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6/12/2001

L'effet Larsen

OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz

The Larsen effect, named after the Danish physicist Søren Larsen (1871-1957), describes a phenomenon familiar to many concert or conference audiences: holding a microphone too close to a loudspeaker produces a high-pitched tone, rapidly increasing in intensity, which can lead to a breakdown of the sound system. This effect, also called feedback, serves as both title and metaphor for an exhibition of works ­ of which some have been newly created ­ by 16 artists from three generations. However, the subject of the exhibition focuses not so much on the 'resonance catastrophe¹ of the Larsen effect, as on the vital and dynamic character of contemporary works of art, which interlink various components and whose mutual association, closeness or involvement give rise to something new.

This appropriation, reorganisation or reordering of the material world opens up to the observer a field of associations full of contradictions: a dissolution of time and space, a relativization of facts, a shift of local specificities. In addition to classical media like drawing, photography and sculpture, the exhibition also includes multimedia, video and performance works.

The content and context shift is also expressed in the close cooperation between the two host institutions in Linz and Luxembourg. The feedback acquires a geographical dimension, which becomes evident in the reorganisation, sometimes even modification of certain works, due to the nature of the premises at the two exhibition centres.

A richly illustrated catalogue, which will document the works from the two exhibitions, will be presented in Luxembourg in May 2002. It will feature essays by Franz Xaver Baier and Geneviève Mosseray, contributions by Moritz Küng, Enrico Lunghi and Martin Sturm, together with a glossary of terms.

ARTISTS:

Sven Augustijnen (°1970 / B)
"Aphasie", 2001 (production)

Manon de Boer (°1966 / NL)
"Mind Mapping", 2001

Pierre Bismuth (°1963 / F)
"Alternance d'éclaircies et de passages nuageux l'après-midi", 1999
"Link", 1999 (production)

Gerhard Dirmoser (°1958 / A)
"Das Denknetz", 2001
"Performance Art Context", 2001

Dan Graham (°1942 / USA)
"Yesterday / Today", 1975

Margarete Jahrmann (°1967 / A)
Max Moswitzer (°1968 / A)
"Objectiles", 2001

Daniela Keiser (°1963 / CH)
"Felloni & Buonvicini", 1999

Dieter Kiessling (°1957 / D)
"o.T.", 1997

Ken Lum (°1956 / CAN)
"Mirror Works", 1998

Matt Mullican (°1951 / USA)
"Performance Under Hypnosis", 2001 (Produktion / production)
"Untitled (Bulletin Board of Vintage Photographs)", 1971-2001
"Untitled (Bulletin Board of Working Database Material)", 1995

Boris Rebetez (°1970 / CH)
"Untitled", 1998

Daniel Roth (°1969 / D)
"Untitled (Mansfeld Connection)", work in progress, 2001-2002

Simon Starling (°1967 / GB)
"Blue Boat Black", 1997

Mitja Tusek (°1961 / SLO)
"Frühstück", 1999

Keith Tyson (°1969 / GB)
"Recursive CPK Gameboard no 1 (Central Processing Knot)", 2001
(production)

Peter Zimmermann (°1956 / D)
"Retrospective Boxes", 2001

Concept:
Moritz Küng, Brussels
Enrico Lunghi, Luxembourg
Beatrix Ruf, Zürich
Martin Sturm, Linz

curator:
Moritz Küng, Brussels

Linz
Dec 8, 2001 - Feb 7, 2002
O.K Center for Contemporary Art
Director: Martin Sturm

Luxembourg
March 8 to May 5, 2002
Casino - Forum d'Art Contemporain
Director: Enrico Lunghi

O.K Center for Contemporary Art Dametzstrasse30, A - 4020 Linz +43-(0)732-784178-0 +43-(0)732-775684

opening: Friday, December 7, 2001 17.00 p.m.

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