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Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS: Susan Philipsz - The Two Sisters - 28 Nov 2009 to 9 Jan 2010 Current Exhibition |
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Susan Philipsz The Two Sisters Opening Saturday 28 November 17-19 h Exhibition 28 Nov - 9 Jan (between Christmas and Newyears day closed) Gallery hours: Tu - Fri. 11 - 18 h / Sat 13 - 18 h / 1st sun of the month 14 - 17 h The Two Sisters is specially made for Ellen de Bruijne Projects, and consist of a two channel sound installation with voice and a part with surround sound with violins in two rooms. The story of The Two Sisters, touches on themes of repetition, loss and memory. The ballad The Wind and the Rain has been around for hundreds of years and it is still sung today. It has its origins in Scotland and Ireland and was published as The Twa Sisters in Jamieson's Popular Ballads in 1656. The song has many versions but its essence remains the same. The story is one of sororicide, where one sister drowns the other in a jealous rage. The river carries her drowned body until a fiddler comes across her remains. Her bones and hair are fashioned into a fiddle but the fiddle can only play one song, The Wind and the Rain. In some extended versions of the song the fiddle incriminates the first sister; accusing her by reperforming the ballad. The Two Sisters sound installation will play two versions of the song from two separate speakers simultaneously. While one version is sung in the third person the second version is sung in the first person, as if taking on the figure of the drowned sister. The two voices overlap doubling the song in the space. The second and fourth lines of each verse are identical so while the different versions merge and get lost in each other they come back together at the refrain. The song is accompanied by a violin piece as a surround installation. The notes of the violin are taken from the song, and function as an ongoing echo. After the songs are finished there is a short silence and the work begins again. Susan Philipsz Was born in Glasgow 1965, studied Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee and completed her MA in Fine Art in Belfast. She now lives and works in Berlin. She was awarded the PS1 International studio programme in New York (2000), the Kunst-Werke residency in Berlin (2002) and the International Artist Programme at Art Pace, San Antonio (2003). She participated in Manifesta 3, Ljubljana (2000), The Turin Triennale (2005), Berlin Biennale (2005), Skulptur Projekte M�nster (2007), Carnegie International and Sydney Biennial (2008), and this year (2009) she had shows at The Walker, the Hirschhorn Museum and MMA Oxford, which is still running. Susan Philipsz is represented - next to edbprojects - by Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin and Tanya Bonakdar New York. Next year she is preparing a project for the Guggenheim New York, and Glasgow International 2010 o/a. Gallery news: Jannie Regnerus: Fries Museum Leeuwarden presents a solo exhibition of Jannie Regnerus�s work, from 12 November / 13 December. Read more on the website of Fries Museum. Ksenia Galiaeva: The recent publication of the book Dacha will be presented on several occasions: 20 November - 'Individual co-ordinates' at Artists' Books Johan Deumens in Haarlem, a group exhibition and book presentation. More information about time and place at artistbooks.com 21 November - at Lokaal01 in Antwerpen, Provinciestraat 287, with photos and videos 10 December - 17:30 - Smart Project Space in Amsterdam, Arie Biemondstraat 111, Toon Teeken is going to read a text he wrote especially for the occasion. The book Dacha is available at the gallery. If you are interested, contact [email protected] Art Fair: Art Basel Miami Beach / 3-6 December 2009With Lara Almarcegui, Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz, and Falke Pisano, Art Positions / booth E17 |
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