Ulrike Ottinger
22 Feb - 20 May 2013
Ulrike Ottinger, The Mongolian princess Xu Re Huar with her riders
Context: Johanna d'Arc of Mongolia, arbor Gol (Inner Mongolia), 1988
© Ulrike Ottinger
Context: Johanna d'Arc of Mongolia, arbor Gol (Inner Mongolia), 1988
© Ulrike Ottinger
Ulrike Ottinger, Charreada, 2004
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Black / white photograph
Photo: Ulrike Ottinger
© Ulrike Ottinger
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Black / white photograph
Photo: Ulrike Ottinger
© Ulrike Ottinger
ULRIKE OTTINGER
Weltbilder
22 February – 20 May 2013
The kestnergesellschaft is delighted to be starting the year 2013 with the exhibition »Weltbilder« by the artist and film-maker Ulrike Ottinger. The various aspects of her œuvre – film, opera and theatre directing, stage design, photography and ritual objects inspired by her travels – all flow into a large-scale installation extending through several spaces. In addition, the Kino im Künstlerhaus Hannover is showing a retrospective of Ottinger’s films from the 1970s to today.
The artwork and films of Ulrike Ottinger straddle ethnographic observation, cultural encounter and mythological narration. In this unique installation at the kestnergesellschaft the artist combines what otherwise remains unconnected, and in doing so she both blurs and highlights the distinctions between cultures. School wall charts covered with postcards and embroidery are the starting point for the installation, which meanders between reality and fiction, bringing alive different worlds through photographs from Mongolia, Eastern Europe and Mexico.
Thematically linked objects, wall pieces and processed photographs are woven into a dense network of images and stories. The staging is supplemented by the presentation of an excerpt from Ottinger’s »Taiga« (1992) – a film which describes her journey to the yak and reindeer nomads of Northern Mongolia and tells the histories of these two peoples – and the expansive slide installation »Bildarchive«. The exhibition offers a fascinating encounter with Ottinger’s now sensitive, now strident, open and personal view of the world, history and culture.
Ulrike Ottinger (*1942 in Constance, lives in Berlin) belongs to those pioneers of art cinema who recognised the possibilities of film as a continuation of their work early on. Her output goes far beyond that of a film-maker, however: she is an artist, photographer, author and director. She has been making film history since the 1970s, and her works have been shown at the most important international festivals and have won numerous prizes. Her artistic work caused a sensation at the Biennale di Venezia (1980), documenta 11 (2002) and the 3rd Berlin Biennale (2004).
Weltbilder
22 February – 20 May 2013
The kestnergesellschaft is delighted to be starting the year 2013 with the exhibition »Weltbilder« by the artist and film-maker Ulrike Ottinger. The various aspects of her œuvre – film, opera and theatre directing, stage design, photography and ritual objects inspired by her travels – all flow into a large-scale installation extending through several spaces. In addition, the Kino im Künstlerhaus Hannover is showing a retrospective of Ottinger’s films from the 1970s to today.
The artwork and films of Ulrike Ottinger straddle ethnographic observation, cultural encounter and mythological narration. In this unique installation at the kestnergesellschaft the artist combines what otherwise remains unconnected, and in doing so she both blurs and highlights the distinctions between cultures. School wall charts covered with postcards and embroidery are the starting point for the installation, which meanders between reality and fiction, bringing alive different worlds through photographs from Mongolia, Eastern Europe and Mexico.
Thematically linked objects, wall pieces and processed photographs are woven into a dense network of images and stories. The staging is supplemented by the presentation of an excerpt from Ottinger’s »Taiga« (1992) – a film which describes her journey to the yak and reindeer nomads of Northern Mongolia and tells the histories of these two peoples – and the expansive slide installation »Bildarchive«. The exhibition offers a fascinating encounter with Ottinger’s now sensitive, now strident, open and personal view of the world, history and culture.
Ulrike Ottinger (*1942 in Constance, lives in Berlin) belongs to those pioneers of art cinema who recognised the possibilities of film as a continuation of their work early on. Her output goes far beyond that of a film-maker, however: she is an artist, photographer, author and director. She has been making film history since the 1970s, and her works have been shown at the most important international festivals and have won numerous prizes. Her artistic work caused a sensation at the Biennale di Venezia (1980), documenta 11 (2002) and the 3rd Berlin Biennale (2004).