tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733342007938905152024-02-21T04:34:29.022+00:00The Critical ArtistBenna Gaean Maris' wordsBenna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-86122197585983205402020-10-12T10:00:00.005+00:002022-02-28T21:05:58.998+00:00Constitution of the SUDoBSovereign Universal Domain of BennaNeedless to say that this is the Original World NormalityI have a philosophic view on how the earthly life of a human being should be, and the Sovereign Universal Domain of Benna (SUDoB) is just how I defined it, in order to name and refer to what is essentially a kingdom where everybody is their own sovereign, my Realm.All the people gifted with wisdom, moved Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-12349959506979151852020-06-09T09:54:00.014+00:002020-07-13T11:47:01.362+00:00Originalism manifestoOriginalismPrefaceIn the modern epoch we have witnessed the dusk of the big idealisms and of the art movements that shook the Twentieth Century. Contemporary art has been characterized by a relativistic explosion, where many have been searching for their own muse in the introspection, elevating intellectually, while in the same scenario some have pursued the self-affirmation of their ego Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-22464099990086444502020-03-27T14:19:00.013+00:002023-10-06T10:56:47.053+00:00Procedure art manifesto
Procedure artMANIFESTO
Procedure art is a kind of relational or social art where the artist releases to the public a procedure (i.e. instructions) to create the work of art itself.
Digression
The locution Procedure art was born to describe a new genre of conceptual artworks I created starting from 2013 which I can now delineate as a new form of art. Procedure art must not be Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-75131820915424429832016-04-21T20:07:00.001+00:002016-08-14T21:41:19.919+00:00La condition inhumaineLa condition inhumaine, 2010-2012
Oil on canvas and acrylic on wooden frame, 115 × 96 cm (canvas 100 × 81 cm)
Although a pleasant activity, I seldom paint, essentially when functional to the artwork’s conceptual intent. In the case of “La condition inhumaine” (the inhuman condition), oil painting obviously was the only option, as I wanted to create a reinterpretation of the Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-12947444271751240672014-05-14T09:01:00.002+00:002014-08-07T19:04:17.100+00:00short movie #1short movie #1, 2005
Audio-visual, SD 4:3 Stereo, 2’40”
This audio-visual was one of the firsts I released, the second one to be exact.
In 2006 it won the 6th Golem Videofestival of Turin, Italy, then it was screened in few occasions receiving many appraisals from friends, onlookers and experts.
Lately it came again to popularity, having been selected by Food Art Awards 2013, by Play Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-82990710232710018772014-03-25T21:51:00.001+00:002018-11-24T20:50:21.670+00:00Why do I conceal myself
I love simplicity, spareness, privacy and to be an incognito person, I love potentiality but not power, I have never been in search for fame, I only wish fame for my artworks, this is to say my message. I do not like to be defined, I do not like to be considered good or evil; being this or that means to conform to a model, this is to say to become slaves, instead I want to be totally free Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-70193253552186782212014-01-27T12:13:00.001+00:002015-01-05T11:00:11.968+00:00rewilding a plum treerewilding a plum tree, 2014
Performance. Video recording, b/w, 480 x 640 pixels, audio, 5’03”.
This time I am explaining the very latest work I made: the performance entitled “rewilding a plum tree”, which is not obscure at all, but I want to tell you why I did it.
It may be banal, humble, but planting a seed could one day become a revolutionary act, illegal, abolished by law: nowadays, U.E. Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-72652095343293265572014-01-27T12:04:00.001+00:002017-12-19T15:10:49.462+00:00Me and power
Which power? I do not pursue power in life, talking of secular powers. The so called power, wielded by rulers, would bring material advantages, but also many drawbacks, first of all a loss in spirituality and individual wholeness. That power must be maintained, preserved from other ruler wannabes; it is an organised structure of slavery that entails a loss of freedom for both the rulers and theBenna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-63192337095259723432013-11-25T21:17:00.009+00:002022-09-08T14:28:08.081+00:00nothing happenednothing happened
Suite of artworks including:
"nothing happened", 2003-2012
Series of ten objects, broken chalices, pack-thread, variable dimensions
"nothing happened", 2008-2012
Audio-visual, SD 4:3 Stereo, 9’33”
"nothing happened", 2011
Lyrical text
"nothing happened leftover", 2011
Performance video recording, Venezia (Italy), 7th September 2011
"nothing happened leftover", 2011.
