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| Clip Here, Tie There, installation view |
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| Clip Here, Tie There, installation, detail |
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| Clip Here, Tie There, installation, detail |
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| Clip Here, Tie There, installation, detail |
For the group show Don't come if you care (a show based on the idea of apathy), I took my video Clip Here, Tie There, and used it for a video-installation. The installation in based on the traditional Japanese displayment of prized opjects, like for instance bonsai trees.
In contemplating the idea of care, (indeed an aspect of apathy since the two, by definition, seem to be opposites) several works by Gerwin Luijendijk (NL) came to mind. Inherent in those works we witnessed a balance whereby the artist takes on a role of nurturing; be it nourishing our eyes, feeding desire, or training himself. The film 'Clip Here, Tie There', was selected to highlight methodic gestures that embody an emotional attachment; gestures which through their repetition provide for a flow of gaze and arousing thought. And yet, those very gestures permit detaching escape into the cerebral.
Sils Project Space
Don't come if you care was organised by Sils Project Space at Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
