Dias & Riedweg
Dias & Riedweg (founded in 1993 ) is an artistic production group consisting of Walter Riedweg (* 1955 in Kriens ) and Mauricio Dias (* 1964 in Rio de Janeiro ). You work in the field of installation , video , performance , action art and art in public space .
"Dias & Riedweg have been realizing interdisciplinary art projects in public space since 1993 , in which they develop an interactive art practice that links ethical and aesthetic issues."
The works of Maurício Dias and Walter Riedweg should be viewed against the background of the New Genre of Public Art . Art in the public interest (or New Genre Public Art ) are often temporary urban projects that deal more with social issues than the built environment. The topics are often marginalized social groups , for example the homeless, abused women, inner-city youth, AIDS patients and former prisoners.
In 2007 Dias & Riedweg exhibited the video installation Voracidad Máxima / Maximum Greed at documenta 12 in Kassel. For this project, the two artists interviewed chaperos , male sex workers with a migration background who are active in the Barcelona gay scene. The interviewees, who hide their identities behind rubber masks with the features of the artist interviewing them, tell of their experiences with customers and their financial situation.
Another well-known work by Dias & Riedweg is the long-term project Devotionalia (1994–1997), for which the two artists worked with six hundred street children in eighteen favelas in Rio de Janeiro. The film shows how the children make wax casts of their hands and feet while they are asked about their lives and are allowed to express a wish.
Web links
- Dias & Riedweg website
Individual evidence
- ^ Journey to the Edge of Life - The Art of Dias & Riedweg. In: SRF . 2014, accessed December 30, 2018.
- ^ Documenta 12, Katalog / Catalog, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8228-1677-6 , p. 334.
- ↑ Dias & Riedweg. In: Sikart (status: 2018), accessed on December 30, 2018.
- ^ Documenta 12, Katalog / Catalog, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8228-1677-6 , p. 160.
- ↑ Dias & Riedweg: When people in need become art objects. In: SRF. Accessed December 30, 2018.