Best of Karma
dal 1/2/2001 al 24/3/2001
Segnalato da
1/2/2001
Best of Karma
ArsFutura Galerie, Zurich
ArsFutura is proud to present Daniele Buetti. In his third soloshow at arsFutura Daniele Buetti presents a spacious installation called "Best of Karma". Being a logical sequel of his fragile cardboard-simulakra the Swiss artist constructs a parcours of magic moments. The simplicity of Buetti's means contrast drastically with the powerful impact of this work.
ArsFutura is proud to present Daniele Buetti.
In his third soloshow at arsFutura Daniele Buetti (*1956, lives in Zürich,
Switzerland) presents a spacious installation called "Best of Karma". Being a
logical sequel of his fragile cardboard-simulakra the Swiss artist constructs
a parcours of magic moments. The simplicity of Buetti's means contrast
drastically with the powerful impact of this work.
Daniele Buetti's installations create atmosphere, make us nearly forget the
space surrounding them, letting us immerse and pause in pure astonishment
about all those blinking lights and shimmering pictures. Moving from one
motive to the next by following the adhesive tape-gaps between the works, and
getting lost - e.g. in the endless reflection of an optical caleidoscope.
Atmosphere lulls us in, seems endless. A very personal notion of space is
the result. One can't help thinking of the Laterna Magica, the twilight of
cinemas, of a lunapark or of the blinking streets of Las Vegas, wherever the
sublime and the unambiguous meet. One is reminded of all those miraculous
machines and spectacles that seduce mankind - despite or because of their
simplicity - to dream archetypal dreams taking place in archetypal places like
Rome, Coney Island, Hollywood or Las Vegas, just to name the more important
ones.
Various elemets create Buettis tinkered simulation of sublimity: Plates of
photographed beauties, surrounded by glimmering lightspots. Additionally texts
of enigmatic depth. Loops of ambiente music, a cooling trickle. Recently
Buetti has added some kind of magic mirror to his work. The specific
application of a special reflecting glass creates the feeling of immersing in
an endless bright tent of light, where Buetti imprints messages or pictures.
"Best of Karma" is a tiny cosmos in itself. Diodes of light mutate to
planets, topmodels to madonnas, infinity can be put behind a window pane,
flashing lights send misterious messages in Morse code. One simply has to
experience the atmosphere of "Best of Karma" oneself, just like the strip in
Las Vegas.
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