Marcelline Delbecq
24 Oct - 25 Nov 2009
Rapture
2007. Light box (30,5 x 63,5 cm), sound piece (4’13’’), voice : Kim Gordon.
Installation view “Shadows”, Marcelline Delbecq solo exhibition, Chert, Berlin, 2009.
2007. Light box (30,5 x 63,5 cm), sound piece (4’13’’), voice : Kim Gordon.
Installation view “Shadows”, Marcelline Delbecq solo exhibition, Chert, Berlin, 2009.
Opening Reception: October 24, 2009.
October 24 – November 25, 2009
Chert is proud to present “Shadows”, the second show in Berlin of Marcelline Delbecq (b. 1977, lives and works in Paris).
The exhibition is comprised of two separate installations, each addressing the notion of ‘Shadow’ in their own way.
From Plato’s cave to darkrooms and movie theatres, the projection of light is always the very condition that makes a shadow appear. In movies, landscapes and characters (fictional as well as real) or even hidden meanings can all be considered shadows. Literary characters are shadows as well - only words can bring them to light. A shadow is a shape that breathes yet can’t be caught. Like an image in the process of being revealed by drops of developer in a tank, it is there, yet it is not, a breath or a ghost.
On the ground floor of the gallery, ‘Nowhere (Mississippi)’ 2009, presents a series of four images and one text, each printed seperately on a large sheet of blank paper, evoking the presence/absence of an American writer turned into a ghostly character. The stillness of the images plays counterpoint to the movement and sound described in the text. These five prints together are traces of a vanished individual whose imprint on cinema and literature is definite.
The upper floor of the gallery has been turned into an intimate projection room where a still image in a horizontal light-box shows a desolate yet colorful scenery by the sea. Invited to sit on a bench, the viewer can listen to the voice of Sonic Youth singer Kim Gordon narrating the story imagined behind the image. Written as a ritornello for her extraordinarily melodious voice, ‘Rapture’ (2007) is an unsettling tale whose echo is likely to resonate long after the end of the show.
While preparing the exhibition, it also felt crucial for the artist to put together a selection of films to accompany and activate the stillness of the presented works. If mainstream films are easy to rent, artist films are not – their viewings are like precious stones that you feel lucky to discover every time they appear. Five films were therefore selected for the specific way in which each one addresses a different aspect of the exhibition’s purpose:
Thomas Bauer’s ‘Capitaine, par exemple’, 2008
Olivier Dollinger’s ‘The Missing Viewer’, 2009
Ellie Ga’s ‘Ten till two (10:10)’, 2008
Alice Guareschi’s ‘Untitled (fall)’, 2005
Marie Voignier’s ‘Western DDR’, 2005
Liv Schulman’s ‘El Dorado’, 2009
Their presence in the Chino is meant both as an echo and as a shadow presence of the works hung in the gallery.
The screening will take place in the following dates:
Sunday, October 25th - 8.00 pm
Thursday, October 29th - 8.00 pm
Friday, November 13th - 8.00 pm
Wednesday, November 18th - 8.00 pm
Chino
Skalitzerstrasse 68, Berlin
Ellie Ga is an American artist born in 1974. She lives and works in New York.
Alice Guareschi is an Italian artist born in 1976. She lives and work in Milano.
Olivier Dollinger is a French artist born in 1967. He Lives and works in Paris.
Liv Schulman is a French-Argentinian artist born in 1985. She lives and works in Paris.
Marie Voignier is a French artist and film-maker born in 1974. She lives and works in Paris.
Thomas Bauer is a French artist and film-maker born in 1968. He lives and works in Paris.
October 24 – November 25, 2009
Chert is proud to present “Shadows”, the second show in Berlin of Marcelline Delbecq (b. 1977, lives and works in Paris).
The exhibition is comprised of two separate installations, each addressing the notion of ‘Shadow’ in their own way.
From Plato’s cave to darkrooms and movie theatres, the projection of light is always the very condition that makes a shadow appear. In movies, landscapes and characters (fictional as well as real) or even hidden meanings can all be considered shadows. Literary characters are shadows as well - only words can bring them to light. A shadow is a shape that breathes yet can’t be caught. Like an image in the process of being revealed by drops of developer in a tank, it is there, yet it is not, a breath or a ghost.
On the ground floor of the gallery, ‘Nowhere (Mississippi)’ 2009, presents a series of four images and one text, each printed seperately on a large sheet of blank paper, evoking the presence/absence of an American writer turned into a ghostly character. The stillness of the images plays counterpoint to the movement and sound described in the text. These five prints together are traces of a vanished individual whose imprint on cinema and literature is definite.
The upper floor of the gallery has been turned into an intimate projection room where a still image in a horizontal light-box shows a desolate yet colorful scenery by the sea. Invited to sit on a bench, the viewer can listen to the voice of Sonic Youth singer Kim Gordon narrating the story imagined behind the image. Written as a ritornello for her extraordinarily melodious voice, ‘Rapture’ (2007) is an unsettling tale whose echo is likely to resonate long after the end of the show.
While preparing the exhibition, it also felt crucial for the artist to put together a selection of films to accompany and activate the stillness of the presented works. If mainstream films are easy to rent, artist films are not – their viewings are like precious stones that you feel lucky to discover every time they appear. Five films were therefore selected for the specific way in which each one addresses a different aspect of the exhibition’s purpose:
Thomas Bauer’s ‘Capitaine, par exemple’, 2008
Olivier Dollinger’s ‘The Missing Viewer’, 2009
Ellie Ga’s ‘Ten till two (10:10)’, 2008
Alice Guareschi’s ‘Untitled (fall)’, 2005
Marie Voignier’s ‘Western DDR’, 2005
Liv Schulman’s ‘El Dorado’, 2009
Their presence in the Chino is meant both as an echo and as a shadow presence of the works hung in the gallery.
The screening will take place in the following dates:
Sunday, October 25th - 8.00 pm
Thursday, October 29th - 8.00 pm
Friday, November 13th - 8.00 pm
Wednesday, November 18th - 8.00 pm
Chino
Skalitzerstrasse 68, Berlin
Ellie Ga is an American artist born in 1974. She lives and works in New York.
Alice Guareschi is an Italian artist born in 1976. She lives and work in Milano.
Olivier Dollinger is a French artist born in 1967. He Lives and works in Paris.
Liv Schulman is a French-Argentinian artist born in 1985. She lives and works in Paris.
Marie Voignier is a French artist and film-maker born in 1974. She lives and works in Paris.
Thomas Bauer is a French artist and film-maker born in 1968. He lives and works in Paris.