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5/11/2014

Lutz Bacher

SMK National Gallery of Denmark / Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The Star Trek characters Odo, Quark, Major Kira Nerys, and Tom Paris, appearing here in the form of life-sized cardboard cut-outs; a sculptural installation of plates of coloured acrylic glass; luminously blue video projections; and framed portraits of famous scientists. These are some of the elements featured in the exhibition "Into the Dimensional Corridor" created by the American artist Lutz Bacher specifically for the x-rummet venue at the SMK. Since the mid-1970s Lutz Bacher has explored how identities are presented in popular culture. She lifts familiar material, such as the Star Trek characters, out of its usual context and allows it to enter into entirely different scenarios, giving rise to new meaning. The exhibition title has been drawn from an episode from the first season of the Star Trek series and refers to the transition from one state of being to another - from this world to another. This is a familiar rite of passage within science fiction culture, within spiritual thinking, and in literature, where it often signifies a main character moving from one moral level to the next.

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