Two exhibitions
dal 10/9/2004 al 26/9/2004
Segnalato da
10/9/2004
Two exhibitions
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (old venues), Berlin
Katarina Lofstrom: Studio 2 / Mathieu Mercier: Studio 3. Lofstrom varies and animates a photo from outer space until distant galaxies turn into pixel patterns, and she transforms Berlin into a raster of bright dots by using the revolving dome of the television tower to create a night-time panorama. By comparison, Mercier adopts the ground perspective. His installation arouses associations with functional objects and their everyday use by relating elements such as a curtain, screen, glass case, fireplace or supporting beam to the enclosed, windowless exhibition studio with its dominant architecture of pillars.
Katarina Löfström: Studio 2 / Mathieu Mercier: Studio 3
Katarina Löfström’s works could be referred to as visual puzzles in which the borders between art and Pop, autonomous form and design, film image and painting become blurred with each altering perspective. The artist not only bans representation as far as possible, she also eliminates the static quality of painting from her animated sequences; it only reappears in the stills she has taken from them. At the Künstlerhaus, Löfström varies and animates a photo from outer space until distant galaxies turn into pixel patterns, and she transforms Berlin into a raster of bright dots by using the revolving dome of the television tower to create a night- time panorama.
By comparison, Mathieu Mercier adopts the ground perspective. His installation arouses associations with functional objects and their everyday use by relating elements such as a curtain, screen, glass case, fireplace or supporting beam to the enclosed, windowless exhibition studio with its dominant architecture of pillars. A red velvet stage curtain with a printed metallic grille pattern covers the wall opposite the entrance and is repeatedly reflected by the mirror surfaces of five pedestals set into the space. On the one hand, this points to the staged quality of the entire spatial situation, on the other hand it compels the visitors to search for additional, hidden possibilities of interpretation.
Katarina Löfström: Studio 2 / Mathieu Mercier: Studio 3
From 18th Sept. to 6th Nov., an exhibition by Katarina Löfström may also be seen at gallery Jan Winkelmann / Berlin, Brunnenstrasse 185.
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien GmBH
Mariannenplatz 2 D-10997 Berlin
wednesday throught sunday 2 - 7 p.m.