A Secret Understanding
dal 6/5/2009 al 23/5/2009
Segnalato da
Lia and @c
Graham Dolphin
Nick Jordan
Clare Langan
Torsten Lauschman
Erik van Lieshout
Jane Wilson
Louise Wilson
Oliver Laric
Doug Fishbone
6/5/2009
A Secret Understanding
Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
A group show about the elective affinity between art and music. The exhibition brings together a group of rather personal and yet very differently presented films by various international media artists tackling familiar music titles in unfamiliar interpretations. The films that come out of the process are to some extent disconcertingly detached and yet at the same time extremely intimate takes on the musical originals, covering the whole gamut of visual approaches from animation through video sampling to media art.
A Secret Understanding is about the elective affinity between art and music. The exhibition brings together a group of rather personal and yet very differently presented films by various international media artists tackling familiar music titles in unfamiliar interpretations. The films that come out of the process are to some extent disconcertingly detached and yet at the same time extremely intimate takes on the musical originals, covering the whole gamut of visual approaches from animation through video sampling to media art. The exhibition thus provides insight into a range of musical styles behind a public veneer of both sentimentality and a touch of irony.
A Secret Understanding features works by Graham Dolphin, Nick Jordan, Clare Langan, Torsten Lauschman, Erik van Lieshout and Jane and Louise Wilson, amongst others. The works are presented as a looped programme rolling itself through the space of the gallery, some single screen and others diptychs.
The programme was originally curated and produced by Forma in 2007 for an event in Trafalgar Square in London in league with the ICA.
Films:
* The Star Spangled Banner Recurring by Graham Dolphin, with The Star Spangled Banner Recurring performed by Jimi Hendrix
Courtesy of the artist and SEVENTEEN
* Doug Fishbone, with Also Sprach Zarathustra by Eumir Deodato
Footage by Billabong Odyssey courtesy Billabong
Footage by Shark Park courtesy Greg Huglin Films
Footage by Biggest Wednesday, Blackwater and Teahapo's courtesy TB Productions
* Nick Jordan, with Norwegian Wood by Cornershop
* Clare Langan, with I Gaer by Sigur Rós
Supported by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board
* Oliver Laric, with versions of Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Torsten Lauschmann, with Sway by Dean Martin and Julie London (Rip-Off Artist Remix)
* o/68 by Lia and @c, from O Superman (for Massenet) by Laurie Anderson
* Erik van Lieshout, with Kingdom Come by Jay-Z
* Jane and Louise Wilson, with Who Knows Where The Time Goes by Cat Power
* Am I Relapsing? by Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries, with Everyone's Got to Learn Sometime by Beck
All films produced by Forma and commissioned by ICA for Beck's Fusions, 2007; total running time approx. 45 mins.
Image: Jane and Louise Wilson, with Who Knows Where The Time Goes? by Cat Power. Courtesy of the Artists
Press contact:
Sabine Bergmann T: +43 316/8017-9211 F: +43 316/8017-9253 E-Mail: presse@kunsthausgraz.at
Opening 07.05.2009, 7pm
Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum
Lendkai, 1 - Graz
Tue-Sun 10am-6pm