Didactic Creative Process, an exhibition by Federico Mendoza at Sweet Foray Gallery.

Federico Mendoza will present an exhibition that relates the arts to the values of culture through creative processes and education at large.
This is an ideal education where the teachers, parents, administrators, artists, politicians, the media and any profession can take responsibility as learners and educators. From the artist's point of view, little emphasis is made of the creative process in itself. The general public is almost always presented with a finished "product." This seems to have become the cultural norm. Expression is defined in terms of High Art Products or Popular Taste Products, Expensive Products or Cheap, with a recognized value or as anonymous and valueless. Didactic Creative Process is an opportunity for many to see the process through a series of visual, emotionally and intellectually interactive installations.

Federico Mendoza defines himself as a crazy, creative, semi-clandestine artist. He has worked in Europe as a self taught independent artist. In Australia he completed a fine arts degree and a graduate diploma in adult education. Federico in the past three or four years has been attempting to develop artistic installation works in universities, parks, libraries and even in unlikely places like suburban streets and the beach. The idea was to promote and assert the values of creativity from the maker directly to the public. The experience partially failed because of the amount of energy and frustration it took.
"It became a nightmare trying to deal with people," Federico said.
"Finally, I realized such a direct cultural project finally becoming forced onto the habitual structure of dealing with the same constraint as a more formal project. It has to be administered, organized, defined, and the whole thing has to be formally proposed and presented," he said.
Following the typical unwritten rules of conforming and adapting to particular social rituals, even if he happens to disagree, Federico says he now takes a more formal approach to his art.
Didactic Creative Process can be seen at Sweet Foray Gallery 5A 118 Main St Katoomba. September 7 to 17. Opening at 6pm, drinks and chat with the artist on Saturday at 3pm. Details 024782 4797.







Artist statement


Profile; I have a virus called; a.p.c.a.f. (A Passion for Creativity in All its Forms). As far my memory goes this virus has finished by installing itself in all my vital organs including my poor brain. Collaterally (as we call now the victim of ideology reinforcement), I have developed a strong allergy for the obliged social ritual of empty assumptions about the arts in general, this virus also at times produces a fever that prevent me to be polite sometimes in matters touching creativity. Even if as a person generally most people find me quite polite, well behaved, and more or less educated, for this reason I cannot be of any help to assist society or Art Market Town in the making of a big fuss about some famous artists, recognized talent ,future emerging talent and other definitions that pretend to measure the supposed talent that we may have or have not. These tendencies to measure competitively, everything that the artist does or does not is destroying or frequently substituting the values of culture for a stipulated price... so I have finished by having the tendency to call myself crazy, creative, clandestine artistus or submerged artist. That of course it is the dubious and strong effect of this particular virus and has nothing to do with the uneasiness to adapt or adopt the social ritual of conformism to a marketable (marketed) society that in the latest times extends and identify culture with a price on it.

C.V. personal date (fragment)
translation very approximate from the original in Spanish

I was born
accompanied by the pain of my mother
the waiting of my tall father
with mustache
my older brothers and sister
not so tall and without mustache
my aunt
that always accompanied
all the waiting of my family
In a little village
where even the stones
have a soul
that is why it is called; Piedrabuena (The Good Stone)...
ffmendoza 2000

Artista presenta su propio trozo de historia

Parramatta Heritage Centre
 
A joint project between Parramatta Heritage Centre
and Parramatta Artists Studios

THE PROCESS LINE | 4 August – 28 October 2007

< Erna Lilje < Federico Mendoza < Tom Polo

346A Church Street, Parramatta
Open 9am - 5pm daily
T: 02 8839 3311
E:
W: www.parracity.nsw.gov.au

Synthetic spaces, spaces we make in our minds, our life, our time, spaces between people ideas, places. The flow and meld of time consciousness and perception creates the spaces, relationships, the lands in the sky, the micro worlds, the civilisations that never were.

