… addresses cultural patterns and behaviour systems
in history and cross-culture
symbolisation of certain items
in context to the human being
how certain items receive iconographical relevance
tend to influence our visual perception
why do we see things the way we recognise
them considering particular cultural traditions
The single video installations and particularly in their relation to each other and to the viewer discuss sacred and historical imaging of everyday people. But other than to be reminded of historically acclaimed personalities one gets introduced to ordinary people, their feelings, their lives, their personal heroism, their anguish and fear, their faith and their beliefs. The video persons seem to walk up to the viewer, reaching out of the screen, invite the viewer into their worlds, their lives. The single persons display themselves like holy statues that move in a different space, which we/the viewer can’t reach.
In the bigger context of the “No Intermission” series, WALL-OBJECTS have been created in direct relation to some of the same-titled video installations.
Display of the Video/sound installation: Original work presented on seven 50″ High Definition Plasma TVs, over Blu-ray, mounted vertically
About single installation parts:
A PEACEFUL MIND – the machine gun as a symbol for piece | Performer: elisabeth m eitelberger
PATRIOTISM – sad but also proud of a certain loyalty | Performer: Chubby Button
TRAPPED – the human being as a creatural victim of society | Performer: bello benischauer
INTERFLOW – all the world’s guilt press on our shoulders | Performer: Maria Hildrick
DISCOMFORT – a black bird in the white window | Performer: Clare Detchon
YOUNG & WILD – children have an uncensored idea about freedom | Performer: Elias Franz Benischauer
ANGEL – the angel that makes amends | Performer: Nina Schlenzig