This website is a copy of the content of Adela's old art-website which I found in the archives. It contains her artist statement, art projects with some photo's and text.
I made this website to remember our beloved friend, I hope it brings you some comfort.
love, Jos
I copied as much as I could find, the only things missing are 2 video's that don't seem to be online anymore.
There's also a wordpress site of her online:
https://tenoriodeperoy.wordpress.com/
Missing video's
One minute of trees - Short film about a tree pretending to have human emotions, humanizing the tree creates a sense of empathy towards it that cannot be achieved in any other way.
End of the world solutions - A parody to the end of the world hype, presented as a Tel-Sell commercial, in this work I offer a new product that will be essential in every doomsday prepper kit!
The best way to classify my work and define myself as an artist is through the extended use of ironic humor. My work characterizes as well for its use of absurd scenery and shameless appearance. The irony that lies within my work is generated through the use of paradoxes, in each paradox co-exist simultaneously both utmost opposed aspects resulting in a inner discourse that cannot be solved, the paradox is complete when these forces occur as a consequence of the other making it impossible for the discourse to ever be resolved. This line of work has been inspired to me by Freud's theory of drives, on one side: the life-drive or Eros and on the other: the death-drive or Thanatos. The unconscious of the mind, also called the id. According to Freud, both forces are controlled by the Ego, which at the same time is defined by the morals of the Superego, when the id forces are of a destructive nature, the Superego will then get in the way of the id, to prevent us from harming, causing a inner discourse between our morality and our primary impulses. Through my work I try to channel the id forces in a way that won't conflict with the Superego, this is the case in 'Art of Humid War'. But other times is the Superego the problem, when coming from a strict shared believe system, it can become repressive every time the id seeks satisfaction. The opposing force is external, discourse happens in a way that the id forces get blocked and pile up until they become uncontainable. The Superego loses, the borders expand and new borders get traced, when conflicting in such way with id forces the Superego is forced out of the way, this is the case of 'De Huisvrouw Project' (the housewife project)
This work was made for a group exhibition at Kunstpodium T, during the opening there was also a performance
given where I baked blood pancakes in front of an audience.
It's a very political work reflecting on the crisis that is rampaging through Europe since the year 2008,
it's a critique towards governments and bankers, it is a very cynical work brought from their point of view,
of what seems to be their point of view, towards the citizens.
Through my work 'Art of Humid War' I combine the act of war with the act of watering plants,
these two opposite actions combined in one manage to satisfy the destructive urges as well as the moral responsibilities.
The concept that stands central in this project is the motto: "Shoot life, not death!".
This performance took place by the treinstation in Boxtel.
In 'De Huisvrouw Project' the discourse arises when the expectations of the collective memory clashing with the unexpected turn of events, giving form to my own expectations on the subject, the discourse is between outside and inside forces. 'De huisvrouw project' is based on my own image of a typical housewife in discourse with my inner desire of not wanting to comply with that image, this project is inspired by my own experience at the age of 21 being a housewife, which I terribly disliked. The result is a rather uninhibited, but yet amusing, new approach.
Afvallen (being a word play in Dutch, 'to lose weight' is the right meaning, though it can also be interpreted as a plural of the word 'afval' meaning garbage)
