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31/5/2005

Carl Michael von Hausswolff

Beaconsfield, London

The artist's works in sound and light focus on the mystique of remote and abandoned habitations. Alamut, in northern Iran, provides inspiration for the new project and it is complemented by existing works including Hashima, documenting Japan's tiny 'Battleship Island' abandoned in the East China Sea.


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Alamut ­ the Eagles Nest ­prototype training ground for political assassins, is the subject of Carl Michael von Hausswolff's new commission for Beaconsfield - part of his first solo show in the UK.

Hassan i Sabbah so successfully simulated Paradise on earth in mediaeval Persia that his followers were willing to sacrifice their lives in order to return to its sensual pleasures. The charismatic leader's mountain fortress, Alamut, was the cultural epicentre that provided a romantic blueprint for generations of would be mystics and renegades and has been the focus of masculine fantasy for extremists such as William Burroughs and Adolf Hitler.

Carl Michael von Hausswolff's works in sound and light focus on the mystique of remote and abandoned habitations. Alamut, in northern Iran, provides inspiration for Beaconsfield's new commission and is complemented by existing works including Hashima, a haunting film made in 2002 with Thomas Nordanstad, documenting Japan's tiny "Battleship Island" abandoned in the East China Sea.

Carl Michael von Hausswolff's output since the late 80's has been prolific and international. Recent hosts have included Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Tate Liverpool (as part of the Liverpool Biennial), Astrup Fearnley, Oslo with Yoko Ono and Pierogi Gallery, New York. Solo exhibitions in 2004 have been in Austria, Finland, Thailand, Sweden and Germany. Hausswolff has shown work in La Biennale di Venezia for two consecutive years and will again premier a new work, Physical Interrogation Techniques, in Venice this September. Founder of the cult record label Radium he is better known in the UK for his electronic sound work and compositions recording sound where supposedly there is none.

Preview on 1 June 6-9pm

Beaconsfield
22 Newport Street, Vauxhall - London
Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday 12-6pm

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