INVITATION
Today, 29.01.2011, from 9pm to 11pm, Art Claims Impulse will host a special event at the gallery: media artists represented in the exhibition Reflective Interventions 2011 will show a selection of their best work and will give the audience the opportunity to have a lively conversation about their work. Visitors will learn more about Julius von Bismarcks intervention-based performances, will hear Javier Chozas speak about his interactive installations and video work, will find out more about Matthias Fitzs complex media installations and video art, will see some of Francis Gomillas rich video and interactive media work, as well as some of the wonderful internet based works of Marc Lee, will see some of Mader|Stublic|Wiermanns complex artwork based on light and video projections, and will hear Kirsten Reese speak about her and Pepe Jürgens sound art installations. The event is part of the DAS Weekend in Berlin 28-30 January. http://dasweekend.de/ Visitors that arrive at the gallery one or two hours earlier will receive a guided tour of the exhibition. We are looking forward to welcoming you! Pierre Wolter & Melanie Zagrean Gallerists and Curators Art Claims Impulse Lübbener Str. 5 10997 Berlin www.art-claims-impulse.com U1-Schlesisches Tor / U1-Görlitzer Bahnhof CURRENTLY AT THE GALLERY: Reflective Interventions 2011 Media Installations Julius von Bismarck Javier Chozas Matthias Fitz Francis Gomila Marc Lee Mader|Stublic|Wiermann Kirsten Reese & Pepe Jürgens Exhibition Dates: 26.01 05.03.2011 Opening Hours: Wed-Sat, 4-9pm Art Claims Impulse Lübbener Str. 5, 10997 Berlin (U-Schlesisches Tor / U-Görlitzer Bahnhof) <http://www.art-claims-impulse.com> www.art-claims-impulse.com Satellite Event of transmediale.2011 For images, please view <http://www.art-claims-impulse.com/09_01.html> http://www.art-claims-impulse.com/09_01.html And photo gallery: <http://www.art-claims-impulse.com/RFI-2011/index.html> http://www.art-claims-impulse.com/RFI-2011/index.html Reflective Interventions 2011 The series Reflective Interventions is an annual exhibition curated by Art Claims Impulse, which presents art pieces that reflect contemporary discourse, which use interventions and interaction to open new perspectives for the audience. Art Claims Impulse is a satellite partner of transmediale for the second time with this exhibition series. Reflective Interventions 2011 addresses the issues related to navigating and finding orientation within shifting and overlapping virtual and material environments. The expansion of virtual space, the ever more diverse possibilities of shaping it used by an ever larger number of people, and the cross-connections to the material space are sources of inspiration and impulse for many exciting changes that affect every area of society and human interaction. The new orientation that journalism currently experiences, the new definition of interaction between different existing and newly emerging actors, the increasingly interesting debates related to value and user rights that can lead to a potential new world order, are only a few examples. The exhibition shows a selection of artwork that reflects these developments in a particularly inspiring manner. Marc Lees work TV-BOT 2.0 shows in an impressive and exaggerated manner the flood of multimedia and multi-channel information hitting the viewer at any given time. With this work, the artist takes part in the complex discussion about the role and definition of journalism, the excessive desire for real time or constantly updated information, and comments implicitly on the desire for filtering content and information in a shifting media landscape. Francis Gomilas interactive work The Last of England also deals with an excessive visual stimulation but sets a trap for the audience that has originally been developed with the help of eye tracking software. The reaction to the visual triggers lead the viewer to a point of no return as he is drawn ever deeper into a world of images while the trap is closing in slowly as the images gradually begin to disintegrate from within. The interactive installation Topshot Helmet by Julius von Bismarck also deals with the increasing trend for self-observation and self-reflection in a game-like futuristic manner, at the same time pointing subtly to the traps that come with the limiting birds eye perspective that allows only a glimpse of the subject and his/her immediate surroundings. Similarly, the art work of Mader|Stublic|Wiermann Expanded Space deals with the issue of perspectives and adds a new dimension to it by linking the contemporary debate around energy production with interactive wind-steered technology and mobile units in a way that opens and alters the space and the architecture contained within it in a complex and visually stimulating manner. The idea of finding orientation in a changing space as well as the effects that can take place at the smallest movement of elements and actors in the space is also a theme that Javier Chozas work Metropolis picks up. He offers both an intriguing image for it as well as a memorable tactile experience for the audience prepared to enter and interact with the installation. Orientation and the unpredictability of the consequences of individual actions in a particular space also informs the sound art piece of Kirsten Reese and Pepe Jürgens which on the one hand animates the viewer to use his creativity and play with sound bites while on the other hand allows the objects representing the sounds to develop a life of their own. This leads to the creation of idiosyncratic sound arrangements while engaging in the debate around the complexity of this type of interaction. The work of Matthias Fitz Streichlicht also leaves a surprising audio-visual impression on the viewer who is invited to send out an impulse and witness its development, culminating in moments in which unfathomable and fascinating things happen a work that offers a poetic interpretation for complex contemporary discussions around transparency and change. -- rohrpost - deutschsprachige Liste zur Kultur digitaler Medien und Netze Archiv: http://www.nettime.org/rohrpost http://post.in-mind.de/pipermail/rohrpost/ Ent/Subskribieren: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rohrpost/
