Hiepler, Esther
Revolving Histories
Titel
Kuben & Quader
Datum
1997
Inventarnummer
#bangbang-1372
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Abstract
4-channel video installation, DVD 20', without sound, 1997

Various geometric shapes are pushed into the picture on four monitors and then moved out again after a pause. In a choreography of cubes and cuboids, with changing rhythms, slow and fast sequences, different image compositions are created that stop, change and are discarded again.

The endless loop denies the decision to create a finished work and the assertion of a "good composition" is called into question. By constantly redesigning and discarding images in a comparatively laborious manner, the work breaks with the formal aesthetics to which it is oriented.
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2018 «Rewind 1997» mit Christof Oertli, Bettina Grossenbacher, Max Philipp Schmid, Hildegard Spielhofer, Kunstraum Riehen, kuratiert von Noëlle Pia 2005 «Re:Modern», Künstlerhaus Wien, Kuratoren: Sandro Droschl, Norbert Pfaffenbichler 2002 «In Between», Kunsthaus Langenthal, Kuratorin: Marianne Burki, Katrin Steffen 1997 Jahresausstellung, Kunsthalle Basel, Kurator: Peter Pakesch, Erhalt des Bank Heusser Preises
Metadata
eventplace Erstaufführung: Jahresausstellung, Kunsthalle Basel
doctype Performance/Aktion für die Kamera / Performance/Action for the Camera
medium Video 4:3
eventcurator Pakesch, Peter
dauer Original: 20:00, Dokumentation: 06:01