{"id":14976,"date":"2022-11-17T21:51:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T21:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliciachillida.es\/?page_id=14976"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:43:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T11:43:42","slug":"alicia-chillida-miguel-angel-mendomirar-es-ver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aliciachillida.es\/en\/exhibitions\/alicia-chillida-miguel-angel-mendomirar-en-ver\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia Chillida\/Miguel \u00c1ngel Mendo<\/br><i>Looking is seeing. Ikebanas, Haikus<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14976\" class=\"elementor elementor-14976\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d813439 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d813439\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-edf6d16\" data-id=\"edf6d16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2768dcce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2768dcce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3>Alicia Chillida\/Miguel \u00c1ngel Mendo: <em>Looking is seeing. Ikebanas, Haikus<\/em><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a04a55d elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"4a04a55d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/aliciachillida.es\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Ikebanas and photography: Alicia Chillida<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Haikus: Miguel \u00c1ngel Mendo<br>Exhibition: Benigno Soto, 3<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Presentation: Teatro Tribue\u00f1e, dramatized reading: Lucinda Usaola, Fernando Sotuela, Irina Kouberskaya, M.A.Mendo, David Garc\u00eda. In collaboration with: <i>Tribe of poets<\/i>Ana Jim\u00e9nez Pazpatti.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12458eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12458eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2201\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/aliciachillida.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-1-scaled-e1669721319595.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15081\" alt=\"\" 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.elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5356dcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5356dcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"fontstyle1\"><em> In the hallway. <\/em><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Alicia Chillida<\/span><\/p><p><em><span class=\"fontstyle3\">When two human beings<br \/>are fully understood<br \/>in the depths of the heart,<br \/>his words are sweet and strong<br \/>like the scent of orchids.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p>Richard Wilhelm\u00a0<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8058380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8058380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><em>Ikebana<\/em> <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">(living flower) is the floral art practiced in Japan since 800 b\/c. It is also called <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">kado <\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">(path of flowers). The term <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">do <\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">means doing something for life, and indicates an apprenticeship that has no end. Like other arts in Japan, <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">kado <\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">conjugates the subjective variations of emptiness <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Ma <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">(space, silence, duration).<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">We can find news about the <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Ikebana <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">since the 15th century, and it is to <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">from the 17th century when this art reached its peak thanks to Ikenobo Senko, whose family developed its work, from 1545, in Sento-Gosho, residence of the Emperor of Japan, in Kyoto.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Flower arranging, as it is expressed in Japanese, is to <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">bringing flowers to life <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">or <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">restoring the life of flowers<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">s. It does not simply mean <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">arranging flowers in an elegant style <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">but to give the flowers back their vitality.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Composed of fresh flowers, the <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">ikebana <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">is located in the <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">tokonoma <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">-a privileged place in the main room of the house-, next to the art: a calligraphy, a painting or some other valuable object.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">If in Japan works of art come to light only on occasion and are displayed in the <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">tokonoma<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Is the floral arrangement or <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">ikebana <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Is it capable of introducing a change of frequency in the perception and generating a more subtle vibration in the observer's consciousness? Are these <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">ikebana <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">A means of tuning the spirit, a nexus that allows access to the experience of apprehending art?<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">From March 2020 to September 2021 - arranged in the book in chronological order - these <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">ikebana <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">have been born and generated in turn the poetry of Miguel Angel Mendo, in a rhythmic correspondence that could be called music. The metric used is that of the <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">haiku <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5-7-5 but, like the flower arrangements, its content is free, not orthodox.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The flower containers come from the workshop of the ceramist Carme Balada, in Barcelona and from old family souvenirs.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">In 1933, Mirei Shigemori, Teshigahara S\u00f4f\u00fb, Nakayama Bunpo, and others published the <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><em>New Ikebana Manifesto<\/em>.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The New Ikebana <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><em>rejects nostalgic feelings. It cannot<\/em><em> to find nothing alive in the nostalgic. The unique beauty of nostalgia <\/em><em>is that it allows you to sleep peacefully.<\/em><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The New Ikeban<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">a <em>rejects formal fixation. Creation always <span class=\"fontstyle0\">produces fresh shapes. The fixed shape is like a tombstone.<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The New Ikebana <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><em>rejects moral principles. Ikebana is not a <\/em><em>religious dogma or an invented morality. If it is anything, it is art.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The New Ikebana <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">r<em>ejects the limits of botany. Ikebana is an art and is not at all a herbarium, nor a didactic method of teaching botany. <\/em><em>botany. Plants are their only and most important material.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The New Ikebana <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">freely use the flower containers. We do not accept any limitation or restriction associated with the use of the vase. The bowls can even be carefully made with our own hands or in collaboration with a good craftsman. The bowl must be coherent with the new spirit; we must give new life to old objects and thus revive them.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The New Ikebana <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">is constantly developing, it does not have a standard formula. It adapts to the lifestyle of our time, but always linked to an artistic conscience. It is not an ancient and traditional pastime, nor does it possess a metaphysical existence detached from life.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em> <span class=\"fontstyle0\">Our work is radically different from that which arises from prejudice and blind obedience to conventional Ikebana. The new spirit will emerge with a completely new appearance.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">In 1949 Mirei Shigemori founded the research group <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Byakutosha<\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">a non-school-affiliate of <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">ikebana<\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">where the break with tradition is precipitated through this small but decisive hinge element.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">In the hallway, that vulnerable and venerable place, a place of transit and border between inside and outside, live, next to the orchids, the floral arrangements that last as long as the flowers and the flowers do.<br \/>branches. No matter that they are sometimes withered, they offer a temporary counterpoint to the new arrivals. Sometimes the change between a <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">ikebana <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">and the next one is very subtle, just a slight addition.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">I feel that these flowers are revolutionary, they were born as a response to a captivity and announce a rupture, an explosion.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i>Small gifts. <\/i>Miguel Angel Mendo<\/p><p>When Alicia invited me to write a poem for each of her ikebanas, I thought that they could have no other metric structure than that of haiku, although, as with her floral compositions, they did not have to adhere to the orthodox classical Japanese spirit either.<\/p><p>I do believe I have allowed myself to be infected by an important principle in his philosophy: to dispense with prejudices and ideologies, even interpretations, because haiku does not judge, but only confirms or exalts, like everything we can link to Zen and Taoism. On the other hand, I am convinced that the wise rhythmic sequence that imprints the syllabic structure 5-7-5 of the three verses of haiku, produces when reading them (even in silence) a very special kind of breathing, a pranayama that by itself favors a wonderful state of receptivity and openness to surprise, mystery and mysticism that hides the everyday.<\/p><p>It is evident that the exercise of containment and brevity required by this poetic structure implies a certain difficulty, since it demands a precious effort of synthesis. And where there are few words there is no room for rationality, which is one of the purposes of poetry, if not the primary one.<\/p><p>I would just like to add that, before reading the accompanying poem, I would like the reader to focus on observing each image long enough to freely and personally receive its deep and profuse beauty. Then, afterwards, the poem can be seen as just another proposal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alicia Chillida\/Miguel \u00c1ngel Mendo: To look is to see. Ikebanas, Haikus Ikebanas and photography: Alicia Chillida Haikus: Miguel \u00c1ngel Mendo Exhibition: Benigno Soto, 3 Presentation: Teatro Tribue\u00f1e, dramatized reading: Lucinda Usaola, Fernando Sotuela, Irina Kouberskaya, M.A.Mendo, David Garc\u00eda. In collaboration with: Tribu de poetas, Ana Jim\u00e9nez Pazpatti. In the hallway. 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