William E. Jones
dal 14/1/2010 al 26/2/2010
Segnalato da
14/1/2010
William E. Jones
VW (Veneklasen/Werner), Berlin
The highlight of this exhibition is the inclusion of the first complete showing of Discrepancy, 2008-09, the largest and most complex work in the artist's oeuvre to date. Six videos from the artist's ongoing series Discrepancy, 2008-09 are the focus of the exhibition. They are synchronized and share a common soundtrack based upon Isidore Isou's radical manifesto of discrepant cinema.
VW (VENEKLASEN/WERNER) is pleased to announce the first full-scope solo
exhibition of William E. Jones in Europe, entitled 'Discrepancies'.
Based in Los Angeles, Jones has distinguished himself as a filmmaker, and
in recent years devoted his practice to making videos, prints, and
photographs. The highlight of this exhibition is the inclusion of the
first complete showing of Discrepancy, 2008-09, the largest and most
complex work in the artist's oeuvre to date.
Six videos from the artist's ongoing series Discrepancy, 2008-09 are the
focus of the exhibition. They are synchronized and share a common
soundtrack based upon Isidore Isou's radical manifesto of discrepant
cinema. Written in 1951, the manifesto predicts the current state of
commercial films and its author denounces, 'movies from which one
emerges as stupid as one entered.' The footage selected by Jones, much
of it recorded by the United States Army from its Cold War enemies,
relates to the manifesto's suggestion that in order for the cinema to be
renewed, it must first be destroyed.
'Discrepancies' will include many new works, such as Coup d'ètat,
2009, a video projection that uses a piece of found footage taken from an
educational film that the artist animated by rapidly alternating each
frame. The film's director originally aimed to represent the European
Revolutions of 1848 with a panning shot between a statue of a royal figure
and a chandelier. Jones explodes this short sequence and transforms it
into a multicoloured, stroboscopic video projection.
The exhibition also features the artist's suite of prints entitled
Stèphane Mallarmè's 'Un coup de dès jamais n'abolira le hasard'
Automatically Illustrated, 2009 and Public Address, 2009, a print
featuring a wide array of historical images of people in front of
microphones. A recent video installation entitled Youngstown / Steel Town,
2008 and the video piece A True Cross Section, 2008, will also be shown.
William E. Jones (b. 1962, Canton, OH/USA) has exhibited in numerous
international museums including MoMA New York, Tate Modern London, Le
Louvre Paris, Kunsthalle Wien and the Whitney Museum of Modern Art. His
films were shown at the International Film Festival in Vienna, the
Sundance Film Festival and the Cinèmathìque Francaise. The artist lives
and works in Los Angeles, USA.
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On 15 January 2010 at 4pm, the artist will give an introductory talk in
the gallery on his work.
Opening: 15 January, 6 - 9 pm
VW (VENEKLASEN/WERNER)
Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse 26, 10969 Berlin
Mon - Sat: 11 am - 6 pm
free admission