02 OCT 08: Rehearsal to Madness by Gui Mohallem

Thu, 10/02/2008

Card for gUi mohallem: a blurred digital-pinhole portrait of a man turning away, 02 OCT 08

rehearsal to madness
photographs by gUi mohallem
02 – 31 OCT 08

OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY 02 OCT 08 5 - 9 PM
Wed-Fri 6-8p and by appointment through October 31st

Combining the roughest technique in photography with the latest technology, gUi mohallem (www.guimohallem.com) uses digital pinhole photography along with biographical stories to create a series of delicate portraits of 'madness'.

Digital pinhole photography replaces the lens of an SLR camera with a modified body cap allowing the image to form within a dark chamber as with a traditional pinhole camera while capturing that image with a digital sensor rather than with film emulsion.

By eliminating the lens in the shoot as well as aggregating extracts of his subjects' reports on love, sex and death, the photographer proposes an uncommon bond between him, the viewer and the subjects photographed. An exquisite sense of proximity develops, and the public is invited to share in these intimacies.

gUi mohallem is a graduate of University of São Paulo where he specialized in cinematography. As an educator with organizations offering career opportunities to under-privileged youth in Brazil, gUi adapted the pinhole technique as a "didactic resource to teach principles about light, photography and the joys of self-discovery."

gUi mohallem is represented in Brazil by Galeria de Babel which also represents Martin Parr, Elliott Erwitt and Thomas Hoepker in Latin America.

featuring Motion Etudes
video loops and music by Stephen Dirkes, 2008
A series of short video loops with music. Studies of motion and the emotional implications of film motion. Duration 5 minutes ( installation duration varies ).

Artist Talk & Debate Screening, Wednesday, October 15th, 7:30 pm
Juan Betancurth is a Colombian born artist based in Brooklyn NY. As a previous subject of gUi's work, he will also be participating at the artist's talk and will give an inside perspective on being a subject of rehearsal to madness'.
Please join us to watch the final 2008 Presidential Debate at 9:00 pm, following the discussions.

Artists: Gui Mohallem · “Motion Etudes”, video loops and music, shown with the exhibition: Stephen Dirkes; Artist talk and debate screening, 15 October 2008: Juan Betancurth

Photos and ephemera

Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 30 x 45 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 30 x 45 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 30 x 45 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 30 x 45 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Gui Mohallem, from Rehearsal to Madness, 2008, digital pinhole C-print mounted on Plexiglas (Diasec), 40 x 60 cm.
Show card (back), 2008.
Show card (back), 2008.
Poster for the artist talk and debate screening, 15 October 2008, 15 October 2008.
Poster for the artist talk and debate screening, 15 October 2008, 15 October 2008.
Show banner, 2008.
Show banner, 2008.

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Press

  • Associação Cultural Videobrasil (news), 2013-02-28 (Article)
    News item "Gui Mohallem at EXA" with artist bio naming his first solo exhibition, Ensaio Para a Loucura, in New York in 2008 (venue not named).
    “He had his first solo exhibition, Ensaio Para a Loucura, in New York, 2008.”
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