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Allora & Calzadilla

A man stands inside a grand piano, and leans forward to play the piano keys, with a look of intense concentration. The piano has wheeled legs and a round hole cut in the lid. A crowd of around 15 people is watching the pianist, inside a modern art gallery.
A man stands inside a grand piano, and leans forward to play the piano keys with one hand. The piano has wheeled legs and a round hole cut in the lid. A group of primary school children is seated on the floor, watching the pianist, inside an art gallery.
Allora and Calzadilla
A young man stands inside a grand piano, and leans forward to play the piano keys with one hand, with a look of concentration. The piano has a round hole cut in the lid.
A man stands inside a grand piano, which has a round hole cut in its lid. The man plays the piano keys with one hand and plucks the strings with the other hand, with a look of intense concentration. Around 7 people stand against a bare white wall, watching the pianist.
A man stands inside a grand piano, and leans forward to play the piano keys, with a look of intense concentration. The piano has wheeled legs and a round hole cut in the lid. Two women stand, recording the pianist on their mobile phones, next to a wall decorated with a detailed painted mural of gruesome Japanese spirits.
A man stands inside a grand piano, and leans forward to play the piano keys. The piano has wheeled legs and a round hole cut in the lid. A crowd of around 15 people is watching the pianist, inside a modern art gallery.
A young man stands inside a grand piano, and leans forward to play the piano keys, with a look of intense concentration. The piano has wheeled legs and a round hole cut in the lid. A group of school boys stand next to the piano, watching the pianist.

Allora & Calzadilla

Jennifer Allora
born 1974 in Philadelphia, US

Guillermo Calzadilla
born 1971 in Havana, Cuba

live and work in San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on ‘Ode to Joy’ for a Prepared Piano, 2008
Entrance Court, Art Gallery of New South Wales
17 – 30 October 2019

Never before seen in Sydney, Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla’s Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on ‘Ode to Joy’ for a Prepared Piano was presented in the Entrance Court of the Art Gallery of New South Wales over two weeks. At once poetic and athletic, the work combines music, performance and sculpture to create a captivating experience for audiences. In collaboration with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Stop, Repair, Prepare… was performed by specially trained pianists—current and former Conservatorium students, and some who had performed the work before—on a modified Bechstein grand piano, on loan for the occasion from the Castello di Rivoli in Turin, Italy. The work was first presented in Australia as Kaldor Public Art Project 26 at the State Library of Victoria.

Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla create works that explore societal systems and are characterised by their sense of playfulness and use of humour. They respond to these contemporary issues by using visual art as a tool for experimentation and research, creating poetic videos, photographs, collages, sculptures and installations. Allora & Calzadilla often include performative elements in their works, soliciting public interaction and participation.

 

Presented on the occasion of the exhibition Making Art Public: 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 7 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
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