KRISTOFFER ARDEÑA
PORTFOLIO KRISTOFFER ARDEÑA. Lives between Negros island (Philippines) and Madrid (Spain). Individual projects include: Museo Carrillo Gil, in Mexico, Selesar Sunaryo Art Space, Ruang Mes56 and Cemeti Art House (Indonesia), Vargas Museum and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila (Philippines),Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Museum (Madrid), La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporáneo in Murcia), Spain. He has also participated in various collective projects, among them the 3rd Bucharest Biennale (Romania), 3rd Guangzhou Triennale (China), Konstholl C in Stockholm (Sweden), Caixa Forum in Barcelona and La Casa Encendida in Madrid, MUSAC in León (Spain), Casino Forum d’Art Contemporain (Luxembourg), Apexart in New York (USA), Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual (Mexico) and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Medellin (Colombia). CONTACT INFO: Email: kristofferardena@gmail.com Mobile: +63 998 562 7338 Home address: Apartment G, Maria Anna Apartments, Building GGG, Hilado Street, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental 6200, Philippines
GHOST PAINTING: (CRACKED CATEGORY) 2016 Philippine election posters Kristoffer ArdeĂąa The cracked category of the Ghost Painting concept refers to the process in which several layers of paint are applied to the surface and allowed to crack, much like the walls on the streets of the tropics wherein humidity acts as a catalyst of this transformation irregardless of the visual rhetoric. This series of paintings makes use of 2016 Philippine national elections posters that were taken from the streets. paint is added on the surface and decorated with decorative geometric forms that serve as a ornamental elements that allow the viewer to peak through, but fail to fully grasp the original underlying images of the political posters.
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Election Poster Series): Risa Hontiveros Iboto sa Senado (version...) 61.3x47.8 cms. Painting Mixed media on tarpaulin 2017
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Election Poster Series): LEOVIGILDO LOLOY-ELMACO FOR COUNCILOR 48.1X63.3 CMS Painting Mixed media on tarpaulin 2017
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Election Poster Series): atty. karissa tolentino para sa konseho. 50.5x73.5cms Painting Mixed media on tarpaulin 2017
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Election Poster Series): Vladi Gonzalez Partido Bacolod 66x95cms Painting Mixed media on tarpaulin 2017
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Election Poster Series): SENSO TALISAY 75x59 cms Painting Mixed media on tarpaulin 2017
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Election Poster Series): Cindy Rojas councilor version..... 45.7x59.7 cms Painting Mixed media on tarpaulin 2017
GHOST PAINTING: (CRACKED CATEGORY) Night & Day Series Kristoffer ArdeĂąa Painted on fabric called katrina or creaton, these paintings visually explore Philippine architectural elements in visual rhetoric. The cracked category of the Ghost Painting concept refers to the process in which several layers of paint are applied to the surface and allowed to crack, much like the walls on the streets of the tropics wherein humidity acts as a catalyst of this transformation.
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Night Series) 160x240 cms. 2016 Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Night Series) Layers of dark paint is applied on the surface and then cracked.
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Night Series) Layers of dark paint is applied on the surface and then cracked.
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Graffiti Series) Photo of graffiti is printed on tarpauline, then graffiti is made on top of the graffiti image. Layers of paint covers the surface and then spray painted with graffiti and then cracked again.
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Night Series) 220x230 cms. 2017
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) (Night Series) 160x240 cms. 2016
Ghost Paintings (Cracked Category) Night and Day Series 43.5x59.5 cms. 2016
Ghost Paintings (Toldo Category) Painting 296x392 cms. 2015
Ghost Paintings (Toldo Category) Painting 286x456 cms. 2015
Ghost Paintings (Toldo Category) Painting 372x370 cms. 2015
Ghost Paintings (Toldo Category) Painting 264x362 cms. 2015
Spatial Relief: Banana Leaves with Bamboo Sticks Sculpture 14x24x34 cms. approx. 2014 Banana leaves are used as food wrappers in the Philippines. The following series are epheral sculptures made of banana leaves. Each sculpture can be reconfigured accordingly.
Configuring and Reconfiguring a Cuboid by Plants Growing on It Sculpture 35x18x10 cms. approx. 2014
Transfiguration: Matchboxes as Mobile Homes for Fighting Spiders Sculpture Series of 100 2014 These sculptures were designed and made by a vendor who specializes in making matchbox homes for fighting spiders in the island of Negros in the Philippines. The matchboxes serve as functional homes and not merely a contemplative objects.
Sugarland Video-performance 28 minutes 2013 A Philippine topographical map made of sugar slowly disappears as ants carry each grain back to their ant hill.
Found Geometry: Carving a Square on a Young Coconut Sculpture 20x16x23 cms. 2014 This sculpture consists of a young coconut with a square hole carved into it. The vendor at the fruit market in Dumaguete places a drinking straw inside the coconut and sells it as beverage. Once you finish drinking you give the coconut back to the vendor and he cuts it in half for you to eat the tender white meat inside. Exhibition format: Option 1: object
Configuring a Cube Using a Kilo of Calamansi * Citrofortunella microcarpa Sculpture 24x24x24 cms. 2014
Homage: Mexico DF Solo project Museo Carrillo Gil Mexico City, Mexico 2011 Homage 2010-in progress Musicians from different genre in Spain and in Mexico are shown the lyrics of the Philippine national anthem without telling them what it is. They are asked to compose a new song based on what they've read. They don't make a cover version, nor a karaoke version not even a remix of it. The objective is the process of how an original anthem gets erased through this interactive process and becomes a new song free from its cultural and political origin. Homage: Murcia Solo project La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Murcia, Spain 2010
Translating Soy Sauce: Nuevas Recetas IbĂŠricas Solo project for Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo 2008 Homemakers win Mostoles, Spain, were each given a bottle of soy sauce then asked to invent new Spanish recipes from it, not copying Asian dishes. A recipe book containing all these recipes was published. The book also contained pages where reader could add new soy sauce recipes.