ECHO
01.09.2018 – 21.09.2018
Exhibition by Vicens Vacca
Opening, Saturday 1st September at 7 pm
in ACVic Centre d'Arts Contemporànies (Sant Francesc, 1 Vic)
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Exhibition as part of the 30th Mercat de Música Viva de Vic.
An acoustic assemblage in a golden frame that cyclically reproduces a double synchronised soundtrack composed of altered original pieces by Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, James Brown, Jimmy Hendrix, Little Richard, Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys and The Who with a muted magnetic tape reader and a wristwatch.
ECHO, in Spanish, from “echarse al monte, echarse al suelo, echar por la borda” and, in English, from ECHO as an acoustic delay.
Vacca, 1954
Born into a family of jazz musicians. Chose a career in contemporary art, breaking with family tradition.
Contemporary of Jordi Benito and Manel Clot, born and living in Granollers.
Main works and exhibitions:
Literatura Universal (Granollers, 1986), Temporal (Dia de la Terra, Barcelona, 1990), Història de la Música (Museu de Granollers, 1996), Gran Hall (Memorial Metrònom, Barcelona, 2006), F & F at F Drama (Àngels Barcelona, Barcelona, 2008), Speech (Roca Umbert, Granollers, Barcelona, 2015), Vincenzo Succo ([sic] Trinta Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, 2016), ZEN (App, 2016), Espacio. Sonido. Silencios. (Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, 2017), Temporal al Museu Picasso (Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 2018), A 440 (Iklectik London, 2018)
Situates his work between artistry and disaster.
