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An art project to celebrate Jose Olimpo Alvarez and his inspiring spirit.
An art project to celebrate Jose Olimpo Alvarez and his inspiring spirit.
2011
2011
Jose was from Agua de Dios, Colombia. He lived in Joplin, Missouri and taught Spanish at Missouri Southern State University. He died when an EF5 multiple-vortex tornado struck Joplin. Reaching a maximum width of over one mile and with winds peaking at more than 200 mph, the tornado destroyed or damaged virtually everything in a six-mile path.
Jose was from Agua de Dios, Colombia. He lived in Joplin, Missouri and taught Spanish at Missouri Southern State University. He died when an EF5 multiple-vortex tornado struck Joplin. Reaching a maximum width of over one mile and with winds peaking at more than 200 mph, the tornado destroyed or damaged virtually everything in a six-mile path.
Jose participated in my performance Origin of Painting in Pittsburg, KS. The image for I love Jose is the shadow Jose made during that performance. I performed Origin of Painting in Bogota, Colombia as part of Festival Ojo al Sancocho in 2010. In 2011, I took Jose's image back to Colombia as I love Jose, my second project for this festival.
Jose participated in my performance Origin of Painting in Pittsburg, KS. The image for I love Jose is the shadow Jose made during that performance. I performed Origin of Painting in Bogota, Colombia as part of Festival Ojo al Sancocho in 2010. In 2011, I took Jose's image back to Colombia as I love Jose, my second project for this festival.
I love Jose is an exchange of images called little Joses. These images have been exchanged all over the world: by mail; in workshops; and as street art. Little Joses have been pasted in Pittsburg and Lawrence, KS; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Bogota, Medellin and Buga Colombia; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; and Helsinki, Finland.
I love Jose is an exchange of images called little Joses. These images have been exchanged all over the world: by mail; in workshops; and as street art. Little Joses have been pasted in Pittsburg and Lawrence, KS; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Bogota, Medellin and Buga Colombia; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; and Helsinki, Finland.
On Thursday, May 15, 2014, Origin of Painting for Jose and for Joplin took place in Joplin, Missouri. For this performance, I created a life-size little Jose. I traced this Jose at the the beginning of the performance to symbolize his presence and removed it following the performance to symbolize his absence.
On Thursday, May 15, 2014, Origin of Painting for Jose and for Joplin took place in Joplin, Missouri. For this performance, I created a life-size little Jose. I traced this Jose at the the beginning of the performance to symbolize his presence and removed it following the performance to symbolize his absence.
I love Jose participants include: Linden Little, Jeremy Johnson, Ojo al Sancocho, Populus Proyectos, Alejandro Bejarano, Cristian Gonzalez Henao, Cristian Rojas Velásquez, Cirlan Oliveira Hei de Vencer, Johannes Kotkavirta, Mariah Sanford, Amy Shapley, Brenda Sageng, and Travis Evans-Lombe.
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