OrtaWater - Life Line
Date:
2005 - 2000
Ref:
1312
Materials:
OrtaWater life jackets, laminated Lambda photograph, silkscreen print, clips, rope
Dimensions:
Approx. 235h x 60 x 10cm
Exhibition history:
2022 La Patinoire Royale⎟Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels, Belgium; 2006 Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
Courtesy:
Lucy + Jorge Orta
Lucy + Jorge Orta created the series “Life Line” on their return from their Antarctic expedition in 2007. The life jackets are made by the artists based on existing models used for rescue missions. They are silkscreen printed and suspended within frames, often with objects attached. The title and the symbolic nature of the objects refer to both physical or material survival and more symbolically to the spiritual needs of man, such as affection and solidarity – as gestures of comfort that can be extended out to people.