Peter Welz
dal 2/2/2004 al 15/2/2004
Segnalato da
2/2/2004
Peter Welz
Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin
Airdrawing | whenever on on on nohow on. A new installation by the Berlin-based sculptor and installation artist Peter Welz Airdrawing / whenever on on on nohow on is a work in progress in collaboration with William Forsythe, the renowned choreographer and artistic director of Ballett Frankfurt. For this work, the artist invited Forsythe to inscribe by repeated movement a quote from Samuel Beckett's late text, Worstward Ho, according to his analyses of movement in space.
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airdrawing | whenever on on on nohow on
A new installation by the Berlin-based sculptor and installation artist Peter
Welz goes on public display at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday 3
February 2004. Airdrawing / whenever on on on nohow on is a work in progress in
collaboration with William Forsythe, the renowned choreographer and artistic
director of Ballett Frankfurt.
For this work, the artist invited Forsythe to inscribe by repeated movement a
quote from Samuel Beckett's late text, Worstward Ho, according to his analyses
of movement in space. The quote, 'whenever on on on nohow on', represents a
repeating circle going nowhere. Welz's intention is to direct and record
Forsythe in an interpretation of this idea. His response to the text shows a
sequence of movements leading to an apparent dead end, which is nonetheless
repeated as a loop. It is in effect a moving standstill.
Three static cameras record Forsythe's movement in space shot from the front,
from the side and from above. In addition two handheld cameras are attached to
both hands, documenting the passage of his hands, himself, as well as the
surroundings. The images of the handheld cameras are hectic and blurred,
creating a contrast with the static images on the fixed cameras.
The exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art is a work in progress towards a
large-scale installation which will consist of five large video projections on
architectural screens, which are in themselves sculptural devices created by
Peter Welz. As the viewer moves through the installation from screen to screen
their movement will become juxtaposed with the movement on the screens.
The project is due to be presented in Berlin (Galerie Markus Richter),
Frankfurt/Main (Ballett Frankfurt) and in Cologne (SK-Stiftung Kultur).
For further information and material please contact Janice Hough, Artists' Work
Programmer at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on ph: 01 612 9900 and Galerie
Markus Richter on ph: 0049 30 280 47 283 (http://www.galeriemarkusrichter.de).
With many thanks to Mc Gowans LTD, Dublin for their very generous support.
work in progress | 3 - 15 February 2004 | process room | west wing | first floor galleries
opening Tuesday 3 February 2004, 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Image: Peter Welz | William Forsythe, airdrawing | whenever on on on nohow on, 2003/ 04, videostill
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