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2/9/2010

Tim Etchells

Kunstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen

Language is the focal point of Tim Etchells’ art. Words are this British artist’s working material, be they integrated into a text-image, spoken, or taken out of context. Etchells plays with their potential to be multifaceted and interchangeable, and in doing so uses language as a system with infinite possibilities for combinations which he repeatedly takes apart and reassembles. In City Changes (2009) his text about a fictional city where everything remains the same is varied a total of 19 times. Due to sentences being exchanged and painted, the body of text becomes disjointed and slowly dissolves until in the end only a number of differently coloured word-series remain.

The resulting images make up the description of a city in chaos, while at the same time in a process of constant change. By throwing the structural order into chaos, the artist also touches on widespread anxieties about the future of our society. People’s general feeling of insecurity, their fear of terror and climate catastrophes, turn up frequently in his stories, text works and video documentations. Always with a touch of irony, Etchells drafts utopian scenarios and science-fiction worlds, reports on gangsters and brutal children, a dismal cold future that awaits us. The protagonists of his videos and texts tell of their personal wishes and fears, their emotions, and of small miracles. Weaknesses, peculiarities, repetitions or verbal slips combined with a direct form of address embroil the recipient in a net of personal concern and public exposure. Tim Etchells will develop new language-based works for his exhibition at the Künstlerhaus Bremen.

Tim Etchells (*1962) is a fine artist, writer, director, dramatist and performer. His works have been on show in solo exhibitions at Gasworks and Butcher’s; he has taken part in international festivals such as Art Sheffield and Manifesta 7. In 1984 he co-founded the meantime legendary group Forced Entertainment, an ensemble of artists working on an interdisciplinary basis. As its artistic director, Etchells conceived and implemented dozens of performance and theatre projects. Forced Entertainment is regarded as one of the most influential experimental theatre groups in Europe.

A Forced Entertainment event will take place from 21 – 23 September 2010 at the Schwankhalle Bremen in connection with the exhibition at the Künstlerhaus Bremen.

Opening Friday, 3 September 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Künstlerhaus Bremen
Am Deich 68 / 69 28199 Bremen
Opening hours: Wed – Sun 2 – 7 p.m.
free admission

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