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Gabo Guzzo

Artworks

Gabo Guzzo - Pure Impure - Sound Installation

Pure Impure, 2010.

6-channel sound installation. MA-FA Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.

Gabo Guzzo - Extinct In The Wild.
The series of sculptures Extinct in the Wild was about endangered plants that are actually kept alive in captivity due to the degeneration of their original natural habitat. The disappearance of habitat, loss of pollinators and invasive species has made the species Cyanea Superba extinct in the wild, which this series focuses on. The sculpture becomes a document of the loss of biodiversity on the planet and a testimony to lost nature. Extinct in the Wild was created as part of Gabo Guzzo’s reflections and creative explorations of the Anthropocene, i.e. ‘the recent age of humans’, and the ‘human dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth,’ (as defined by atmospheric chemist and Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen); along with the influence of collective actions upon the planet, humanity and the individual subject.

Extinct In The Wild, 2019.

Bronze and gold leaf. SFA Advisory, New York, USA.

Gabo Guzzo, Extinction (the next wave).

Extinction (the next wave), 2015.

Human hair on canvas.

Gabo Guzzo - The Quietest Place On Earth, 2012.
According to acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, there are only seven or eight naturally quiet places left in the United States; places where the sounds of nature are unbroken for intervals of at least 15 minutes during daylight hours. None exist in Europe anymore. But if you travel far enough, to remote corners of the Earth, and listen carefully enough, you can still find them.

The installation comprises four pieces of grey acoustic foam which are placed on the floor to create a symbol of the Earth. Through headphones, one can hear a binaural recording of a place in the Amazonian rainforest which, according to Hempton is probably the naturally quietest on Earth (i.e. free from any man-made sound). Participants can lie still, in physical contact with the ground and become immersed in this unusual moment of quiet. The whole body becomes an ear attuned to an acousmatic listening experience, where the sounds of nature can be appreciated as sonic objects, liberated from their mysterious sources.

Created in collaboration with Gordon Hempton, the work draws on a consideration of the radical changes which the human race is inflicting on its acoustic environment. Referring to Pythagoras’ philosophical and mathematical assumption that the universe is held together by the balance of a specific acoustic design - Guzzo’s research poses a question. What are the consequences of a significant alteration in the original relationship between man and the sounds of his environment? An alteration that began with the industrial revolution….

The notion of ‘the quietest place on Earth’ thus becomes evidentiary of the relentless process of extinction, working to drown out the original ‘voice’ of our planet.

This piece is a development of Guzzo’s ongoing research into the contemporary meaning of human nature and the tension between nature and culture. Linking together, art, philosophy, science and anthropology, Guzzo’s research focuses on aspects that relate to the effect of collective action upon the planet, upon humanity and upon the (inter-connected) individual subject.

The project has a direct thematic link with the idea of The Anthropocene – a new epoch in which humans have become a force of nature that is reshaping the planet on a geological scale, but at a far-faster than geological speed. The implications can be felt at a social, cultural and economic level and this startling fact moves us to consider the impact of humanity’s collective actions on the planet and its/our future.

The Quietest Place On Earth, 2012.

Bearspace Gallery, London.

Gabo Guzzo Spinosa Miserere clutch bag

Spinosa Miserere

Clutch bag. 24 ct gold, brass, aluminium, sapphire gemstone.

Gabo Guzzo The Geological Turn, 2012.

The Geological Turn, 2012.

Interdisciplinary art project at Banner Repeater, London.

Gabo Guzzo Down To Earth installation

Down To Earth, 2018.

Installation

Prevailing Encounters

Gabo Guzzo - Extinct In The Wild

Gabo Guzzo - Extinct In The Wild, 2019.

Bronze and silver leaf. SFA Advisory, New York, USA.

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Precarious Perversion

Book by Gabo Guzzo. Published and distributed by Banner Repeater, London.

Gabo Guzzo Homage To What Is Left

Homage To What Is Left, 2014.

This year’s model. Studio 1.1 London.

Gabo Guzzo. Art installation. Bergdorf Goodman, New York.

Terrarium, 2019.

Installation, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, USA.

Gabo Guzzo - The Diagram

The Diagram, 2012

Gabo Guzzo - Mutations

Mutations, 2010.

Photographic print on archival paper.

Gabo Guzzo, 9 hours 58 minutes

9 hours 58 minutes, 2010.

Photographic print on aluminium. MA-Fine Art Degree Show. Central Saint Martins, London.

Gabo Guzzo - I Need A Good Morning At Last.

I Need A Good Morning At Last, 2012.

Odds Against Tomorrow, Bearspace, London.

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Untitled, 2012.

Born in 1987. The Photographers’ Gallery. London.

Gabo Guzzo. Mutations, 2011.

Mutations, 2011.

The Nature of Change: Hybridity and Mutation. Breese Little. The Old Truman Brewery, London.

Gabo Guzzo - Liquid - Painting

Liquid, 2021.

Digital paint on photograph.

Gabo Guzzo. Digital Sweat / Light Songs, 2011.

Digital Sweat / Light Songs, 2011.

The Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground, London.

Gabo Guzzo Paris Correspondence School

Untitled, 2011.

Paris Correspondence School. Trove Gallery, Birmingham.

Gabo Guzzo - Paris Correspondence School. Trove Gallery, Birmingham.

Paris Correspondence School. Trove Gallery, Birmingham.

Gabo Guzzo - A Regression photography

A Regression, 2014.

Archival pigment on archival paper.

Gabo Guzzo - I Picked Up The Silence. Photography

I Picked Up The Silence, 2014.

Archival pigment on archival paper.

Gabo Guzzo - Lessons - Photography

Lessons, 2014.

Archival pigment on archival paper.

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