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Kutlug Ataman
‘Andrew Beyer’, a video-work from ‘Paradise’ by Kutlug Ataman
“I enjoy doing it because people remember me. I am also now in the Guinness Book of Records as the worlds oldest performing clown in the whole world. I have a certificate I show at my performances. It is also in the book, on page twenty-one in this year’s edition. I’ve been retired now from my regular job for about twenty-five years. But still I enjoy doing the parties, and I enjoy having people tell me that they remember me for so long.”
Gareth Long
Gareth Long, ‘Work in progress’
Made as part of a suite of works foregrounding the mechanisms of artistic production. A looped depiction of the cartoon character Daffy Duck, seemingly locked in the throes of ‘writer’s block’, it points with humour to the sincerity and anguish of the creative process.
David Herbert
David Herbert, ‘VHS’ (2005
A giant copy of a VHS-version of ‘2001: A space odyssey’ made out of foam, plexiglas and latex paint.
Joachim Koester
‘To navigate, in a genuine way, in the unknown necessitates an attitude of daring, not one of recklessness (movements generated from the Magical Passes of Carlos Castaneda)’ (2009) by Joachim Koester
Through the choreography of drawings and bodily movements, Koester traces methods intended to access or express physical sensation beyond cognition. In an ambiguous dark space, a mime performs the exercises described by the infamous anthropologist Carlos Casteneda in his 1998 book Magical Passes. According to Casteneda, these were secret shamanic gestures meant to enhance one’s ability to navigate “the dark sea of awareness”.
At the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover. Fullscreen for slightly better view.
Brian Bress
‘Rock your body’
‘Note to self’
and ‘Brainquest’ by Brian Bress
Do check out his website for more of his weirdly great videos.
Michael Landy
Michael Landy‘s ‘Art bin’ (2010)
Centered around the concept of failure, for ‘Art bin’, Landy invited members of the public to submit their creative failures to the ‘bin’, to accompany donations from some of the world’s most prevalent artists.
Interview:
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot‘s installation ‘from here to ear’ (2009/2010) consists of a group of birds in an environment fitted with amplified guitars. The birds compose live music every day during the course of the exhibition.
Thanks to Julian.
Sophie Eagle
‘Collapse (Endless Column)’ by Sophie Eagle