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25/9/2002

The island and the aeroplane

Sparwasser HQ, Berlin

All the projects in the exhibition, "The Island and the Aeroplane" articulate almost physical emotions, portraying an un-self-consciousness in public. It also has strong political undertones. The exhibition opens the discussion about a collectiveness (and solidarity) with one's close surroundings compared to a self-contained, security-seeking personal economy. It not only talks about the basics of personal reactions towards alienation (even within one´s 'own culture'), but also deals with the possibilities of living in one's surroundings, irrespective of geographical placement. The very condition for lived life in its diversity of personal wishes and needs for self-realization are being discussed.

The various positions that are emerging in different cultural spheres all over the world are reflected in a variety of media by the artists.
Claudia Reinhardt stages the suicide of female artists, using herself as a model. Women who after their death became feminist icons. They do not describe the typical victimized woman. Their decision expresses a strong will and a protest. It expresses also the pain of hopelessness and break down of communication.

Tobias Bernstrup is dealing with another possibility of escape and self-realization: the virtual world. The video "Polygon Lover", an animated alter ego of the artist, reflects and influences reality. Audiences familiar with Bernstrup's music, performances and video installations will see that digital existence encourages the artist to move further into a fetish-type reality. http://www.bernstrup.com
Even a simple text dialogue can seduce and provoke. In an intimate context the audience is subjected to power play, a 2 minute video sequence repeated over and over again.

Inthe image: 'Polygon lover', Tobias bernstrup.

The Brazilian artist, Camila Sposati will be showing the video "Attempt".

The naked voice of Susan Philipsz fills up the room, not to captivate and lift us out of the here and now, but to heighten our own sense of self and the awareness of the place we are in. The songs trigger our private memories but they are also our shared experience.

Jesper Just's video is about the sentimentality of life; half love, half despair. Loneliness and a sense of togetherness, experienced simultaneously. The video shows a situation of self-absorption; a purely dramatic sentimentality one can sense and be aware of, but not escape.

The English video artist Emma Hedditch focuses on the politics of working together, "I do know what I am going to do today" consists of constructed found footage requested by Hedditch from volunteers, re-edited to form new narratives. Questioned is the uniqueness or familiarity of filmed scenes and matters of
authorship - and friendship. Videos from "and i will do", a video distribution network for independent women video makers in Europe, will be shown in Berlin at Z-bar on the 10th of October, 9 pm.
http://www.andiwilldo.net

September 27 - October 19 2002

Video screening in Z-bar October 10 at 9 pm

Artist's:
Tobias Bernstrup
Emma Hedditch
Jesper Just
Susan Philipsz
Claudia Reinhardt
Camilla Sposati

Opening September 26 from 7 pm
Party DJ Allen from 11 pm

IMPORTANT!
26. - 30. September 2002
ART FORUM BERLIN
HALLE 23A / STAND 24
Sparwasser HQ in Zusammenarbeit mit
LISE HARLEV, COLONEL & KARL HOLMQVIST

SPARWASSER HQ
OFFENSIVE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART AND COMMUNICATION
TORSTRASSE 161, 10115 BERLIN
+49 30 21803001
+49 30 44047981

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