Gabriel Orozco: "Mobile Matrix" | Art21 "Exclusive"

Episode #029: Gabriel Orozco discusses the process behind his sculpture "Mobile Matrix" (2006), a permanent installation for the José Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City. Gabriel Orozcos sculptures and photographs disrupt conventional notions of reality. Drawing our attention to slips in logic, philosophical games, and hidden geometries, Orozco uncovers the extraordinary aspects of the seemingly everyday. His use of humble materials and means (graphite on bone, a ball of clay, a 35mm camera) engages the imagination through its disarming simplicity and intimacy. Gabriel Orozco is featured in the Season 2 (2003) episode Loss & Desire of the Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century television series on PBS. DISCUSS: What do you think about this video? Leave a comment! Learn more about Gabriel Orozco: http://www.art21.org/artists/gabriel-orozco VIDEO | Producer: Wesley Miller and Sofía Olascoaga. Camera & Sound: J. Manuel Bravo Arriola and Larissa Nikola-Lisa. Editor: Mary Ann Toman. Artwork Courtesy: Gabriel Orozco. Thanks: Biblioteca José Vasconcelos, Mexico City; Kurimanzutto, Mexico City; Marco Barrera Bassols; and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York. Thanks to the following volunteers for providing subtitles: FRENCH Frenchie4ever http://www.amara.org/en/profiles/profile/90392/ HEBREW Elinoar Almagor http://www.amara.org/en/profiles/profile/90306/ INDONESIAN Dwi Rianto http://www.amara.org/en/profiles/profile/269/ ITALIAN Giulia Di Pietro http://www.amara.org/en/profiles/profile/89317/ PORTUGUESE Milena Mota http://www.amara.org/en/profiles/profile/91925/ SPANISH Carolina Tamara http://www.amara.org/en/profiles/profile/74560/ TURKISH adeptgunes http://www.amara.org/en/profiles/profile/77137/ Become a volunteer translator by joining the Art21 Translation Project team: http://www.amara.org/en/teams/art21/