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Fleischmann’s approach to the ‘lightbox keyboard’ focuses on the formal possibilities of the apparatus itself. The artist explores its material components, examines them, disassembles and then reassembles them. In other words, Fleischmann addresses the object directly – and we can look forward to discovering the new perspectives that will result from this. His conceptual skill lies in opening our eyes to the invisible behind the (spy) mirrors, creating a visual-abstract composition in the process.
Performance Passage. Space for Poetics of the In-between is a curatorial project by Andrea Maurer. The display comprises seven light boxes equipped with spy mirrors and time control, thus functioning like a visual organ. Each year, two artists are invited to compose a score with a focus on language-experimental positions. Each installation comes with an accompanying publication that can be purchased from the vending machine on site.
Curated by Andrea Maurer
is an artist* and filmmaker* based in Vienna. He has served as the artistic director of the Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Film since 2014, where he was a student back in 2006. He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Dorit Margreiter Choy and at the Royal Danish Art Academy with Gerard Byrne. Exhibitions and screenings (selection): Salzburger Kunstverein, Kunstverein Braunschweig, 34a Bienal de São Paulo, 16e Biennale de Lyon, Innsbruck International, mumok Kino, Vienna, Vienna Secession, MAK Schindler Residency Program, Los Angeles, Museum of the Moving Image, New York, Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival. Fleischmann has been a board member of the Vienna Secession since 2023.
Credits
Sujets, composition Philipp Fleischmann Curator, display concept, seesaw bar Andrea Maurer Artistic spatial design Christoph Meier Technical realisation display Thomas Sandri Graphic design booklet Katarina Schildgen, Paul Gasser
At the opening, drinks will be served at the Seesaw Bar.