Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, ‘Ghost’ (1935)
Tag Archives: forest
Sonja Vordermaier
Sonja Vordermaier, ‘Streetlampforest’ (2010)
‘Streetlampforest’ is a collection of 30 european streetlamps from different origins and times (Amsterdam, Berlin, Erfurt, Leipzig, Glasgow, Innsbruck, Milano, Hamburg, Prag, Cagnes-sur-mer (France), Sarajevo, Stuttgart, Belgrade, Lippstadt, Munich, Sofia, Trieste,Wolfsburg and Vienna).
Mark Dion & William Schefferine
‘Wheelbarrows of progress: Tropical Rainforest Preserves (mobile version)’ (1990)
‘Tropical Rain Forest Preserves’ (1989, remade 2003) by Mark Dion & William Schefferine.
Simon Senn
‘Clichy-sous-Bois’ (2010) by Simon Senn
Two young residents of Clichy-sous-Bois are introducing themselves and are answering the questions from the interview given to them. The questions are constructed from derogatory stereotypes associated with youth and are openly provocative, moralistic and pejorative. Gradually, they begin to get excited and end up by attacking the cameraman who runs away.
The video is separated in two episodes: the interview and the attack. By reversing the temporality of the narrative in showing the violent reaction before its provocation, the video starts with a spectacular action.
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Jason Dodge
‘Darkness falls on Beroldingerstraße 7, 79224 Umkirch’ (2006), by Jason Dodge
Everything that produces light was taken from a house at the edge of the woods in Germany.
Michael Bernstein
’10 yard garden’ (2002), by Michael Bernstein.
A series of small gardens and forests placed in recycled refuse dumpsters.
