White Night
dal 10/3/2010 al 3/4/2010
Segnalato da
Shinsuke Aso
Michele Bruni
Talia Chetrit
Alessandro Dal Pont
Ingo Gerken
Christopher K. Ho
Ryan Kitson
Eugenio Percossi
Sofia Vannini
Marco Antonini
10/3/2010
White Night
Galerie Markus Winter, Berlin
In this exhibition project, a series of interlocking scenarios sets a dreamy stage for the artwork to characterize a quirky, alternatively domestic and unreal environment. The odd familiarity of this space leads the visitor's attention to mundane and often diminutive objects and images, gateways to a metaphysical dimension that seems totally independent from human activity.
curated by Marco Antonini
Shinsuke Aso, Michele Bruni, Talia Chetrit, Alessandro Dal Pont, Ingo Gerken, Christopher K. Ho, Ryan Kitson, Eugenio Percossi and Sofia Vannini.
The White Night is the short period of the year during which, at high latitudes, sunsets are particularly late and sunrises early. During these weeks, usually around the summer solstice, the night sky is in a state of permanent twilight. At the same time –literally translated or slightly adapted in many languages– the expression has also come to signify the state of insomnia and the well known psychological distress it causes.
In this exhibition project, a series of interlocking scenarios will set a dreamy stage for the artwork to characterize a quirky, alternatively domestic and unreal environment. The odd familiarity of this space will lead the visitor’s attention to mundane and often diminutive objects and images, gateways to a metaphysical dimension that seems totally independent from human activity.
Setting a scenario whose tones are determined as much by the artwork’s fragmentary narratives and poetic accents as from a slightly surreal atmosphere that directly refers to the experience of insomnia, the exhibition will allow the viewer to freely and independently oscillate between fiction and reality. Insomnia and the symbolical locus of the white night scenario are ultimately revealed as instrumental devices, used to frame a selection of artworks whose wit, irony and humor are rooted in our personal and poetic experience of everyday reality.
Living and working inside the gallery space (in a multifunctional bed designed by Michele Bruni and Sofia Vannini) the curator will experience his own personal White Night: a month of non-stop work in which he will record a series of interviews with artists, writers, musicians, designers and architects of the local community. An ideal snapshot of Berlin's creative scene, the recorded interviews will be edited and published by SHS, publishing partner of the event.
Opening Reception: March 11, 7pm to 10pm
Markus Winter Gallery
Chausseestraße 104, D- Berlin
free admission