OVERZICHT TITELS

EVERYBODY LOVES NOTHING (EMPATHIC EXERCIZES)

Steve Reinke
Reinke completed ‘Everbody Loves Nothing’ during his stay as an artist-in-residence at Video In in Vancouver. For this film, Reinke used archival footage from the Prelinger Archive in New York. The seven episodes are linked thematically. Each one takes an archival clip and inserts a narrator who, while speaking in the first person, moves smoothly between the first and third....

S.A.T.S. (SHORT AIRFIELD FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT)

Joëlle de La Casinière - Michel Bonnemaison
Sequence shot of a caged bear at the Barranquilla zoo in Colombia, while one of the Pisan Cantos is being quoted in Ezra Pound’s own voice....

THE APPELS

Messieurs Delmotte
Filmed with a steady, distant camera, we see a boy shaking an apple tree. Consequently, he picks up the result of his action. This work is part of the series UNDO / REDO Vol. 2...

„HELLO, MY NAME IS…” …AND… “YES, I´M FINE.”

Gernot Wieland
“Are we holding on to the objects of remembrance – or is it the objects that are holding on to us?”Gernot Wieland links in „Hello, my name is…” …and… “Yes, I´m fine...

PINCH PENNY

Steve Reinke

THE NEED TO TAKE BACK WHAT YOU'VE JUST GIVEN (PIGEONS 1)

Messieurs Delmotte
In a public place, Messieurs Delmotte lures pigeons with breadcrumbs. All of a sudden, like a madman he attacks the flock and reappropriates the food. This work is part of the series What's Done, Evil's Done / Ce Qui est Fait, le Mal est Fait...

Blanket Apology, Adam Leech, 2010 © the artist

BLANKET APOLOGY

Adam Leech
Blanket Apology focuses on strategies of communication that are used when public figures give public apologies. Like Speech Bubble (2008), Blanket Apology is a dialogue between a man and a woman...

ZIMMER, GESPRÄCHE

Dora García
A Leipzig apartment is the chosen setting for an encounter between a Stasi officer and a civilian informant in ‘Zimmer Gespräche’ (‘Room, Conversations’). Until 1989, the Stasi was the all-powerful East-German police. However, neither the Stasi nor the city of Leipzig are ever specifically mentioned...

LA CLÉ DU PAYSAGE

Jacques Louis Nyst
In both 'La clé du paysage’ and 'Un dimanche après-midi à 6h du soir’ the spectator is in the position of the voyeur, spying Danièle Nyst through a window. In 'La clé du paysage’, Danièle Nyst is sitting on the garden, glancing through a magazine. Her image is cut up by the window frame...

LOUISE

Charley Case
‘Louise’, described by the artist as "ils font l’amour, ils se battent" ("they make love, they fight each other")....