The Process Line is an exhibition that is the reconstruction of the artists’ studio spaces. It looks at the archaeological dig that is the artist’s studio and traces the physical remains that are our clues to the engagement between the physical and imagined spaces that produce the artworks, the space between time of initial creative act and final artwork, the synthetic spaces between the maker and the viewer.

The Process Line is suggestive of both the factory line where repeatable objects are produced and the line of thought and act that produces artworks. Lines come from the same imaginary place as spaces. They separate one space from another, one country from another in an agreement on how we will perceive meaning. Does the process line in fact exist? Is it in the movement from the space in the mind where the creative moment sparks to the stages in the process? Perhaps, if our view of the world is linear. Space, like line, indicates a defining but what if existence is about synthesis and flow, borderlessness, spacelessness instead of linear. Can these constructs ever be more than the creative impulse of humanity desperately attempting to make sense of life in the chaos? Then again, what if lines and spaces are the way we are defined in the physical and imaginative sense and we are all lines crossing and defining spaces? Perhaps we are all caught up in the process line making synthetic spaces.

Come see the exhibition, blur the lines and spaces of reality and muse on: what are we really, what is creativity, what is consciousness?

Gay Hendriksen

The Right Worshipful
Lord Mayor of Parramatta
Councillor David Borger
and Councillors
Invite you to view
An exhibition exploring the real and
the imagined spaces in the creative
process and between the maker and
the viewer
Exhibition runs 4 August to
28 October 2007 at the Parramatta
Heritage Centre
Parramatta Heritage Centre and
Parramatta Artists Studios initiative
in conjunction with
Western Front 07 : Synthetic Spaces
Parramatta Heritage Centre
346A Church Street Parramatta NSW 2150
T 02 88393311 F 02 96835608
www.parracity.nsw.gov.au
The Process Line

About -
WESTERN FRONT
Stretching across Western Sydney, Western Front is a biennial event showcasing contemporary artists in key galleries, museums and public spaces. The central concept for Western Front 2007 is 'Synthetic Spaces'.




SYNTHETIC SPACES | 31 May - 28 Oct 2007
 
 
Western Sydney is a place in transit, in transition. The region is a physical amalgam of sites and an identikit of contested ideas.
Here identity, thought, race, society and art are remanufactured into new relationships - each part of a greater fusion,
a synthesis of spaces that mark contemporary modes of operation and expression.
 
Venue | Dates
 
Bankstown City Plaza, Bankstown August
Blacktown Arts Centre 15 June - 4 August
Braemar Gallery, Springwood 8 June - 24 June
Campbelltown Arts Centre 11 May - 1 July
Fairfield City Museum and Art Gallery 7 July - 19 August
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery and Museum 8 June - 22 July
Parramatta Heritage Centre 4 August - 28 October
University of Western Sydney The Caretaker's Cottage Building KDR
16 June - 7 July
University of Western Sydney - UWS Art Gallery 9 July - 21 September

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CASULA POWERHOUSE ARTS CENTRE
LIVERPOOL REGIONAL MUSEUM



Federico Mendoza - Folding History
28 Oct - 11 November

Casula Powerhouse is excited to present an exhibition of new works by contemporary artist Federico Mendoza at the Liverpool Regional Museum. Mendoza creates a multimedia installation incorporating collages, pop-ups and prints. His images are of the beautiful and the banal, the morbid and the sensuous and serve as a reflection of the hidden power of mass-produced images and their role in the making of our sense of place and belonging.

Mendoza asserts the artist's right to profoundly alter the world we see. He encourages the viewer to make a distinction between what they see and what is 'rea' by looking beyond simple exteriors. By creating art that is compellingly unpredictable, he changes the contexts of the sexualised, glamorous images that appear in glossy magazines, challenging audiences' expectations and imagination.

