Franziska Wildt
07 Aug - 06 Sep 2015
SEIZING THE IVORY TOWER #5
FRANZISKA WILDT
TO THE CIRCUS
7 August – 6 September 2015
The starting point for Franziska Wildt's installation TO THE CIRCUS is an unexpected visit to a Shanghai nightclub which presents contemporary art as one among many forms of entertainment in a multi-level building. Wallpaper printed with a documentary photograph of the nightclub's karaoke-bar becomes the backdrop for the artist's photographs and a video work, which address processes of reification. The video's sound comes for example from biopics about artists, in which their identities become products of the cultural industry.
FRANZISKA WILDT
TO THE CIRCUS
7 August – 6 September 2015
The starting point for Franziska Wildt's installation TO THE CIRCUS is an unexpected visit to a Shanghai nightclub which presents contemporary art as one among many forms of entertainment in a multi-level building. Wallpaper printed with a documentary photograph of the nightclub's karaoke-bar becomes the backdrop for the artist's photographs and a video work, which address processes of reification. The video's sound comes for example from biopics about artists, in which their identities become products of the cultural industry.