16/9/2014
Christian Falsnaes
PSM, Berlin
Performance works. The artist presents a series of potential performance works that will only be realized upon purchase. Unless they are purchased, they will cease to exist.
For his second exhibition at PSM, Christian Falsnaes presents a series of potential performance works that will only be realized upon purchase. Unless they are purchased, they will cease to exist.
The relation between art and audience plays a central role in the work of Christian Falsnaes. He works with the collective human body as his main material, and creates situations that involve the viewer as an active part of his art.
Though his performances are often centered around the role of the audience, the works presented in this exhibition at PSM all focus on the role of the purchaser. They are realized at the point where performance can intersect other media like drawing, photography, video, and painting. They all deal with the concept of ownership in different ways.
In each performance, significant decisions regarding the realization of specific performances are made by the person who buys the work. The performances require purchasers in order to be completed. The circumstances surrounding the production of each performance are integrated into the work itself.
During the course of the exhibition, the gallery’s role will be merely to facilitate the production of new works, rather than to exhibit them, as all of the potential performances will only be realized upon their purchase.
All material required for the potential performances, and any necessary information about the realization process of each work, will provided by the gallery staff upon request.
Image: Männliches Auftreten als Folge gesellschaftlicher Machtverhältnisse zwischen Künstler und Publikum (video still), 4-channel video installation, 2013
Opening: 17 Sep 2014 - 18:00 - 22:00
PSM
Köpenicker Strasse 126, 10179 Berlin
Opening times | Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 6pm