Yvon Chabrowski
dal 8/2/2010 al 19/2/2010
Segnalato da
8/2/2010
Yvon Chabrowski
George Polke, London
Continuing a series of video presentations which develop themes around employment and performance, George Polke is pleased to present 'An interview with H.R.H. The Princess of Wales' by Yvon Chabrowski. Re-enacting Princess Diana's memorable Panorama interview, Chabrowski explores this mass media spectacle, where the gap between the spontaneous and the staged was already confused, to generate a disconcerting repetition.
Chaplin's screen work becomes comprehensible through a system practiced by both Eisenstein and me:
"biomechanics." Eisenstein had a good foundation in the theory of movement, through studying man's
posture in space. This helped him to construct a logical system from work he did in the biomechanics
studio... Maximally expressive motion was the subject of his research. In this field, of course, Chaplin
is a master. His "succession of poses," a peculiarly static form of acting, a freezing in immobility, is
equivalent to a sum of purposive action. We must learn from Chaplin how to place our bodies purposefully
in space, as we would learn from a gymnast or a blacksmith.
Vsevolod Meyerhold, Chaplin and Chaplinism, The Tulane Drama Review, 1966
Continuing a series of video presentations which develop themes around employment and performance,
George Polke is pleased to present An interview with H.R.H. The Princess of Wales by Yvon Chabrowski
(2008). Re-enacting Princess Diana's memorable Panorama interview, Chabrowski explores this mass media
spectacle, where the gap between the spontaneous and the staged was already confused, to generate a
disconcerting repetition. As Marc Ries has written, 'staged talk becomes visible and readable as a
cultural machine, demonstrating the entanglement of each person in the field of publicity and politics.'
YVON CHABROWSKI studied philosophy before completing her MA in photography at the Leipziger
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst. in 2007. She has received DAAD scholarships to Cairo (2007)
and New York (2008). Recently her work has been included in Labor at Eigen+Art, Berlin and
fuck the systsem A&V, Leipzig.
The exhibition will continue to the 20th February, open every Saturday 12-6pm and by appointment.
Also on Saturdays at George Polke, LUMINOUS BOOKS, an artist curated bookshop.
Opening Tuesday 9th February 6-9pm
George Polke
3.5 Frederick Terrace London E8 4EW
Nearest tube Old Street or Liverpool St
All events are open to the public and free of charge
Luminous Books is at George Polke every Saturday 12-6pm