‘Paseo’ Projected
From August 13 to the 31, at the Cultural House of the National Fund, the Toxic Videos festival will take place, where ‘Paseo’ will be shown as one of the selected videos.
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Projects, Cameras, Decisions
I like all kinds of cameras: their designs, functions, styles, shapes; but most of all, I like what they have to offer me as from the aesthetical point of view.
I find inspiration in whatever camera I can get my hands onto, and that’s how a new project is born every time.
I found the Lomo camera at the Malba's store. I chose the Supersampler because I've always been interested in the fragmentation, sequence and composition functions featured in this model. At that particular time, I was going through a phase where I needed to break free from my own structures and leave behind all imposed disciplines. So, the Lomo gave me the freedom I needed to get out there and play with whatever caught my eye. I emerged out of my little box and was then able to see life in colors and allow my eyes to wander around curiously.
So, that’s how this time I started off with the 'Shape'. The idea and full project came later on, after seeing some of the shots I’d taken with the camera. All of them, without my noticing – or at least not at a conscious level –, were of places I had visited during my childhood or adolescence. Everything: trips, country landscapes, routes, beaches… They were all places from my past, whose images had been trapped in my soul. I needed to resurface them, resignify and somehow honour them.
In order to capture and express my present, I took photographs of
I worked two years with this project, selected 40 photos and worn out 2 Lomo cameras. Also, I recorded a video, ‘Paseo.’
Currently, I’m back working with my Rollei camera (back into my little box again), while I patiently wait for another Lomo camera to come my way and tempt me with a new project.
The Lomos
My first contact with photography came as I traveled with my parents throughout the country. A mechanic Minolta – which my dad really loved – helped me take my first picture. My dad taught me to measure light, focus and then, take the photo. Of course, the theme of this initial series of pictures were always my parents!
After high school, in a real act of emancipation, I decided to take it a step forward and began studying photography and film.
By 2004, I was carrying around my Lomo camera with me wherever I went. This practically disposable camera brought about a wonderful thing into my life: color and fate, the first taking over my eyes and the second, my life.
I started traveling again and taking photos that were a lot less structured. This fresh look came together with a more assertive and peaceful way to face the world.
Since then, I've turned photography into a game. I play with everything I see. I walk around familiar old places that I'm able to interpret because I can remember them, I know them, I love them.
Today, I choose
I compiled all these images so that others can see them, interpret them from a new perspective.
I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I did.
 |  Fotografía V. Proyecto Lomo. Por Lucila BodelónLos primeros encuentros con la fotografía comenzaron durante los viajes que hacía con mis padres por el interior del país. Fue una Minolta mecánica, muy cuidada por mi padre, la que me ayudó a tomar mi primera foto... Sigue...  |
The Lomos traveled to Peru
Los primeros encuentros con la fotografía comenzaron durante los viajes que hacía con mis padres por el interior del país. Fue una Minolta mecánica, muy cuidada por mi padre, la que me ayudó a tomar mi primera foto. Papá me enseñó a medir la luz, a poner en foco y a disparar una foto. Pero siempre dirigida a ellos, a mis padres…
Cuando terminé el secundario y a modo de emancipación, decidí mirar más lejos, estudié cine y fotografía.
En el 2004 empecé a llevar en mi cartera una cámara LOMO, una cámara casi descartable, y el color se apoderó de mis ojos, como así también el azar. Volvieron los viajes y las fotos descontracturadas, la mirada fresca acompañada de un andar más seguro y sereno. Desde entonces, tomo fotografías a modo de juego con los que veo, camino por lugares elegidos, que interpreto porque los recuerdo, los conozco, los quiero: los campos de Buenos Aires son mi infancia, las playas de la costa atlántica , mi adolescencia; y Buenos Aires , la ciudad en la que elijo vivir hoy.
Espero que disfruten del viaje tanto como yo.
Clarín.com
Today, in Clarín’s design blog – ‘Being an Argentine …’ – a short interview with Lucila.
Thanks Matías and Gustavo!
And thanks a lot Chat for this pic!
Allí estará siempre la luz delicada que recorta pequeños árboles lejanos
el gusto insistente por el mundo,
una catarara vertiginosa de percepciones sin nombre: el inicio.
Y ella, o la que fui, permanece guardada en cada hoja
esperando el rocío y la niebla del invierno
o las dulces mañanas de frío evaporándose,
mientras repaso sus rutas en la palma de mi mano,
esa niñita me acompaña
Cada vez que me decido,
en este traspasar de puertas
ella,
allí.
Poesía: Constanza Sanz Palacios
Vida, tiempo
ahora
envuelta en mí
serena
con manos suaves
hacia adelante,
como recibiendo y ofrendando
este deseo:
un corpus de imágenes en ciernes
restos de hebras
después del click
entrega fugaz que construye mundo
Buenos Aires,
algo máspara compartir
En el año 1993 comencé a estudiar Cine y Fotografía. Completando ambas carreras en el año
Desde el año 1998 dicto talleres de fotografía y clínica de obra, revalorizando el trabajo de autor y el desarrollo personal en el recorrido artístico.
Algunas exposiciones:
- Galería Arte y Parte 2008
- Centro de Expresiones Contemporáneas – Rosario
- Galería Barbarie 2008
- Casona Municipal – Córdoba - 2007
- Galería Enlace Sur - Perú -2007
- Buenos Aires Photo– 2006
- Centro Cultural Recoleta Festival de la Luz - 2006
- Espacio Blanco – Festival de la luz Córdoba 2006
- ArteClásica Instalación, video digital 2006
- Galería Motivarte 2004
- Fundación Rozenblum 2002
- Museo de Bellas Artes Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez Festival de la Luz 2002
Selecciones:
- Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes – 2007
- Premio Expotrastiendas – 2007 y 2008
- Festival Toxic Videos – 2008
In 1993, I began studying photography and film, graduating from both careers in 1997. I continued my studies taking art history and aesthetics courses, given by Dr. Zátonyi at her own Centre of Studies, Ethos, which I keep attending as to this date. I think of Marta as my mentor.
Since 1998, I teach and give photography and art clinic workshops, where my students learn to revaluate signature works and personal development in the career of the artist.
Some exhibitions:
- ‘Arte y Parte’
- Centre of Contemporary Artworks,
- ‘Barbarie’
- Municipal House,
- ‘Enlace Sur’
- Buenos Aires Photo, 2006.
- Centro Cultural Recoleta (Cultural Centre), Festival of Light, 2006.
- Espacio Blanco, Festival of Light,
- ArteClásica, digital video, 2006.
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- Rozenblum Foundation, 2002.
- ‘Rosa Galisteo Rodríguez’
Mentions and awards:
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- Expotrastiendas Award, 2007-2008.
- Toxic Videos Festival, 2008.
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