Hans Schabus, ‘The Shaft Of Babel’ (2003).
Over days, Schabus dug a 15 feet deep hole in his studio and shifted the earth to a pile.
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Marija Djordjevic
‘Mirna do Marta’, a home musical by Marija Djordjevic.
Djordjevic made a musical about a retired woman living in the countryside of Serbia (her mother). A group of singers follows her around during her daily tasks and provides them with a musical score.
Portsmouth Sinfonia
The title track of Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Oddysey’ played by a highschool-orchestra the Portsmouth Sinfonia (an orchestra founded by a group of students at the Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970), coupled with the original film footage…
Peter Bonde Becker Nelson
‘Mr. and Mrs. Nelson’ (2010) by Peter Becker Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson is a video and performance piece that explores the complexities of a 35-year relationship; the artist’s mom and dad speak about falling in love, overcoming personality struggles, and negotiating compromises to make their marriage work. Donning papier mâché heads and hands, the artist and his wife reenact this vulnerable dialogue on film.
Award-winning composer Aaron Grad has written an original score that features Nelson’s parents performing live along with the video. Lyrics and music inspired by their recorded conversation highlight the emotional impact of their spoken (and unspoken) words.
Kris Vleeschouwer
Wait Until II (2006) by Kris Vleeschouwer
A glass is mounted on a small shelf. Under the shelf a display with 3 numbers is always moving. When, by chance, the display shows 3 identical numbers, a piston pushes the glass a little bit to the edge until finaly it falls. After this “accident” the process starts all over again with a new glass.
Leopold Kessler
Leopold Kessler, ‘Ghost terrace’ (2009)
A terrace, without service or gastronomy, placed in the city center of Frankfurt.
Nasan Tur
Nasan Tur, ‘Berlin says’ (2009)
Hundreds of graffiti sentences collected from the facades of Berlin walls, sprayed onto one wall over and over again.
Some examples:
Sandra I love you
KRIEG IST TERROR
FREIHAT FÜR ANDREA 8.3.08 14 UHR U-EBERSW.
PKK PKK
MASSAKA
Mutta sacht wir brauchen nich«nachWannsee in«t Freibad –
Wenn der Sprengwagen jefahren is, könn«wa ja uff de –
Strafe in«t Wasser pantschen det Kost Keen Fahrgeld
SEX
Soldaten sind Mörder
No Respect
Opfer
NEID
Understand?
Dein Stift ist eine Waffe
Seid nett
Anton Steenbock
‘Noise (Music)’ (2010), performance by Anton Steenbock