Revolving Histories (#bangbang-1372)
Kuben & Quader
https://www.estherhiepler.ch
Kuben & Quader
(1997)
https://www.estherhiepler.ch
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 way, the work breaks with the formal aesthetics to which it is oriented.
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 way, the work breaks with the formal aesthetics to which it is oriented.
automatically translated from german
Additional
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
place: Erstaufführung: Jahresausstellung, Kunsthalle Basel
KuratorIn: Pakesch, Peter
Dokumentationstyp: Performance/Aktion für die Kamera / Performance/Action for the Camera
Medium
Video 4:3
Dauer: Original: 20:00, Dokumentation: 06:01