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Matheus Rocha Pitta - For the Winners the Potatoes (English, German, Paperback)
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Matheus Rocha Pitta - For the Winners the Potatoes (English, German, Paperback)
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The KfW Foundation and the cultural centre Kunstlerhaus Bethanien
are collaborating on a studio programme offering a twelve month
residency in Berlin to young artists from Africa, Latin America and
the Middle East. Verlag Kettler presents the artistic work of the
grant holders in an on-going book series. Matheus Rocha Pitta (born
1980 in Tiradentes, Brazil, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro) has
created a new group of works entitled For the Winners the Potatoes.
At the time of publication, this work an be found at the exhibition
room of Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, as well as in two of Berlin's
underground stations, Hermannplatz and Gesundbrunnen, and in a
showcase at SOX in Berlin's Oranienstrasse. Rocha Pitta's
performative installations at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien and in the
underground stations allow him to interact with the public. He
presents trophies that are made of plastic bags or concrete instead
of gold, silver or bronze, and invites visitors to take along
potatoes as victory trophies. His work deconstructs the concept of
victory and the hierarchy of winners and losers, creating a dense
network of historical references going back to Ancient Greece and
asking fundamental questions about the meaning of gestures, the
community and its value. Rocha Pitta portrays his trophies with a
mocking sense of humour. By connecting glory with mundane, everyday
objects, he aims to subvert the hierarchy of winners and losers and
invites the spectator to rethink the meaning of victory and defeat.
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