Exhibition Details

WHO All ages
WHERE Liverpool Regional Museum, Corner of Congressional Drive and the Hume Highway, Liverpool
WHEN Come and see Federico create his artworks on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays until 11 November
TIME 12-2pm
COST Free
BOOKINGS For more information please call 9824 1121 or email
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ARTISTS AT THE PEACOCK GALLERY AND AUBURN ARTS STUDIO - MAY 2010
Sydney, NSW, Australia

Create brilliant meditations in an age of speed

International Artists and Western Sydney residents Anton Olea and Federico F. Mendoza have begun a residency at Auburn Artist Studio, alongside the Peacock Gallery and opposite Auburn Botanic Gardens. They invite community members to join them in the creation of a giant papier-mâché peacock. Everyone is welcome to follow the creative design and technical processes throughout their residency and to participate in any of the activities that the public program offers and of course in the oversize paper mache sculpture.

The brilliantly coloured peacock has an important status in many cultures and symbolises aspects of the title the artists have chosen for their exhibition “Millenary Antipodes”. “Millenary” refers to a thousand, especially a thousand years, and “antipodes” refers to location, where people live , in diametrically opposite parts of the world. “The Antipodes” may also refer specifically to Australia and New Zealand from the perspective of other parts of the world.

Federico and Anton both have Spanish-speaking background, but they come from two separate continents and hemispheres with very different cultures and histories. “Millenary Antipodes” make them reflect on notions like ancestral memory, heritage, special anniversaries and the passage of time – the opposite of the here and now.

Although they work with contemporary technology in their art, they fear that mass media and the overall frenzy for speed has the capacity to destroy. Through the workshop and their individual art they look forward to discussing some of these issues with visitors and participants, as they all take time to reflect.

“Millenary Antipodes” will open at the Peacock Gallery on Saturday, May 1 and finish on Sunday, May 23. The exhibition will include the sculpted peacock and completed individual work by the artists.

Throughout the exhibition, Anton and Federico will also continue their work of artistic, paint, installation and intervention. A lively program of activity includes the Sydney Writer’s Festival on Tuesday, May 18. The artists have already been working with Zalzala,a project of Auburn Poets and Writers. The closing ceremony on Saturday, May 22, will include music and cultural performances and artist talks.

For more information contact 9735 1316.

MILLENARY ANTIPODES PUBLIC PROGRAM
Exhibition Period: Saturday 1 May – Sunday 23 May 2010
Opening Hours: Wed – Sun, 12pm-4pm

EXHIBTING ARTISTS
Anton Olea
Federico F. Mendoza

Peacock Sculpture Workshops
The Peacock Gallery is home to 17 peacocks who roam freely around the gallery during the day and who sleep at the gallery doorstep by night. Visitors are constantly captivated by their beauty and dominance over the site. Join exhibiting artists to create a giant paper-mache peacock sculpture onsite. Workshops are free and all materials are provided.

Saturday 1 May 2010, 2pm-4pm
Friday 7 May 2010, 9.30am-11am
Sunday 9 May 2010, 10.30am-12.30am
Bookings essential: 9735 1316 or 9735 1380

Workshop - Ephemeral Ecological Arts
Exhibiting artists will lead an intervention into the natural surrounds of the Peacock Gallery. Participants will create personal or collaborative artworks that explore alternative sources of energy and materials found in the natural environment. Workshops are free and all materials are provided.

Saturday 8 May, 2pm-4pm
Bookings essential: 9735 1316 or 9735 1380

Action Painting
Exhibiting artists invite members of the community to learn about their creative design and technical processes as they lead a workshop in Action Painting. Recreate your imagination on canvas, recycle items of disposable machinery and reconstruct them as a visual representation of the natural versus the technological.

Saturday 15 May, 2pm-4pm
Bookings essential: 9735 1316 or 9735 1380

Zalzala - Inner Quakes and After Shocks
Auburn Poets and Writers Group together with Auburn Community Development Network and Auburn City Council present Zalzala - Inner Quakes and After Shocks as part of the 2010 Sydney Writers Festival. The Earth Quakes. Listen as APWG goes under the skin of culture shock. Intersexions of body, dislocations of inner languages, a collidescope of climate changes.

