Sculpture (MA)
Tere Chad
Chilean artist (b.1990) and creative inventor based in London. Focused in general on sustainability and promoting Latin American art & culture abroad. She is co-founder of the ‘Latinos Creative Society’ at the University of the Arts London and founder of ‘Alter Us’, an emergent multidisciplinary collective that attempts to find solutions to face the challenges of the Anthropocene. Graduated in July 2018 with a MA Art and Science from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. She is currently graduating from the MA Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London.
Tere Chad has had six solo exhibitions, participated in more than 20 collective shows and has done three residencies in four different continents, highlighting:
2019, San Diego, United States (Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association)
2017 - 2019, London, UK (Tate Modern – Tate Exchange, Royal Society, Gordon Museum, Clifford Chance, Exposed Arts Projects)
2016 - 2018, Santiago, Chile (Museum of Decorative Arts, Fundación Cultural de Providencia)
2018, Barcelona, Spain (Convent dels Àngels – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona)
2018, Bucharest, Romania (Autor)
2017 - 2018, Chengdu, China (Sichuan University Art Museum)
2017, Leeds, UK (Leeds Central Library)
2016, Hanga Roa, Easter Island (Aukara Gallery)
She has recently been shortlisted for the Sustainability First Art Prize.
Her latest shows include:
March 2020, ‘(Eco)Logical Sense’ a collective show with the SustainLab Society in the Hockney Gallery at the Royal College of Art
September - October 2019, ‘Neo Norte 2.0’ at Exposed Arts Projects in London
June - September 2019, ‘Alter Us Manifesto Declaration’ in the Old Baths at Hackney, London
In 2019 she had three publications:
October 2019, ‘Latinos Creative Society Manifesto’ at ‘Being Together is not Enough’, with Five Years Cultural Space in Archway, London
September 2019, ‘Touch Screen Haptic Disconnection’ in JAWS: Journal Writing by Students from Intellect, London
July 2019, ‘The importance of learning ancient lost wax techniques in the digital era’, in ‘Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax Modelling’ book edited by Roberta Ballestriero, Owen Burke, Francesco María Galassi, L’Erma di Bretschneider, London
«Human inconsistencies have always intrigued me. Nonetheless, I find it fascinating how man is the only being capable of studying his inconsistencies. My multidisciplinary practice is inspired by our everchanging reality. I go through life as a flâneur trying to understand human behaviour and which paradigms rule our society. I tend to expose and contrast past civilisation with current phenomena in a theatrical way. I often feel that we’re always acting in the same play, as fashion and technology might change but human nature will remain the same. Storytelling becomes an essential part of how I construct different narratives where the language could be defined as naïve, dynamic and ironic. I attempt to manifest how technology is presented as a double-edged sword where on the one hand it offers many facilities, but on the other, departs us from our natural instincts. In this spectacular society driven by media sensationalism, we live in an ephemeral disconnected state where we have difficulties to distinguish reality from virtual reality or fake news. Therefore, I strongly believe it is fundamental to reassess haptic sensitivity and our capacity to connect through our tactility. My artworks are very tactile and sometimes involve other artists’ or the viewer’s collaboration, as I envisage that the only path to face the challenges of the Anthropocene is by grounding ourselves back to Earth.»
Medium:
VideoSize:
14 minutesIn Collaboration with:
Title & Cemetery
Crowd & Doors of Heaven
A Chinese Man, Bat & Saint Peter
Scientist, Erlenmeyer Flask, Luc Montagnier & Sun Weidong
Donald Trump & Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Miguel Andrés Barbosa & Jair Bolsonaro
Australian Women Fighting, Toilet Paper & Boris Johnson
Australian Journalists & Greta Thunberg
Pope Francis & Bill Gates
Vladimir Putin, Julian Reichelt & Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Queen Elizabeth II, Corona Virus & London's Tube
Planet Gaia & Samples
The script was written using footage collected during the lockdown from March to May 2020, London. The voices of the other characters were recorded through WhatsApp messages or using simple recording programmes from a normal computer. The soundtrack music ‘Symphony of Shadows’ was composed by Paul Hindle.
In this section you’ll be able to appreciate the marionettes who acted in ‘The Spectacle of the Shadows’, unveiling the work in progress behind this short film. This piece proves that you don’t need a fancy studio to create a strong message able to reach out to a wider audience.
Medium:
Recycled cardboard marionettes
‘The Art of War’ — A circus character sitting on ‘The Art of War’, a Chinese book written by Sun Tzu in the 5th century BC. He is floating in a fragile chair during a moment of media sensationalism, humanitarian and economic global crisis, a moment we have not seen since World War II. This book is about warfare and military tactics that have inspired military warfare and corporate business, both in the East and West, for centuries. In a moment where the crisis is not only sanitary and economical, but also political, the dwarf sits as if waiting for what will happen to him. Dimensions: Height 130cm x Width 100cm x Length 160cm Medium: Ceramic, acrylics and steel
‘The Art of War’ 2
‘The Art of War’ 3
‘Consumerism Escapism' — A harlequin is escaping from found objects, a shoe, a glove and a socket. Daily life materials that not long ago were made to last a lifetime, but that now are just seen as disposable elements. Dimensions: Height 150cm x Diameter 70cm Medium: Ceramic, acrylics, turned wood, steel, cement and found objects
‘Consumerism Escapism' 2
‘Consumerism Escapism' 3
‘Jump into the Void’ — It showcases how we feel when everything seems to be going wrong and we just feel like jumping into the void (especially after such a long time of lockdown). Dimensions: Diameter 75cm approx. Medium: Ceramics, acrylics and steel
‘Jump into the Void’ 2
‘Jump into the Void’ 3
‘Poker Face’ — Presents the duality between what people present of themselves externally and what they hide inside. The dissociation between representation and reality. Dimensions: Width 23cm x Height 30cm x Depth 40cm Medium: Glazed ceramic
‘Poker Face’ 2
‘Poker Face’ 3
Medium:
Mixed media
Photomontage
Sketch
Vultures front
Vultures back
Medium:
Paper and wire coated with fiberglass and waterproof jesmoniteSize:
Boat: Width 250cm x Height 85cm x Depth 120cm / Vultures: Width 35 – 45cm x Height 70 – 85cm Depth 20 – 30cm
‘The ReEnlightenment’
‘The ReEnlightenment’ 2
‘The ReEnlightenment’ Interior
‘The ReEnlightenment’ Detail
Musical Propeller made with recycled bottles, Brunel Museum, ‘A World in Vertigo’, February 2019
Risk & Assessment plans of Final Degree Show Proposal before Covid-19
Medium:
Recycled bottles, stones, wood log and beeswaxSize:
Height 160cm x Diameter 120cm
'Meet the Artist: Tere Chad'
The events will be held:
Tuesday 21/7/2020 20 – 21hrs (Time Zone UK)
Saturday 25/7/2020 15 – 16hrs (Time Zone UK)
Wednesday 29/7/2020 17 – 18hrs (Time Zone UK)
Please get in touch (teresa.chadwick@network.rca.ac.uk) if you have any further queries about how to access the event.
Medium:
Live EventSculpture: Meet the Artist – Tere Chad
Sculpture: Meet the Artist – Tere Chad
Panel Discussion: Making Art In A Time Of Social Distancing?