Disappearance

Date: 2015
Materials: High definition single screen projection
Dimensions: Projection Ratio 16:9. Duration 7'31''
Exhibition history: 2019 Museo Nazionale della Montagna, Turin, Italy; 2015 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada
Courtesy: Lucy + Jorge Orta

In Disappearance, a duet for piano a chainsaw, the gradual destruction of the forest is underscored by the melancholic piano score composed by John Cage and the jagged interjection of a chainsaw.

Disappearance bridges two strands of Lucy + Jorge's research, the first dating back to the Rosario period (1972-1984) and secondly the Amazonia body of work the artists' began working on in 2009.