Haris Epaminonda
dal 15/11/2011 al 19/2/2012
Segnalato da
15/11/2011
Haris Epaminonda
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York
Projects 96. This exhibition presents Epaminonda's three-channel video installation Tarahi IIII, V, VI (2007), part of an ongoing series that enlists the use of reverse shooting, montage, cuts, superimposition, and repetition of motifs to address the permeability of memory. The show is part of the the Elaine Dannheisser Projects series which was created in 1971 as a forum for emerging artists and new art. Today is the opening of Contemporary Galleries, a new installation in the on the second floor features art from 1980 to today, with over 100 works in all mediums.
The Museum of Modern Art presents the first solo exhibition in
the United States of Berlin-based artist Haris Epaminonda (b. 1980, Nicosia, Cyprus). Projects
96: Haris Epaminonda is on view November 17, 2011 through February 20, 2012.
Epaminonda is internationally known for her photographic assemblages constructed from
found books and magazines of the 1960s, and for her video installations, in which television
footage culled from Greek soap operas that she used to watch as a child on Sunday afternoons in
Cyprus, are reshot and re-edited in new sequences, creating a web of elusive associations. This
exhibition presents Epaminonda's three-channel video installation Tarahi IIII, V, VI (2007), part of
an ongoing series that enlists the use of reverse shooting, montage, cuts, superimposition, and
repetition of motifs to address the permeability of memory.
"Tarahi translates from Greek as 'turmoil'," explains Roxana Marcoci, Curator, Department
of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, "and through the artist‘s use of ellipsis, narrative
ruptures, collage, experimentation with intensified colors, and disjunctive film speeds, the work is
invested with surreal appeal."
A woman facing the theatrical folds of a stage curtain, a couple strolling backwards on a
sun-drenched path, a pomaded man with a microphone looking to the sky while a firework
appears on his face, a bleached-out sun overtaking the image; these are just a few of the eerie
images in Epaminonda‘s Tarahi videos.
A single soundtrack of piano chords culled from Sonata No. 10 by Russian composer
Alexander Skrjabin provides the acoustic link between the three alternating video projections.
Favoring a slowed-down, filmic flow and lush colors, these enigmatic videos are presented in the
context of sculptural and architectural structures —antique statuettes, vases, columns, pedestals,
and niches— in an all-encompassing installation specifically conceived for MoMA, the overall effect
being that of a three-dimensional audio-visual collage in the gallery.
Projects 96 is organized by Roxana Marcoci, Curator, Department of Photography, The
Museum of Modern Art. The Elaine Dannheisser Projects series is coordinated by Kathy Halbreich,
Associate Director, The Museum of Modern Art. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the
Projects series, which has played a critical part in the Museum‘s contemporary programs.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Epaminonda lives and works in Berlin. She studied at the Chelsea College of Art & Design, at
Kingston University, and received an MA at the Royal College of Art in London in 2003. Her work
has been shown at solo exhibitions at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany (2011), Tate
Modern, London (2010), Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (2009); and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
(2008). Her work has also been shown in such group exhibitions at the Sharjah Biennial (2009),
Athens Biennale (2009), New Museum, New York (2009), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2009), Berlin
Biennale (2008), Venice Biennale (2007), and Macao Museum of Art, China (2006).
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Roxana Marcoci, Curator, Department of Photography, joined the Museum in 1999. She has
organized many exhibitions at MoMA, including the upcoming Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence and the
recent The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today (2010).
ABOUT THE ELAINE DANNHEISSER PROJECTS SERIES
Marking its 40th year, the Elaine Dannheisser Projects series was created in 1971 as a forum for
emerging artists and new art and plays a vital part in MoMA‘s contemporary art programs. With
exhibitions organized by curators from all of the Museum‘s curatorial departments, the series has
presented the work of over 200 artists to date. For further information on the series, including a
listing of all Projects artists, please visit www.MoMA.org/projects.
The Elaine Dannheisser Projects Series is made possible in part by The Junior Associates of The
Museum of Modern Art.
Image: Haris Epaminonda. Video still from Tarahi V from Tarahi IIII, V, VI. 2007. Three-channel video installation, color, sound, 7:36 minutes. Courtesy the artist & Rodeo, Istanbul. © 2011 Haris Epaminonda
Press Contact: Kim Donica, 212/708-9752 or kim_donica@moma.org - pressoffice@moma.org
Media preview Wednesday, November 16, 2011 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The same day:
Contemporary Galleries a new installation in the Contemporary Galleries on the second floor features art from 1980 to today, with over 100 works in all mediums. It opens to the public on November 17, 2011.
The Contemporary Galleries installation, one of a series highlighting the Museum's contemporary collection, is made possible by BNY Mellon.
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