Sculpture Sequence
Gabriella MANGANO: artist
Silvana MANGANO
The Mangano sisters describe their video-based works as “drawings in space”. They think of the camera as the paper, since that is the ‘surface’ which records the traces of the ‘marks’ made by their bodies moving through space.
In Sculpture Sequence we see one sister, who is dressed in black, set against a black background. In sharp contrast are several white objects made from card, which she holds. The movement of the artist’s body apparently animates this paper material, but is she in fact a passive being who is obliged to move her body in response to it? Her gestures reference traditional formal sculptural qualities such as line, shadow, and depth, and force the viewer to think about the relationships between bodies, objects and space. We are challenged to reflect on the place of the human body and materials in the contemporary world where interactions increasingly happen in virtual space.
In Sculpture Sequence we see one sister, who is dressed in black, set against a black background. In sharp contrast are several white objects made from card, which she holds. The movement of the artist’s body apparently animates this paper material, but is she in fact a passive being who is obliged to move her body in response to it? Her gestures reference traditional formal sculptural qualities such as line, shadow, and depth, and force the viewer to think about the relationships between bodies, objects and space. We are challenged to reflect on the place of the human body and materials in the contemporary world where interactions increasingly happen in virtual space.
Title
Sculpture Sequence
Artist/Maker and role
Gabriella MANGANO: artist
Silvana MANGANO
Silvana MANGANO
Date
2012
Medium
single-channel, HD video, 16:9, colour, sound, edition 1/3
Measurements
4 mins
Credit line
Purchased through The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: TomorrowFund, 2012
© Gabriella and Silvana Mangano, 2012
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2012/0086