Exhibition opening
Opening
June 12, 2010
06:00 pm
– 07:00 pm
ARS VIVA 09/10 – GESCHICHTE / HISTORY: Mariana Castillo Deball Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda Dani Gal In a time of increasing media dominance even the most up-to-date things rapidly become outmoded. In this context, the preoccupation with history appears to offer a possibility to pause and slow down. This year the renowned ars viva exhibition, organised by the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, awarded prizes to Mariana Castillo Deball (*1975 Mexiko), Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda (*1976 USA and 1977 Japan, respectively) and Dani Gal (*1975, Israel), artists who have converged anew on the term “history”, accommodating societal developments not purely attributed to confusing and increasingly rapid forums of communication. COLLECTION: Spartacus Chetwynd Gustav Metzger Katharina Sieverding
This collection presentation emphasizes on its space-filling, performative installations. For the performance of The Fall of Man, A Puppet Extravaganza, first shown at the Tate Triennial in 2006, Spartacus Chetwynd (*1973 GB) constructed a complex stage installation. Chetwynd not only reconstructs and deconstructs elements of theatrical history, but takes the virtual representation of power and culture as her theme. Gustav Metzger's (*1926 D) kaleidoscopic Liquid Crystal Environment (1965–1998) was premièred as a psychedelic stage set at a rock concert by The Who in 1966. Katharina Sieverding’s (*1945 Czech Republic) work Transformer (1973–74) circles around the complex and multi-layered question of individual identity and its relation to existing social structures.
This collection presentation emphasizes on its space-filling, performative installations. For the performance of The Fall of Man, A Puppet Extravaganza, first shown at the Tate Triennial in 2006, Spartacus Chetwynd (*1973 GB) constructed a complex stage installation. Chetwynd not only reconstructs and deconstructs elements of theatrical history, but takes the virtual representation of power and culture as her theme. Gustav Metzger's (*1926 D) kaleidoscopic Liquid Crystal Environment (1965–1998) was premièred as a psychedelic stage set at a rock concert by The Who in 1966. Katharina Sieverding’s (*1945 Czech Republic) work Transformer (1973–74) circles around the complex and multi-layered question of individual identity and its relation to existing social structures.