Biography
Sole Nasi, an MFA honours graduate from the
University of Pennsylvania (USA), began her career
as a conceptual New Media artist, showing her work
across North and South America in 1994.
She lectured on Art and Branding in Argentina
and the United States, including the University
of Pennsylvania. While living in Buenos Aires she
founded the fi rst Argentine forum for artists and
curators working in digital media called Area 54,
and organized exhibitions with the support of the
Museum of Modern Art, Fundacion Antorchas, and
the University of San Andres.
In 2002 she moved to the UK to continue her career
as an artist and curator, as well as establishing her
consulting studio focused on user-centred design and
brand management.
Sole Nasi has exhibited her work in the Argentina,
Uruguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, United
States, and United Kingdom. International Biennials
include the International Fine Arts Biennial in Lima,
Peru and the International Fine Arts Biennial in San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
Immersions by Sole Nasi
Immersions is a personal search for the boundary
between real and represented space, questioning the
impermanence of the body, in contrast to any means
of [almost] permanent representation.
In this series of work, the absence of the actual body aims to evoke mortality
in the presence of the digitally
manipulated portrait. The image
contributes to the work by creating
an illusion when it is projected
on to an impermanent surface,
such as water or fi ne powder. The
absent body becomes present
through an impermanent image,
as it changes depending on the
position of the bystander. It is the
bystander who makes the work real and permanent
through his own will, location and presence.
The quietness and silence of a submerged body evokes de idea of mortality against the existing image resting on fine powder.
Credits
The video art was created in collaboration with
Sergio Cesari. Special thanks to Pablo Noé (postproduction)
and Mariela Malte (photo retouching)
who contributed to the making of the videos.