Stephen Willats
dal 9/11/2014 al 19/12/2014
Segnalato da
9/11/2014
Stephen Willats
Daad Galerie, Berlin
How Tomorrow Looks From Here. The interactive, participatory computer simulation Free Zone (1997) and the installation Imaginary Journey (2006) are shown together
Stephen Willats is internationally known for his interactive artworks involving social groups living in a wide variety of urban contexts. In 1979 Willats spent a year in Berlin as a guest of the DAAD Artist-in-Berlin program. The exhibition "How Tomorrow Looks From Here" focuses on a particular area of Willats's work that has not been shown before in Germany and is at the core of his practice - that is the role of simulation in his work. The interactive, participatory computer simulation Free Zone (1997) and the installation Imaginary Journey (2006) are shown together with a selection of diagrams that serve as the conceptual underpinnings and explanations to the works. In addition to his projects with social groups in urban settings Willats also pursues working methods more specifically linked to the gallery space. These often take the form of models or simulations of everyday situations that call for active participation from the exhibition visitors.