trying to become a conversation,
an offering, an alibi, a salute.
Eva Rubinstein
