SILVIA
RIVAS

Buzzing

 

Buzzing (Dynamics), documentation at MALBA, 2010.

About the series

To point out the coincidence, or rather, the misalignment between a cause and its effect.

To attach qualities in a certain temporary action.

The synchrony, slightly displaced or fatally chained, between an intention and its result. An action: a consequence… the reversibility, the vicious circle.

To insist, to exert an influence
or the frustration of this attempt.

From purpose to nonsense, exasperation and irony are issues that circulate through a simple action.

 

Buzzing (Faith) Detail.

Works

Buzzing (Dynamics)

Video installation | Single-channel or three synchronized channels. HD video. Digital animation. 5.1 sound. Variable dimensions. 3' 42" loop. 2010

 

Video still.

Dynamics I and II

Intervened Photography | Gliclée and graphite print on cotton paper. 29 x 110 cm each. 2011

Dynamics (Scenes)

Photography | Glyclee printing on photographic paper. 29 x 110 cm each. 2011

Never-ending Weave

Video installation | Single-channel. HD video. Digital animation. 5.1 Sound. Variable dimensions. 2′ 10′′ loop. 2010

Buzzing (Faith)

Video installation | Variable channels for 12′′ monitors. HD video. Digital animation. Stereo sound. Variable dimensions. 6′ 5′′ loop. 2010

Buzzing (Faith).

Buzzing 1

Drawing | Graphite on magnani paper. 110 x 450 cm. 2010

Detail.

Buzzing 2

Drawing | Graphite on magnani paper. 110 x 450 cm. 2010

Exhibitions

Aichi Triennale 2025: A Time Between Ashes and Roses. Aichi Arts Center. Curated by Hoor Al Qasimi. Nagoya, Japón, 2025.

That Fragile Balance. Bienalsur 2023. Brazilian Embassy in Argentina. Curated by María Cristina Rossi. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2023.

Buzzing-Invisible Oddyssey Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino. Curated by Horacio Zabala. Buenos Aires, 2014

Entre tiempos… Presencias de la Colección Jozami en el Museo Lázaro GaldianoMuseo Lázaro Galdiano. Curated by Diana Wechsler. Madrid, España, 2014

BuzzingAlon Foundation for the Arts. Curated by Horacio Zabala. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012

Naturally ArtificialCentro Cultural del Bicentenario. Curated by Graciela Taquini. Santiago del Estero, Argentina, 2012

Acquisitions, Donations and Loans. Works from the MALBA-Costantini Foundation. Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA). Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009.

Credits

  • Performer: Julia Edo
  • Technical collaboration: Juan Pablo Ferlat
  • Sound design: Luciano Azzigotti

Chronotopies. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo MUNTREF  (Sede Hotel de Inmigrantes), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2025.

Chronotopies.
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá (MAMBO), Bogotá, Colombia, 2024. 

Silvia Rivas, Video installation
Paseo de las Artes, Palacio Duhau, Park Hyatt, Buenos Aires, 2017.

Momentum
Rolf Art, Buenos Aires, 2015.

Buzzing. Contemporary 26
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Buenos Aires, 2010.