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Zush, (Evrugo, 1968 – 2001) is visual artist born as Alberto Porta (1946, Barcelona, Spain). In 1968 adopts the name of Zush, thereafter he operates with the heteronym during 33 years of his career. During the exhibition (TECURA ) at MACBA, in 2001, he adopts for the second time, a new heteronym as EVRU – the name composed of the first four letters from his conceptual creation, Evrugo Mental State (1968)–,〔«(Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana )» (catalan). 〕 by means of digital technology and multimedia representation Zush gave path for Evru to emerge from his own ashes, on February 23, 2001. He is known as for his earlier use of digital technology in the field of more conventional media such as painting or drawing. Forerunner in the implementation and normalization of the art therapy introducing workshops with and for mental patients in the public fine art institutions such as MACBA (2000-2001) in collaboration with Fina Alert, José Lebrero Stals, the latter as the chief curator of the exhibition at that time in MACBA. His production from the late eightieth to mid ninetieth is clearly influenced by the presence of digital technology that he coins –PsycoManualDigital–; as a man of today, inevitably one has to live with the three dimensions of their reality; one's psyche (psycho), the body- hands (manual) and the technology are the ritual and universal prothesis of the present (digital).〔«(Zush (1968-2001) )» (spanish). 〕 One of the works which embodies the above concept is his first CD-Rom (), the very first CD-Rom, developed in collaboration with José Manuel Pinillo, Mubimedia (Barcelona). It is a prizewinner in 1999 by ADI-FAD LAUS Trophy (Barcelona). == Biography == In 1968, the artist Alberto Porta adopts the name of Zush after being confined to a mental institution in Barcelona, by then totalitarian regime of Franco. In the same year he creates Evrugo Mental State, his conceptual state which originates thereafter creation of his own alphabet, the national anthem of Evrugo Mental State (composed by Tres), flag, banknotes -Tucare -, etc. In 1975 he is awarded a scholarship for the Foundation Juan March and William Fulbright Foundation to studied at M.I.T. (Boston) the holography applied to the fine art. In 1977, takes part to the Documenta VI, Kassel. In 1980, takes part to the ''New Images from Spain'', (1980), Guggenheim Museum, New York.〔(''Catálogo New Images from Spain'' ) (english). 〕 In 1986, Scholarship awarded by the D.A.A.D., Berlin. In 1989, Takes part to the exhibition ''The magiciens of terre'' (1989), organized by Centre Pompidou of Paris.〔«(Zush - Les magiciens de la terre )» (french). 〕 In 2001, Zush divests of his alter personality that had accompany for thirty-three years of his career during the retrospective show ZUSH.TECURA at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) to give birth to Evru.〔TECURA (Exhibition), MACBA, 2000 «(ZUSH. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zush」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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