Artist: Tania Pérez Córdova
Exhibition title: All our explanations
Venue: Art : Concept, Paris, France
Date: January 22 – April 2, 2022
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Art : Concept, Paris
I don’t manage to work so I listen to the news. The reporter speaks fast, I think of the speed of her words, of the saliva accumulating under her tongue.
Some headlines: The captain of a ship has reached land regardless of the police. A father and son were found dead in the shores of a river. A pregnant woman was stabbed to death. A drug lord was detained at an airport. Prisoners rioted. A volcano erupted. A student was accused of spying. Heat killed three people. Police went into strike. A section of the ocean was invaded by algae. An actress denounced an actor for harassment. Twenty four people were jailed. Heavy rains in a town caused landslides. A businessman committed suicide. A disease kept spreading. A woman revealed the secrets of a cult. A man was accused of sex trafficking. A glacier kept melting. An entire town was exorcised.
In the background some birds, the elevator, the sound of the refrigerator, some cars in the street. It’s actually a quiet apartment, noise only exists because I pay attention, it only exists in this description.
-Text by Tania Pérez Córdova
Tania Pérez Córdova, All our explanations, 2022, exhibition view, Art : Concept, Paris
Tania Pérez Córdova, All our explanations, 2022, exhibition view, Art : Concept, Paris
Tania Pérez Córdova, All our explanations, 2022, exhibition view, Art : Concept, Paris
Tania Pérez Córdova, All our explanations, 2022, exhibition view, Art : Concept, Paris
Tania Pérez Córdova, All our explanations, 2022, exhibition view, Art : Concept, Paris
Tania Pérez Córdova, All our explanations, 2022, exhibition view, Art : Concept, Paris
Tania Pérez Córdova, All our explanations, 2022, exhibition view, Art : Concept, Paris
Tania Pérez Córdova, All our explanations, 2022, exhibition view, Art : Concept, Paris
Tania Pérez Córdova, All our explanations, 2022, exhibition view, Art : Concept, Paris
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Fragment of packing material, ink stain, candy wrapping, tape, found leaves with plague, shade of extended left arm, lettuce, thread. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Fragment of packing material, ink stain, candy wrapping, tape, found leaves with plague, shade of extended left arm, lettuce, thread. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Shade of an iPhone XR, wild flower, jeans, thread, fragment of a banknote, bread crumbles, fragment of packing material, shade of trousers, crayon dust, ball point stain. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Shade of an iPhone XR, wild flower, jeans, thread, fragment of a banknote, bread crumbles, fragment of packing material, shade of trousers, crayon dust, ball point stain. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Shade of an iPhone XR, wild flower, jeans, thread, fragment of a banknote, bread crumbles, fragment of packing material, shade of trousers, crayon dust, ball point stain. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Found dead bees, shade of 11 inches macbook air, red velvet lipstick, fragment of a plastic bag, thread, fragment of a tag, tape, paper found on wet pavement, fragment of a leaf, fragment of packing material, lettuce leaf, candy wrapping, dust, color. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Found dead bees, shade of 11 inches macbook air, red velvet lipstick, fragment of a plastic bag, thread, fragment of a tag, tape, paper found on wet pavement, fragment of a leaf, fragment of packing material, lettuce leaf, candy wrapping, dust, color. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Found dead bees, shade of 11 inches macbook air, red velvet lipstick, fragment of a plastic bag, thread, fragment of a tag, tape, paper found on wet pavement, fragment of a leaf, fragment of packing material, lettuce leaf, candy wrapping, dust, color. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Fragment of packing material, scattered fluff, fragment of plastic bag, fragment of KN95 mask, ball point ink stain, make up, shadow of handbag, bubble wrap, blue crayon. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Fragment of packing material, scattered fluff, fragment of plastic bag, fragment of KN95 mask, ball point ink stain, make up, shadow of handbag, bubble wrap, blue crayon. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Fragment of packing material, scattered fluff, fragment of plastic bag, fragment of KN95 mask, ball point ink stain, make up, shadow of handbag, bubble wrap, blue crayon. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Dead bees found during winter, chocolate wrapping, bread crumbles, dust, ash, cashmere thread, shadow of a display mannequin head. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Empty days (Dead bees found during winter, chocolate wrapping, bread crumbles, dust, ash, cashmere thread, shadow of a display mannequin head. We didn’t need all those things we bought), 2022, Stratified glass, mixed materials, stainless steel, 140 × 80 × 3 cm (55 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/8 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Anthurium, 2022, Artificial plant, stainless steel, chain, Leaf 80 x 25 x 33 cm ; chain : variable dimensions Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Anthurium, 2022, Artificial plant, stainless steel, chain, Leaf 80 x 25 x 33 cm ; chain : variable dimensions Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Anthurium, 2022, Artificial plant, stainless steel, chain, Leaf 80 x 25 x 33 cm ; chain : variable dimensions Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Banana, 2022, Artificial plant, stainless steel, chain, Leaf 80 x 25 x 33 cm ; chain : variable dimensions Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Banana, 2022, Artificial plant, stainless steel, chain, Leaf 80 x 25 x 33 cm ; chain : variable dimensions Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Strelitzia, 2022, Artificial plant, stainless steel, chain, Leaf 80 x 27 x 38 cm ; chain : variable dimensions Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Strelitzia, 2022, Artificial plant, stainless steel, chain, Leaf 80 x 27 x 38 cm ; chain : variable dimensions Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Strike (Huelga), 2018-2022, Bread backed with cigarett.es.. Reenactment of a strike 17,5 × 15 × 14 cm (6 7/8 × 5 7/8 × 5 1/2 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Strike (Huelga), 2018-2022, Bread backed with cigarett.es.. Reenactment of a strike 17,5 × 15 × 14 cm (6 7/8 × 5 7/8 × 5 1/2 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, The politicians are saying (Los políticos están diciendo), 2022, Aluminium cast, water, artificial saliva, plastic irrigation system, dripping timed to a speech 74 × 80 × 64 cm (29 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 25 1/4 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, The politicians are saying (Los políticos están diciendo), 2022, Aluminium cast, water, artificial saliva, plastic irrigation system, dripping timed to a speech 74 × 80 × 64 cm (29 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 25 1/4 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, The politicians are saying (Los políticos están diciendo), 2022, Aluminium cast, water, artificial saliva, plastic irrigation system, dripping timed to a speech 74 × 80 × 64 cm (29 1/8 × 31 1/2 × 25 1/4 inches), Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Todas nuestras explicaciones, 2022, Coloured concrete, melting ice, borrowed family table, 34 × 24 × 7,5 cm(13 3/8 × 9 1/2 × 3 inches). Edition de 8 Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
Tania Pérez Córdova, Todas nuestras explicaciones, 2022, Coloured concrete, melting ice, borrowed family table, 34 × 24 × 7,5 cm(13 3/8 × 9 1/2 × 3 inches). Edition de 8 Courtesy of the artist & Art : Concept, Paris. Photo © Nicolas Brasseur
