{"id":5050,"date":"2011-11-04T16:50:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T16:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2011-12-11T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T14:41:45","slug":"alex-wolfson-the-f-e-k-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=5050","title":{"rendered":"Alex Wolfson: The F.E.K. Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ad\u00e1n Calder\u00f2n, Esto me pone nervioso…<\/em>, 1973. Acrylic on Canvas. Detail. Courtesy the F.E.K. Archives, Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 11 – December 10, 2011<\/strong>
\nOpening: Friday, November 11, 7 pm
\nArtist’s talk: Wednesday, November 16,\u00a07 pm
\nMercer Union, <\/strong>
\nA Centre for Contemporary Art<\/strong>
\n1286 Bloor Street West
\nToronto ON, M6H 1N9
\nT: 416.536.1519
\nE-mail: sarah@mercerunion.org<\/a>
\nwww.mercerunion.org<\/a>
\nHours: Tues-Sat 11-6<\/em><\/p>\n

Alex Wolfson: The F.E.K. Archives: This is making me nervous….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fernanda Eva Karon<\/em> (1885-1938?) was an Argentinian philosopher and writer. A friend and contemporary of Heidegger and Arendt, Karon\u2019s work concentrated primarily on phenomenological questioning. Her doctoral thesis, awarded by the Sorbonne, was on the \u201cterror of history\u201d, specifically addressing Schelling\u2019s The Ages of Man<\/em>, and Hegel\u2019s Philosophy of History<\/em>. Karon\u2019s long- term collaborator (and lover) was the celebrated Portuguese artist Felipe Calder\u00f2n (1895-1982), famed now predominantly for his abstract expressionist phase, but during his lifetime more widely known for his collaborations with other artists, writers, and intellectuals, most frequently F.E. Karon.<\/p>\n

In 1927, Karon was appointed the chair of philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires. As the years went by and Karon\u2019s prestige grew, she began to experience an internal crisis. She grew progressively disassociated from herself and her surroundings. By the mid 1930\u2019s her friends and colleagues were seriously concerned for Karon\u2019s state of mind.<\/p>\n

In the winter of 1937, Karon decided to spend the winter alone in an isolated cabin in the mountains to complete a mysterious work that even those closest to her knew very little about. When winter was over, and the path to the cabin had thawed, Calder\u00f2n went to the cabin. Karon was gone, along with her mysterious, unknown text. All that remained was a note that read: \u201cI am going to the trees to be like Clorinda and rest among the leaves. Look for me there, sprouted anew.\u201d Calder\u00f2n claimed he saw in the woods surrounding the cabin a new tree, it\u2019s leaves turned towards the heavens.<\/p>\n

Deep in grief, Calder\u00f2n spent years deciding on an appropriate memorial to his collaborator and lover. In 1973, he opened in Buenos Aires the F.E.K. Archives, dedicated to the life and works of Fernanda Eva Karon. Not a traditional archive, Calder\u00f2n created each room as a site-specific installation, that would compliment and interact with the content that was exhibited within it.<\/p>\n

In 2002, in response to the Argentinian financial crises and waning interest in Karon and Calder\u00f2n, the F.E.K Archives was closed down by its custodians. A room from the archive dedicated to the last years of Karon\u2019s life will be recreated and exhibited by Alex Wolfson at Mercer Union.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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November 11 – December 10, 2011<\/strong>
\nOpening: Friday, November 11, 7 pm
\nArtist’s talk: Wednesday, November 16, 7 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mercer Union,<\/strong>

\nA Centre for Contemporary Art<\/strong><\/p>\n

A room from the archive dedicated to the last years of Karon\u2019s life will be recreated <\/p>\n

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