Imaginary is potential
dal 4/5/2004 al 5/5/2004
Segnalato da
Matthew Burbidge
Rufus Kraus
Ulrike Feser
Silvan Linden
Wolfgang Stahr
Marie Jager
Deborah Ligorio
Jacob Melchi
Anca Munteanu
Arthur Ou
Nicole Quaid
Henrikke Nielsen
4/5/2004
Imaginary is potential
Z-Bar (Kinoraum), Berlin
A film- and video-screening featuring LA- and Berlin-based artists. 'L'imagination au pouvoir' (all power to imagination), was of the most frequent graffiti-slogans during the revolution of May 1968. The pieces presented in this screening would probably have agreed. In opposition to the documentary and realism seen in a lot of video-works of the last decade, they are all strikingly staged, engaging animation, special-effects and an overall affection for the narrative and fictional.
A film- and video-screening featuring LA- and Berlin-based artists:
Matthew Burbidge /Rufus Kraus, Ulrike Feser/Silvan Linden/Wolfgang Stahr, Marie Jager, Deborah Ligorio, Jacob Melchi, Anca Munteanu, Arthur Ou and Nicole Quaid
Curated by Henrikke Nielsen
Wednesday, May 5th, 2004, 9 p.m.
"L'imagination au pouvoir" (all power to imagination), was of the most frequent graffiti-slogans during the revolution of May 1968. The pieces presented in this screening would probably have agreed. In opposition to the documentary and realism seen in a lot of video-works of the last decade, they are all strikingly staged, engaging animation, special-effects and an overall affection for the narrative and fictional. This does not equal aping Hollywood big budget movies or MTV aesthetics, however. Rather, these pieces are characterised by home-made effects, the use of "retro-technology" (High 8), or an appropriation of the silent movie, although realised on 16 mm film. Jager's "R.U.R". is a science fiction piece, based on a novel by Karel Capek, whereas Melchi's point of departure in "Stories For Projection", are every-day observations, from which somewhat fantastic stories are evolved and combined with abstract animations. In "Installation 07-01" Kraus and Burbidge are undertaking what seems to be a heroic act of installing a Rosalind Krauss-quotation. The quality of the High-8 recording, as well as the soundtrack, echo a time when imaginative activism was still regarded as potential.
Presented by Sparwasser HQ
at Z-bar, Bergstrasse 2, Berlin Mitte