[23. juni 2010]

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Jens Axel Beck & Heidi Hove: 2-1/4-n/2 x 21/4-n/2, 2010. Installation view.

2-1/4-n/2 x 21/4-n/2 - Art Laboratory Berlin

From the press release:

2-1/4-n/2 x 21/4-n/2 is the first collaborative exhibition between Heidi Hove and Jens Axel Beck.

The exhibition is the first project in the series, Artists in Dialog, which will take the form of a discursive examination between two artists, whose work has a common point of contact (e.g. in aesthetics, theme or process). The exhibition will be based around each artist interacting with the other's artistic position. It is our intention that their artworks come together not through a series of traditional curatorial (and hierarchical) decisions, but that the artists, working together, find a specific form of display for their own and each other's works.

Thus, this form of exhibition as dialog will present an additional phenomenon: both artists will take part intensively in the curatorial aspect of the project, breaking down traditional barriers between artistic and curatorial production.

The exhibition title 2-1/4-n/2 x 21/4-n/2 is the formula for calculating the dimensions of the paper sizes in the ISO A series. Within the A series you will find the standard paper size ISO A4, which are widely used in offices all over the world today. At Art Laboratory Berlin the A4 will be the basic element for building up the exhibition.

Both Heidi Hove and Jens Axel Beck are interdisciplinary artists, whose practice includes sculptural objects and installations as well as architectural, spatial and social interventions. A point of convergence in their work is a focus on daily life and the public and private spaces that we daily travel through. Their work examines how we navigate and organise ourselves in the world. Through simple and diverse manipulations, the daily and the recognisable are brought out of their regular condition. Thus common and ordinary objects are manipulated, copied and placed in new connections for the purpose of changing the meaning or perception of how we look and deal with these in our daily lives. In addition, humour plays an important role in their work, and it is often used to start a dialogue with the viewer.

Foto:Heidi Hove & Jens Axel Beck

Jens Axel Beck, Heidi Hove

2-1/4-n/2 x 21/4-n/2

29. maj - 27. juni 2010

Art Laboratory Berlin

Prinzenallee 34, 13359 Berlin

web site:www.artlaboratory-berlin.org

Fr - So, 14-18 Uhr, u.n.V.