Video Screening
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019, 7:30 pm
Program (starts at 8 pm sharp!)
Luzie Meyer, Too Often, 2018, audio, 2 min
Jennifer Mattes, Wreckage takes a holiday, 2018, video, 29 min
Luzie Meyer, Mouthpiece, 2019, audio, 8 min
Christoph Schwarz, CSL, 2018, video, 35 min
bb15 introduces the first episode of its new screening series
„Cinéma Maison“, which will feature two short films by Jennifer Mattes
and Christoph Schwarz, interspersed with sound pieces by Luzie Meyer.
Despite
the different nature of the works, the artists use techniques of
self-representation and doubling of the self. By placing their own
persona as a fictional character, they are creating an ambiguous
closeness with reality. The narrative voice-overs, made by the artists
themselves, stand on their own as a central part of the works
constructing non-linear sequences and multiple climaxes. Role playing is
cynically reflecting upon ones identity, as an author, as a construct
or as a doppelgänger. Trying to withdraw from the mundane existence and
its contradictions, the artists use their own voice to reflect upon
broader political issues.