KW Institute for Contemporary Art

Secret Surface

14 Feb - 01 May 2016

© Ying Miao
from the installation: APP-NOSIS, 2013-2014
video Installation, single channel video,6’ 09“, metal Meditation Pyramids, iPhone 6s models, grass, pillows, smart photo holders, courtesy the artist
SECRET SURFACE
Where meaning materializes
14 February – 1 May 2016

In his terror of chaos, (man) begins by putting up an umbrella between himself and the everlasting chaos. Then he paints the underside of his umbrella like a firmament. Then he parades around, lives, and dies under his umbrella. Bequeathed to his descendants, the umbrella becomes a dome, a vault, and men at last begin to feel that something is wrong.

D.H. Lawrence

Departing from the traditional coordinates of the occidental world-view, the exhibition SECRET SURFACE asks where – and more importantly, how – meaning may materialize.