Tuesday 18 May 2010, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
To RSVP phone: 9649 5559

Artist Talk
A public presentation by exhibiting artists, Mendoza and Olea, which explores artist perspectives surrounding the theme Millenary Antipodes. Listen to or participate in a discussion about ancestral memory, the passage of time, new technologies and their potential use in empowering community groups. The afternoon will be interlaced with live classical and South American Folklore music from Victor Monasterio and Latin American cultural performances.

Saturday 22 May, 1pm-4pm
To RSVP phone: 9735 1316

ARTISTS AT THE PEACOCK GALLERY AND AUBURN ARTS STUDIO - MAY 2010
Sydney,NSW,Austraiia

Create brilliant meditations in an age of speed

International Artists and Western Sydney residents Anton Olea and Federico F Mendoza have begun a residency at Auburn Artist Studio, alongside the Peacock Gallery and opposite Auburn Botanic Gardens. They invite community members to join them in the creation of a giant papier-mâché peacock. Everyone is welcome to follow the creative design and technical processes throughout their residency and to participate in any of the activities that the public program offers and of course in the oversize paper mache sculpture.

The brilliantly coloured peacock has an important status in many cultures and symbolises aspects of the title the artists have chosen for their exhibition “Millenary Antipodes”. “Millenary” refers to a thousand, especially a thousand years, and “antipodes” refers to location, where people live , in diametrically opposite parts of the world. “The Antipodes” may also refer specifically to Australia and New Zealand from the perspective of other parts of the world.

Federico and Anton both have Spanish-speaking background, but they come from two separate continents and hemispheres with very different cultures and histories. “Millenary Antipodes” make them reflect on notions like ancestral memory, heritage, special anniversaries and the passage of time – the opposite of the here and now.

Although they work with contemporary technology in their art, they fear that mass media and the overall frenzy for speed has the capacity to destroy. Through the workshop and their individual art they look forward to discussing some of these issues with visitors and participants, as they all take time to reflect.

“Millenary Antipodes” will open at the Peacock Gallery on Saturday, May 1 and finish on Sunday, May 23. The exhibition will include the sculpted peacock and completed individual work by the artists.

Throughout the exhibition, Anton and Federico will also continue their work of artistic, paint, installation and intervention. A lively program of activity includes the Sydney Writer’s Festival on Tuesday, May 18. The artists have already been working with Zalzala,a project of Auburn Poets and Writers. The closing ceremony on Saturday, May 22, will include music and cultural performances and artist talks.

For more information contact 9735 1316.

Exhibition Period: Saturday 1 May – Sunday 23 May 2010
Opening Hours: Wed – Sun, 12pm-4pm

EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Anton Olea
Federico F. Mendoza

MILLENARY ANTIPODES PUBLIC PROGRAM

Peacock Sculpture Workshops
The Peacock Gallery is home to 17 peacocks who roam freely around the gallery during the day and who sleep at the gallery doorstep by night. Visitors are constantly captivated by their beauty and dominance over the site. Join exhibiting artists to create a giant paper-mache peacock sculpture onsite. Workshops are free and all materials are provided.

Saturday 1 May 2010, 2pm-4pm
Friday 7 May 2010, 9.30am-11am
Sunday 9 May 2010, 10.30am-12.30am
Bookings essential: 9735 1316 or 9735 1380

Workshop - Ephemeral Ecological Arts
Exhibiting artists will lead an intervention into the natural surrounds of the Peacock Gallery. Participants will create personal or collaborative artworks that explore alternative sources of energy and materials found in the natural environment. Workshops are free and all materials are provided.

