'EDICIONES DEL EXOTISMO ORDINARIO INTERNACIONAL NEOTROPICAL' JULIA ROMETTI AND VICTOR COSTALES

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, ediciones del exotismo ordinario internacional neotropical table
board 240x200 cm on 3 metal table structures, composed of 4 b/w argentic photographic prints 2,5x17,5 cm, 2 color argentic photographic prints 14,5x21,5 cm, 9 b/w photocopied booklets, 3 mini atlas. 2011
“La mesa de las ediciones del exotismo ordinario internacional neotropical” will be updated following the research development. The new elements will join the board and will be articulated with the existing ones. The already existing elements can be rearranged if necessary. The artists will carry out themselves the increase, or if their presence is not possible, will send new items with precise instructions for the new arrangement.





Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, ediciones del exotismo ordinario internacional neotropical table



Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, el perezoso museo de piedras
color argentic photographic print, 20x30 cm, 2011
Spontaneous collection of forms at the botanical garden el perezoso, Selva Central, Peru.

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, el sur y el norte
b/w argentic photographic print, 20x30 cm, 2011
double exposure of the rainforest near the equatorial line

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, exhibition view


Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, latinskaya amerika, díptico 96x133 cm, transfer papel carbón, 2011
the carbon transfers are made from amplified flyleaves of the soviet encyclopedia “Latinskaya Amerika”.

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, histoire abrégée de la botanomancie portative
b/w digital print on poster paper 45x64 cm, slideshow in aleatrory loop composed of 116 images, 2011
Projected images randomly overlap the reproduction of a Monstera Deliciosa. The images come from the popular scientific soviet magazine KVANT. All these images are illustrated scientific formulas and theories, and associated with the image of a philodendron, offer a new reading on theories and experiments exploring the potential sensitivity and intelligence of plants.

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, histoire abrégée de la botanomancie portative

Ediciones del Exotismo Ordinario Internacional Neotropical

Julia Rometti and Victor Costales

Ediciones del Exotismo Ordinario Internacional Neotropical is an ongoing project taking shape as a serie of non sequential photocopied booklets of variable formats, based on the research about the house plants group named Exotismo Ordinario Internacional Neotropical.

The research is articulating various tracks focusing on neotropical region: gardening, botany, revolutions, literature, clandestine organizations, and organisational systems. The sources of documents are collected through various secondhand bookstores.

Ediciones del Exotismo Ordinario Internacional Neotropical exhibited within the exhibition Basket - not basket curated by Elfi Turpin at Jousse Enterprise, Paris, September 2011
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