Ritornell. Nine Stories
22 Nov 2008 - 25 Jan 2009
RITORNELL. Nine Stories
Halil Altindere, Fernando Bryce, Patricia Esquivias, Deimantas Narkevicius, Olaf Nicolai, Ola Pehrson, Romana Scheffknecht, Erzen Shkololli, Amelie von Wulffen
The “Refrain” (ritournelle) signifies the return of a motif, the instrumental inter-, pre- or postlude in the concerto grosso. For Deleuze/Guattari [1] the “refrain“ indicates an in-between, the realm between chaos and order: “A child in the dark, gripped with fear, comforts himself by singing under his breath. [...] This song is a sort of first approach towards a stabilising and calming centre in the chaos.” With the help of the “Refrain” one succeeds to create a home that however allows for launching forth, and from which lines of flight can develop.
For this exhibition the “Refrain” shall work as a metaphor for nine art works where the return of a motif, the process of re-telling is playing an important role. The motifs derive from different discourses, they come from history and from the contemporary, from everyday life as well as from politics; they can be real or fictitious and are referring to modes of modern media as well as to traditional fables or narratives.
By artistic practices − specified through various media such as sculpture, drawing, video, photography and painting − a kind of movement is being initiated, a “Refrain”, transforming these motifs by poetic, sometimes ironic means and transferring them from history into the present day. Long forgotten or repressed stories, images and ideas become productive for a current experience.
[1] Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (1980), Continuum International Publishing Group, London 2004, p.342.
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Halil Altindere, Fernando Bryce, Patricia Esquivias, Deimantas Narkevicius, Olaf Nicolai, Ola Pehrson, Romana Scheffknecht, Erzen Shkololli, Amelie von Wulffen
The “Refrain” (ritournelle) signifies the return of a motif, the instrumental inter-, pre- or postlude in the concerto grosso. For Deleuze/Guattari [1] the “refrain“ indicates an in-between, the realm between chaos and order: “A child in the dark, gripped with fear, comforts himself by singing under his breath. [...] This song is a sort of first approach towards a stabilising and calming centre in the chaos.” With the help of the “Refrain” one succeeds to create a home that however allows for launching forth, and from which lines of flight can develop.
For this exhibition the “Refrain” shall work as a metaphor for nine art works where the return of a motif, the process of re-telling is playing an important role. The motifs derive from different discourses, they come from history and from the contemporary, from everyday life as well as from politics; they can be real or fictitious and are referring to modes of modern media as well as to traditional fables or narratives.
By artistic practices − specified through various media such as sculpture, drawing, video, photography and painting − a kind of movement is being initiated, a “Refrain”, transforming these motifs by poetic, sometimes ironic means and transferring them from history into the present day. Long forgotten or repressed stories, images and ideas become productive for a current experience.
[1] Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (1980), Continuum International Publishing Group, London 2004, p.342.
www.galerieimtaxispalais.at