Night Sites
dal 25/11/2005 al 4/2/2006
Segnalato da
25/11/2005
Night Sites
Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover
The exhibition presents in a thematic orientation seven spaces by Eija-Liisa Ahtila Hans op de Beeck, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Hans Schabus, Smith/Stewart, who link the physically perceptible, suggestive undertow of their installations to the experience of dislocation, solitude and nocturnal unfathomability. The show attempts to bring together two tendencies: the deepening involvement of art with cinematography and a concomitant and distinctly evident fascination with the unfathomable.
Eija-Liisa Ahtila Hans op de Beeck, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Hans Schabus, Smith/Stewart
The exhibition attempts to bring together two tendencies which have come to the forefront of contemporary art and to investigate their structural significance - on the one hand the deepening involvement of art with cinematography and with the figures of narration which are typical of this medium, and on the other hand a concomitant and distinctly evident fascination with the unfathomable. It is interesting in this context that contemporary artistic discourse not only once again allows a certain opulence of staging, but also in a related critical stance conducts a discourse concerning the world it tells about from the almost romantic perspective of its constructed appearance of verisimilitude, behind whose surface of normality there lurk the noctural shadows of the uncanny and the incomprehensible.
In the course of this investigation, there emerges into the forefront of artistic debate, in counterpoise to the search for a socio-political relevance of the artwork, the question as to the fragile relationship between the individual and reality. Proceeding from the discoveries of psychoanalysis, which under the aegis of Sigmund Freud made an essential contribution to the splitting-up of the ego and to its self-alienation, none other than the realm of the cozy and familiar appears increasingly as a dangerous and uncontrollable zone.
The exhibition in the Kunstverein Hannover presents in this thematic orientation seven spaces by six to a maximum of eight international artists who link the physically perceptible, suggestive undertow of their installations to the experience of dislocation, solitude, disorientation and nocturnal unfathomability.
Opening remarks: Prof. Dr. Stephan Berg, Director Kunstverein Hannover, Dr. Martin Engler, curator Kunstverein Hannover.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue
Program:
Public talk with Hans Schabus: 26. November 6 pm
Public talk with Hans Op de Beeck: 27. November 3 pm
11th to 19th January extended opening hours untill 10 pm: Kunstlerhaus - From Dusk till Dawn“ - readings, films, guided tours about the uncanny and the unfathomable
Special guided tours:
with Dr. Martin Engler 30. November um 7 pm 11. January um 7 pm
with Prof. Dr. Stephan Berg 1. February 7 pm
Guided family tour: 5. February 3 pm
Guided tours every Sunday at 3 pm
Sponsors: Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Land Niedersachsen, Frame, The Henry Moore Foundation, The British Council, Hochtief Construction AG, dragon rouge
Image: Jennifer & Kevin McCoy: Soft Rains: Suburban Horror, 2003; Mixed media ( Live-Videocamera, electronics; Installation view: FACT, Liverpool; Courtesy: Postmasters Gallery, New York
Opening: November 26, 8 pm
Kunstverein Hannover
Sophienstrasse 2 - Hannover
Hours: Tue-Sat 12am-7pm, Sun 11am-7pm