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[July 25th 2002]
exhibition
Diether Buchart. without titel, 2002.
Terror-ISM
Galleri Christian Dam
Bredgade 23
1260 Copenhagen k
Tel. +45 33 15 78 78
info@gcd.dk
www.christiandam.com
Mo-Fr 12-17, Sa 12-15, Su closed
exhibition: June 20th - July 20th 2002
Press
release
The six very different artists Jes Brinch,
Khaled Ramadan, Marco Evaritti, Diether Buchart
and Simone Aaberg Kærn have created a spectacular venue
with the exhibition Terror-isme, interesting on both a visual level
as well as on the level of content. Artist Melou Vangaard visited
the exhibition at Gallery Christian Dam. Photo and text: Melou
Vangaard.
A view of the exhibition
The windows of the gallery are painted black and written across
them in bright orange paint are the words: "War against terrorism"
and "Kill the poor". Inside, behind the door is the work
of Jes Brinch and Khaled Ramadan, including an ear-shattering sound
collage where America's president Bush speaks of waging a war against
terrorism and the need for rearmament. The tone is enervating and
increases in strength as it is mixed with the sound of Arabic verse.
Khaled Ramadan - Toys, bread and glass containers are no
longer innocent things, but here take part in the work of art as
the material that hides bullet cartridges and weapons.
Jes Brinch has thrown paint bombs of black paint at the
walls, and written slogans in English next to their Arabic translations:
"Kill power, kill tradition, kill authority, kill money, kill
status, kill hierarchy, kill society, kill ego".
Marco Evaristti has stacked chemicals from every day life
into shelves - explosive when mixed.
Ian Charlesworth's small polished images reveal names of
Irish revolutionary organization burned into wood.
Dieter Buchart has created a space for dilemma. A small
cell box is placed in the middle of the room. One can enter the
box through a thick cloth. It is warm in there, and a naked bulb
provides lighting. In the middle stand a pot with a single stinging
nettle growing in it, and next to it hangs a pair of scissors.
Simone Aaberg Kærn asks: "What are you going
to do?". Sounds of muffled singing emanate from Simone Aaberg
Kærn´s video. I recognise the Danish national anthem
and the German hymn: "Horst wessel song", which was forbidden
after World War 2 and still is. In the video you see images recorded
by a film camera attached to a model helicopter passing through
the latent dormancy of a Danish suburb mixed with short film clips
from the War.
Ian Charlesworth Without
Title 2002. Images attached to wall painting.
Khaled Ramadan Without
Title 2002. Installation: Pillow with holes in corners, cartridge
belt.
Khaled Ramadan Without
Title 2002. Installation: Oriental bread with weapons of terror
inside, a lamp and an old fashioned record player on rug.
Khaled Ramadan Detail
Khaled Ramadan Detail
Khaled Ramadan Without
Title 2002. Installation: Burgers, bullet cartridges, cola bottles,
water pistol with tubes attached to glass jars containing white
powder.
Khaled Ramadan Detail
Khaled Ramadan Detail
Jes Brinch Without
Title 2002. Installation: Pot with heart formed plant, robe
and flag. Wall painting in the background.
(left) Jes Brinch Without Title 2002.
Installation: American flag on painted wooden board.
(right) Jes Brinch Without Title 2002. Installation:
Plastic case, iron, bullet cartridges, wire of string. Wall painting
in the back ground.
(left) Jes Brinch Without Title 2002.
Installation: White silicone shirt with inlayed metal, on the floor.
Wall painting in the background.
(right) Jes Brinch Without Title 2002. Installation:
Football boots with bullet cartridges attached to the soles, on
the floor. Wall painting in the background.
(left) Marco Evaristti Without Title
2002. Installation: Shelves with chemicals.
(right) Marco Evaristti Without Title 2002. Close
up of bottle with hydrochloric acid next to bottle containing a
clear substance.
Diether Buchart Without Title 2002.
Installation: Box with curtain. Lamp, pot, stinging nettle and scissors
inside.
Simone Aaberg Kærn. Pressurised
2002. 1'30+1'30 DVD, single video projection with sound, 5th version.
3 still images from the video installation, where a woman hums "horst
wessel song" and the Danish national anthem while film clips
from World War 2 and recordings taken from the air of a classic
dormant Danish suburb are shown.
Unison project: Without Title 2002. Wall painting with English
slogans with translations in Arabic written on the wall.
Translated by Sophie Pucill
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