Freeze - Nils Stærk

From the press release:

The group exhibition FREEZE concerns the human schism between existential and cosmic time. The exhibition presents works in diverse media by eight artists. Through interaction between minimal sculptures, a poetic video about a tragic fate, an embalmed owl stuffed with gems, mnemonic collages, indexical sun-drawings, and photos that convey today's climate changes, the exhibition address the concept of time and the human way of relating to it.

Any attempt to define the concept invariably results in a fundamental philosophical paradox: a split between the objectivity of natural science that explains time on the basis of cosmological phenomena and the subjectivity of humanism that seeks to understand it by taking the human being as its point of departure. Thinking about time fuels an existential angst and forces us to question our nature, our persona and the very meaning of our lives. We realize that every tick of the clock brings us one step closer to the inevitable death, but simultaneously we are unable to grasp the seeming infinity of the universe.

By writing down our collective history and by passing on personal stories and anecdotes we orientate our timely existence, and the narrative function organizes language in a way that reflects a human perception of time. By leaving these traces on the world we preserve the memory of our existence and approach immortality. However, the apocalyptic predictions of today's climate debate threaten - in the extreme - to eliminate time and twist our perception of the concept by potentially making the otherwise personal death a collective matter.

Foto:Sofia Olsen & Nils Stærk

Jason Dodge (US), Runo Largomarsino (SE), João Onofre (PT), Miguel Calderón (MX), Tove Storch, Tom Burr (US), Tue Greenfort, Jorge Macchi (AR)

Freeze

02. juli - 21. august 2010

Nils Stærk

Ny Carlsberg Vej 68, 1760 København V

web site:www.nilsstaerk.dk

Tirsdag-fredag 12-17, lørdag 12-15

Freeze, 2010. Installation view.

João Onofre: Box sized die featuring Konkhra, 2007-2010. 183 x 183 x 183 cm. Iron, acoustic material, performance by Death Metal band with sculpture, ed. of 3.

Freeze, 2010. Installation view.


Tue Greenfort: Global 2000, 2010. 240 x 160 cm. Silkscreen print on canvas, ed. of 2.		Freeze, 2010. Installation view.

Jason Dodge: Amethist, Garnets and Rubies inside of an owl, 2008. Height app. 55 cm. Embalmed owl, amethysts, garnets and rubies, Owl.

Miguel Calderón: Green Matter, 153 x 153 cm.. Framed C-print, ed. of 5.

Jorge Macchi: The Matsuyama Ballad, 2010. 05:45 min. DVD, ed. of 6+1 AP.

Tue Greenfort: BP Greenwashed, 2006-2010. Three parts, each 29.5 x 44 cm., edition of 5+2 AP. Framed C-print.

Tom Burr: Untitled, 2007. Four parts, each: 47 x 60 cm. Collage on cardboard.

Runo Lagomarsino: Freez 2010. Installationsview.


Runo Largomarsino: Full Spectrum Dominance (We have to make damage on history), 2008. 67.5 x 52.5 cm. Newsprint paper.		Runo Largomarsino: Full Spectrum Dominance (Their eyes were blue), 2008. 67.5 x 52.5 cm. Newsprint paper.		Runo Largomarsino: Full Spectrum Dominance (We made many promises we will keep the ones we can), 2008. 67.5 x 52.5 cm. Newsprint paper.

Runo Largomarsino: Full Spectrum Dominance (One must be very careful with ones silence), 2008. 67.5 x 52.5 cm. Newsprint paper.

Tove Storch: Untitled, 2010. 222 x 138 x 154 cm. Stainless stell, silikone treated polyester.

Performance Box Sized Die featuring Konkhra, Juli 1st 2010.


Performance Box Sized Die featuring Konkhra, Juli 1st 2010.		Performance Box Sized Die featuring Konkhra, Juli 1st 2010.

Performance Box Sized Die featuring Konkhra, Juli 1st 2010.

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Freeze - Nils Stærk

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