Vororte der Körper

Yves Netzhammer sees his work as being an “existential attempt at location in a world of confused signs and values.” His computer animation "Vororte der Körper" (Peripheries of bodies) can be interpreted as a parable of the creative process: the diver's plunge as a pivotal moment for creativity. Strange things happen underwater. Some even dive down into the deepest depths, where there is very little life. One of the divers runs into a lantern fish. The two illuminate each other: one with a projector and the other with a bioluminescent organ.  A meeting full of respect and the discovery of a kinship as fellow creatures? This work is typical of Netzhammer’s style: the motives and figures are simplified, cityscapes and nature are featured like citations. The movements seem to be remote-controlled. They produce a dynamics of transformation: from one body to the next, from small to big, from micro- to macrocosm, from one state of aggregration to another, from the figurative to the abstract. One surreal scene flows into the next. The title Peripheries of bodies locates the transformation process outside of the body. But who produces it? The Netzhammerian creature, the clone of a robot/doll/human, faceless and sexless, more of a container than a character, offers countless alter egos that we as spectators can try on for size. Exhibited in the Basel Theater, the cinematic art of Yves Netzhammer proves to be related to the art of the stage. 

Andrea Domesle  (translation: Jean-Marie Clarke)

http://netzhammer.com

--- Präsentationshinweise  DE:

Der  Videoparcour fand vom 20.05 bis zum 21.06. 2015  zwischen 9 bis 24 Uhr statt. videocity.bs hat neue Wege des  Miteinanders von Kultur und Geschäftswelt erschlossen. 16 Geschäfte und kulturelle Institutionen öffnen für 27  Videokünstler*innen  ihre Schaufenster, Hallen  oder elektronischen Werbetafeln. Sie bilden einen Parcours zwischen Messeplatz, Marktplatz,  Aeschenvorstadt  und St. Jakobsstadion. Die Videos lassen den Alltag in neuem Licht erscheinen und umgekehrt der Alltag die Videos. videovity.bs wird einen Monat lang  zum immateriellen Bestandteil der Stadt und regt zu unerwarteten  Begegnungen an.

Es gab dabei folgende Stadtionen:  Congress Center Basel/eBoard, Kulturbüro Basel, Elektrohaus Boner, Basler Lädeli, GLOBUS, Banque CIC (Suisse) AG, Claudia Güdel, Confiserie Bachmann, Nationale Suisse, Der Teufelhof Basel, Stadtcasino,  Theater Basel, Basler Kantonalbank, Kunsthaus  Baselland, und St. Jakobsturm

Die teilnehmenden Künstler*innen waren: Dominik Stauch, Pipilotti Rist, Ursula Palla, Yves Netzhammer, Franziska Megert, Christian Jankowski, Tom Huber, Michael Spahr, HEAD, Mathis Vass, Jeannette Ehlers, Diana Dodson, Hildegard Spielhofer, Thomas Kneubühler, Manuel Szabo.  

--- Presentation notes EN: 

The Videoparcour took place from 20.05 to 21.06.2015 between 9 a.m. and midnight. videocity.bs has opened up new ways of interaction between culture and the business world. 16 shops and cultural institutions open their shop windows, halls or electronic billboards for 27 video artists. They form a parcour between Messeplatz, Marktplatz, Aeschenvorstadt and St. Jakobsstadion. The videos present everyday life in a new light and vice versa. For one month videocity.bs becomes an immaterial part of the city and encourages unexpected encounters.

The following institutions were part in the project:  Congress Center Basel/eBoard, Kulturbüro Basel, Elektrohaus Boner, Basler Lädeli, GLOBUS, Banque CIC (Suisse) AG, Claudia Güdel, Confiserie Bachmann, Nationale Suisse, Der Teufelhof Basel, Stadtcasino, Theater Basel, Basler Kantonalbank, Kunsthaus Baselland, St. Jakobsturm. 

The participating artists were: Dominik Stauch, Pipilotti Rist, Ursula Palla, Yves Netzhammer, Franziska Megert, Christian Jankowski, Tom Huber, Michael Spahr, HEAD, Mathis Vass, Jeannette Ehlers, Diana Dodson, Hildegard Spielhofer, Thomas Kneubühler, Manuel Szabo.