Venus in a Shell
dal 23/5/2011 al 23/6/2011
Segnalato da
23/5/2011
Venus in a Shell
Fluxia (vecchia sede), Milano
In galleria un progetto che intreccia iperboli grafiche a formati artistici, il kitsch degli anni '90 alle ripercussioni tecnologiche dell'hardware, il suono tridimensionale di un subwoofer con l'eleganza del plexiglas. Opere di Lorenzo Bernet, Juliette Bonneviot, Nicolas Ceccaldi, Yannic Joray.
Today, the concept of reconstruction and the limits of technology
takes on a guise that is completely superimposable. Certainly, in the
same manner as research and evolution, technology never stops.
Nevertheless, after the digitisation of memory, data banks continually
undergo a constant deterioration process, almost as if the content
gradually dissipates into thin air; its solidity vanishes into a two-
dimensional space, annihilating itself in nothingness.
Despite the distance of thousands of years, if we wanted to compare
the Lascaux cave to the Commodore 64, we would willingly reject the
milky-white plastic shell that holds the memory of our recent past.
In a diatribe between the actuality of the ancient and the anachronism
of the recentem, we find ourselves chained to a ‘possible’ future
identity, which consists of an aesthetic that lies halfway between
rendering and the bad taste of spray art.
Therefore, Venus in a Shell is a project that intertwines graphic
hyperboles with artistic formats, the kitsch of the 1990s to the
technological repercussion of hardware, the three-dimensional sound of
a subwoofer with the elegance of Plexiglas.
Lorenzo Bernet, born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1986. Lives and works in
Zurich. Founding member of Darsa Comfort, exhibition space, in
collaboration with Carmen Tobler and Fredi Fischli, Zürich. Recent
exhibitions: PISG, The Future Gallery, Berlin; Our Peers (1–2), as
part of Enchanted at School of Development, Berlin; Alana-Jet, Darsa
Comfort, Zürich.
Juliette Bonneviot, born in Paris, France, 1983. Lives and works in
Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions: A Painting Show, Autocenter, Berlin;
Shanghai Gesture, Mark & Kyoko, Berlin; Search and Destroy, Galerie
Mikael Andersen, Berlin; Rhododendron, W139, Amsterdam; Metrospective
1.0, The Future Gallery, Berlin; Kunsthalle Athena, Athens.
Nicolas Ceccaldi, born in Montreal, Canada, 1983. Lives and works in
Berlin, Germany. Recent solo exhibitions: Prepare to Live, Johan
Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden; Fashions in the Middle Ages, Neue
Alte Brücke, Frankfurt, Germany; Madinha Warfare (with Dan Rees),
Sandy Brown, Berlin, Germany. Latest group exhibitions:
Geschmacksverstärker, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany;
Candles in the Mind Game, Beige Cube, Frankfurt, Germany; The Smart
Fridge. Chilly Forecast for Internet, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz,
Austria; Non-profit state of mind, Cleopatra’s, NY, US.
Yannic Joray, born in Zurich, 1986. Lives in Zurich. Recent
exhibitions: PISG, The Future Gallery, Berlin; CATCH-AND-RELEASE,
Darsa Comfort, Zurich.
Opening reception Tuesday, May 24, 7 p.m.
Fluxia
via ciro menotti, 9 Milano
Hours: tuesday - saturday from 15.00 to 19.00
and by appointment