Broken Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-45616107322485570712013-11-25T20:07:00.000+00:002014-08-07T19:02:32.934+00:00aim
aim, 2008-2010
Audio-visual, SD 4:3 Stereo, 4’20”
“Aim” is a short video based on a music piece I have composed on the purpose and it was premiered at the VIII International Festival of Experimental Art held in August 2010 at the Manege of Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
The idea behind this audio-visual arose from my philosophical minds about the social unrests that were then bursting out Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-33831759982186667792013-11-16T17:24:00.004+00:002022-03-19T19:53:21.380+00:00Me and money
Money is evil.
Money is one of the most dangerous inventions man has ever made.
Benna, the bad seed, 2012
Digital painting, photographic print, 60 x 40 cm
You may
say that money is just an innocuous means when used correctly and
honestly, but the human being is distinguished from the other animals
for its inclination to the three fundamental vices I already defined
in my photographic Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-64415155624865680612013-04-21T07:56:00.000+00:002013-11-18T16:24:52.695+00:00plans
plans, 2008
Series of ten photographic manipulations, prints on acrylic glass, 20.5 x 60.7 cm.
Editions of 4.
“What would one person think after finding identical patterns in two, three, four sea pebbles? Yet Nature surrounds us with signs like this, which are so subtle, common and pervasive that we are no more capable to see them.”
plans #01, 2008
plans #02, 2008
Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-91454289147108291482013-04-20T19:00:00.000+00:002013-08-19T12:52:21.294+00:00pebble-shaped eggs
pebble-shaped eggs, 1999-2011
Series of thirteen photographs, mixed techniques on packing paper, 36 x 36 cm.
Editions of 3.
“A selection of thirteen pebbles found on the beach, one for each of the years in which the search have been protracted, ovate in shape but one.”
pebble-shaped eggs, 1999-2011
Being that these and other artworks (examined on this other article) are exhibited Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-3890495153999678052013-02-23T22:29:00.002+00:002022-12-16T08:11:14.047+00:00lost civilization of the vesselslost civilization of the vessels, 2009Audio-visual, SD 4:3 Stereo, 5’10”Series of 675 photographic prints, 24 x 32 cmClick the picture to watch the video on Benna's Cinema
The artwork explained
This site's purpose is to make some of my most cryptic artworks more comprehensible and this multidisciplinary suite will be the first one to be examined.Being quite evident that “lost civilization of theBenna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-39560489908588089742012-12-17T19:19:00.004+00:002021-05-05T15:55:16.922+00:00Me and video art
Benna, skopèin: beato carlo liviero, 2010
Audio-visual, SD 4:3 Stereo, 5’10” (cyclic loop)
Exposing the enslaver machine
A consequence of being video artists may be that of becoming slaves.Video artists need video technology to speak, to express their minds, their vision, but technology is like a golem: you can either take advantage of it or subdue to its strength.These words are not Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-44589203895745764002012-12-17T18:52:00.001+00:002020-11-07T11:28:34.280+00:00Why do I make art?
Art, meant as its primal etymological root, is the most powerful means to reach the mind of the others, for it is the example we give them through our deeds and acts.
Yet art is also the most fragile aspect of mankind, because what to do or how to behave is in the end uncertain, and that moves me.
I also like art because it gives me the chance to express myself more universally and Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873334200793890515.post-60640376115524427692011-10-02T07:00:00.209+00:002020-10-25T09:11:34.932+00:00The song that does not existThe unbelievable song
In this epoch, most of the things that we consider as real are indeed nothing more than shadows, ghosts, dreams.
People do believe in what they see through representations, recounts, images, depictions, and actually what they see on-line. Today, something that is not on-line seems not to exist. History is a recount of someone about past events.“The unbelievable song”, Benna Gaean Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956043222112759485noreply@blogger.com