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Indepth Arts News:
"Barak Bar-Am: Hebeschiebewerk"
2001-02-10 until 2001-04-23
shift e.V.
Berlin, ,
DE Germany
shift e.V. is pleased to present the premier in Germany of Barak Bar-Am's installation - Hebeschiebewerk. The exhibition consists of several elements such as video loops and a kenetic architectural model. By playfully arranging these items Barak Bar-Am combines thoughts about
structural organisation with references to architecture. - ...several layers of interpretation come in mind, a cybernetic versus
mechanical paradigm, or that of physiological apparatus of memory
versus inner space. -
The installation Hebeschiebewerk consists of several elements:
'CPU ATRIUM' basic shape is that of a large simple box with P.V.C surfaces on
all 4 sides. The top has been removed to allow us to view its inner structure. The
work invites the spectator to look from above on a group of images and
structures located in its core. This top-view, a perspective which recurs
elsewhere in Bar-Am's work, suggests an architectural frame of reference and
might explain the arrangement of different elements and their inner
relationships and hierarchies. The schiffshebewerk video loop in the center is
surrounded by a structure of planes. This structure resembles a cooling
apparatus and is accompanied by three electric ventilators, all inside an 'ATRIUM
BOX'.
IMAGE:
Barak Bar-Am
Still from
ALEXANDERPLATZ LOOP
video projection
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