Stefanos Tsivopoulos
dal 2/12/2010 al 22/1/2011
Segnalato da
2/12/2010
Stefanos Tsivopoulos
Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
Using pictures from a photographic archive in Cartagena and his own photographs of the deserted landscapes of former mines in the region of the city Murcia in south Spain, the artist investigates the political and social history of an European borderland.
In the course of his project “Amnesialand“, which is shown in the studio of the Heidelberger Kunstverein, Stefanos Tsivopoulos turned the collective memory of a region into a cinematic essay. Using pictures from a photographic archive in Cartagena and his own photographs of the deserted landscapes of former mines in the region of the city Murcia in south Spain, he investigates the political and social history of an European borderland.
Today nevertheless it is rather the region's proximity to the African continent that plays an important role than the industrial history of the 20th century. It is this history, Tsivopoulos wants to rediscover, yet the viewer does not loose the impression that his main purpose was to create a highly compressed collage of various fragments which have the purpose to show the power of images to create and erase history.
The exhibition will be presented in the studio.
Presse contact
Susana Sáez, 06221 184086, presse@hdkv.de
Opening 3 December 2010 at 7 pm
Heidelberger Kunstverein
Hauptstrasse 97, D-69117 Heidelberg
Tuesday to Friday h 12-19. Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays h 11-19
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