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COSAR HMT: GERT ROBIJNS : SLALOM - 7 Sept 2007 to 12 Oct 2007 Current Exhibition |
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Image: Gert Robijns, 'Slalom', 16 mm projection, DVD-projection, vertical blind, fan, soundtrack.
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GERT ROBIJNS 'SLALOM' 7.9.-12.10.2007 Opening Friday 7.9.2007, 19-22h The Belgian artist Gert Robijns, in many of his video works, is interested in the supposed ephemeral moments in life. It is specifically in these that he seeks out the uniqueness of a moment, which with its quite particular atmosphere lodges itself deeply in our awareness and sticks in our memory. One such moment is the theme of Gert Robijns video installation �Slalom�, which shows two motorbike learners, relentlessly driving their practice rounds in a car park. The uniform movements draw the viewer into a hypnotic undercurrent that is underlined by the way the film is presented. The film is projected onto the back of a vertical blind that hangs across the complete length of the gallery space dividing it into strips. Parallel to the motion of the motorcyclists in the film, the curtain is moved slightly every now and again by wind from a fan. The soft rustling of the curtain, the exercises of the drivers on the hot asphalt and the accompanying film soundtrack build up a strange, melancholic daydream notion of a summer�s day. This does not mean Gert Robijns work drifts off into anything kitsch; it rather more reveals the conditions in this �projection� and virtually challenges the viewer to stride through the curtain to grasp the artwork in it�s double role as form and fiction. Currently also on show the video work �Close 2� by Gert Robijns, in the group exhibition ��Filaturen�, curated by Bettina Klein, at the Sies+H�ke gallery in D�sseldorf |
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