Eduardo Navarro

Amant Residency New York

Spring 2023

Eduardo Navarro

Eduardo Navarro says: “I think the experience of my work should work beyond the mind, like becoming a horse, dancing with clouds, eating a drawing or reaching the inside of a hearing flower. My proposals aim to create new languages that allow us to speak to the uncertain. These intuitive belief systems demand a state of contemplation in order to allow us to become the subject matter. I think the practice of meditation plays a crucial role in reaching a state of pure contemplation. A crystal sphere always becomes the image it reflects, and it is commonly used as a metaphor to explain consciousness as the ultimate reality from which all images reflect upon and build the world. So how can this state of pure contemplation of the reflected images become an artistic exercise? This is the question that I will be exploring during my time at Amant.”

Eduardo Navarro was born in Buenos Aires. Recent solo exhibitions were presented at Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala (2021); Gasworks, London (2020); Pivô, São Paulo (2019) MAC Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (2019); the Drawing Center, New York (2018); der TANK, Basel (2017); and Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2016). His work has been shown at Castello de Rivoli, Turin (2018); TBA21–Academy, Vienna (2017); the São Paulo Biennial (2016 and 2010); the New Museum Triennial, New York (2015); the Sharjah Biennial (2015); MALBA, Buenos Aires (2015); and Mercosul Biennial (2013 and 2009).

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For your Reference

Sonic Muscle was a collective attempt to explore circular hearing of a shared heart while rhythmically traveling into the cellular and spatial depths of the body.

Guided by Eduardo Navarro, and aided by stethoscopes, a group of 11 participants first familiarize themselves with their own sonic muscle to then contemplate and borrow the heartbeat of their neighbor over a longer time interval.

Some questions they shared: How does the ear react to the heart, and the heart to the ear? How do self and group correspond, and where do the soundwaves blur the distinctions? 
After the hearing finished, the participants were invited to draw images, sounds, and intuitions on their own and neighbor’s bodies. 

Photos taken by Lazar Bozic on June 13, 2023.

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