MISSBEHAVE by Simona Rota.
12/03/2013.
Edited by Paula V. Álvarez. EKTAS collection, Vibok Works, 2013.
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In times when the paper is in crisis recognize the brilliant work being done by editing Paula Alvarez is a must. Today we focus on a book about the work by Simona Rota and her excelent photos, whom we have dedicated other articles in METALOCUS. Titled "Missbehave" includes two series by Simona. It is a limited edition that we recommend you. Our hat tip!
Soviet Modernism 1955-1991. Photography © Simona Rota.
Soviet Modernism 1955-1991. Photography © Simona Rota.
Soviet Modernism 1955-1991. Photography © Simona Rota.
Simona Rota at “Ostalgia” exhibition “Talent Latent”, International Photography Festival, SCAN, 2012.
Art Edition Series of photographs “Big Exit” by Simona Rota.
Art Edition Series of photographs “Big Exit” by Simona Rota.
Big Exit. Photography © Simona Rota.
Big Exit. Photography © Simona Rota.
Big Exit. Photography © Simona Rota.
Exhibition “Ostalgia” at Art Week Vienna 2012
Exhibition, “Big Exit” at Gallery La Escalera de Incendios, Barcelona, 2012.
MISSBEHAVE. Simona Rota.
The book MISSBEHAVE assemblages two series of photographer and artist Simona Rota. One of this works, ‘Big Exit’, shows a series of performative actions that take place in scenarios and situations constructed for the purpose of being photographed. The other work, ‘Ostalgia’ series is a subjective survey of monumental buildings that seem to testify to a past of heroic intentions, arriving though at present time with eroded optimism and disappointment.
The assemblage of these two works into a single book raises an inevitable confrontation between seemingly divergent conditions: personal vs. collective, domestic interior vs. monumental public space, inhabited vs. abandoned, agoraphobia vs. claustrophobia, fiction vs. documentation, etc. However, with just a mere glance into Rota’s photographs and texts, one may feel the beat of identical concerns. In the author's words, "the characters of the fiction Big Exit are the utopian rebellion against what the characters, which do not exist, represent in Ostalgia".
The edition of Missbehave, carried out by Paula Alvarez, mainly subtended in Rota’s image and works, will include the voice of an invited writer. Alongside these contents the edition will seek a layer of special significance: will extract from the many complex issues addressed by Rota’s work, that line of research linking creativity and politics. This link is not a coincidence, being Rota a MA in Political Sciences, a writer, photographer and nomad. The idea or point of view that this edition aims to cultivate is that Rota’s knowledge is a "situated knowledge", in which capacity and performance overlap, making out of photography a form of empowerment.
The edition of the book is seeking financial support in BOOK-A, a crowd-funding platform devoted to books on art and architecture and promoted by Vibok Works. By reserving a copy of the book you become its supporter. Find out more about the contents, the edition and the co-financing process by clicking here.
Editor: Paula Álvarez
Publisher: Vibok Works, EKTAS collection
Book launch: 30 | 05 | 2013
ISBN: 978-84-939058-9-7
Pages: 80
Size: 14x22 cm (ancho·alto)
Language: English
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SIMONA ROTA
Simona Rota Simona Rota (1979, Romania) studied Political Sciences in Bucharest and Barcelona and photography in Madrid. During the studies, she writes for and collaborates with reviews of political sciences. After her studies she moves to Tenerife where, during 5 years, she works as the Office Manager of Fernando Menis’s studio of architecture while also freelancing for cultural production projects such as exhibitions and workshops. Later she moves to Madrid and starts to freelance as a communication consultant for Menis Arquitectos, Miralles - Tagliabue arquitectos, Miguel Oriola fotografía, Office for Strategic Spaces.
As a professional photographer, her most substantial work has been a mission of documentation for the Museum of Architecture in Vienna, developed between 2010 and 2012, in the former Soviet republics. Her personal projects “Big Exit”, “Instant Village” “Placelessness” and "Ostalgia", have been distinguished in national and international contests such as PHotoEspaña Descubrimientos, the Photography Award Purificación García (2012), the International Festival of Photography Emergent Pati de la Llotja, Fotonoviembre Biennial (2011), the IVth Prize for Plastic Arts of the Foundation María José Jove, the award Emergent of the Foundation Sorigué (2010), the Photography Award of the Museum of Architecture in Vienna (2009).
Her works have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín in Colombia, the Museum of Architecture in Vienna, the C d C - Museo del Traje from Madrid, the galleries Valid Foto and the Private Space in Barcelona etc. Romanian born, Simona Rota lives and works in Madrid and published in magazines such as Camera Austria, 91º, Hintergrund, Icon, C3, Arquitectura Viva, WAI, Journal Spéciale Z, Volume etc. Her project “Ostalgia” is one of the artist books of the Volume II “TPS loves emergent artists”, published in 2012.