Saturday 8 May, 2pm-4pm
Bookings essential: 9735 1316 or 9735 1380

Action Painting
Exhibiting artists invite members of the community to learn about their creative design and technical processes as they lead a workshop in Action Painting. Recreate your imagination on canvas, recycle items of disposable machinery and reconstruct them as a visual representation of the natural versus the technological.

Saturday 15 May, 2pm-4pm
Bookings essential: 9735 1316 or 9735 1380

Zalzala - Inner Quakes and After Shocks
Auburn Poets and Writers Group together with Auburn Community Development Network and Auburn City Council present Zalzala - Inner Quakes and After Shocks as part of the 2010 Sydney Writers Festival. The Earth Quakes. Listen as APWG goes under the skin of culture shock. Intersexions of body, dislocations of inner languages, a collidescope of climate changes.

Tuesday 18 May 2010, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
To RSVP phone: 9649 5559

Artist Talk
A public presentation by exhibiting artists, Mendoza and Olea, which explores artist perspectives surrounding the theme Millenary Antipodes. Listen to or participate in a discussion about ancestral memory, the passage of time, new technologies and their potential use in empowering community groups. The afternoon will be interlaced with live classical and South American Folklore music from Victor Monasterio and Latin American cultural performances.

Saturday 22 May, 1pm-4pm
To RSVP phone: 9735 1316

Notas Diario lateral de artista
/Poetica diagramática visual/

La diagramatica siempre me intereso aunque hace unas décadas la practicaba solo manualmente .

Al irme metiendo de mas en mas en el mundillo digital empece a experimentar con diversas herramientas digitales, programas de computación y esas cosa de la vida "moderna" , las nuevas tecnologias ...

...Cuando uno no depende de un cliente o comisión tiene esa particular ventaja,es decir el poder experimentar independientemente de lo que cada uno y cada cual piense:

Como el poderse pasar de seguir corrientes y adaptarse a las modas y presiones estéticas del momento social que nos toco vivir ...

Hay desventajas por supuesto la vida teniendo por naturaleza propia sus complicaciones ,sus va y viene, sus ajetreos, míticas y prejuicios bien sociales y bien anclados ...

Por hoy callare esos inconvenientes,ademas ciertas verdades un poco crudas por una razón que se me escapa, con frecuencia ofenden la sensibilidad de alguien...

Cosas de la sociedad de comunicaciones supongo, a pensar en entredichos toca o a practicar el dialogo con promesas de ya te escribiré mañana, luego hablamos, nos vemos, J'oe hasta el cariño o la gratitud va con prisas; muchos be te adoro ! maravillas de las nuevas tecnologias

Version virtual en blanco y negro del diaro lateral de artista,memorias visuales,proyectos de arte,fotografia y manipulation de imagenes, instalaciones de arte en sitios públicos o privados,intervenciones creativas acompañadas de cortos relatos ...
Aspectos de experimentación artística y correlación con el entorno, social y ecológico, proyecto
en proceso y cambiante …

Una forma de dialogo ,en semilla, entre la persona potencialmente interesada a mi trabajo en particular o a la creatividad y la socio cultura en contexto y en general...

Las voces de los artistas y del ideal creativo estando tan calladitas en los tiempos que corren
y donde tantos se ponen la etiqueta de artistas desde que se hace un dibujito o se es capaz de apretar botones par sacar imágenes y transferirlas de lugar .

Partiendo de la idea que la creatividad que se practica difiere en gran medida de comportamientos masivos y automaticos que imitan el entorno:

Me parece que este proyecto ambivalente y ecléctico podría ayudar algunas personas a empezar a distinguir entre las apariencias y la especulación de fama, platita, renombre(muchas veces y tantas trucado por lo mediatico e ideologías varias) y el trabajo creativo que persiste
contra vientos y mareas.
Pasan los a;os y las décadas y se cambia con etiqueta de artista o sin ella,pero donde ciertas fidelidades permanecen, aunque sean a contracorriente de las modas y el auge de lo masivo y conformista …

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