Ferdinand Kriwet
17 May - 14 Jun 2008
© Ferdinand Kriwet
Trans-Script, 2005-2007; 20 book objects, each xerox copy on paper, transparent paper, foil inserted in 20 caskets, wooden container with glass pane, 4 DVD Caskets each: 45.4 x 32 x 5.5cm. Wooden container: 79.7 x 109.5 x 71.1cm
Trans-Script, 2005-2007; 20 book objects, each xerox copy on paper, transparent paper, foil inserted in 20 caskets, wooden container with glass pane, 4 DVD Caskets each: 45.4 x 32 x 5.5cm. Wooden container: 79.7 x 109.5 x 71.1cm
FERDINAND KRIWET
May 17–June 14, 2008
From Saturday 17th May to Saturday 14th June 2008, The Modern Institute presents a solo exhibition of works by Ferdinand Kriwet. This is the artist's first solo exhibition at The Modern Institute.
Ferdinand Kriwet (born in Düsseldorf in 1942) is a multimedia artist and poet who has produced many seminal films and sound works for radio and television, in particular throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His works 'Apollovision' 1969-2005 and 'Campaign' 1972/73-2005, exhibited in collaboration with BQ Gallery Cologne, rank today as outstanding artistic documents of these spectacular events in the history of humankind. Kriwet created the work 'Apollovision' whilst in America at the time of the moon launch, his aim being to compose a work of perception derived from all information he gathered on radio, television and newspaper about the Apollo 11 launch. He describes these films as "Bild-Ton-Collage" - sound-picture-collages -, and in parallel Kriwet developed Concrete Poetry, radio pieces composed of noise and sound bite samples and publications. Kriwet's works are an attempt at communicating an idea of listening to something that constantly surrounds us on short, medium and long wave frequencies. His politically engaged and avantgarde approach was influenced by aesthetic and conceptual currents in Constructivism, New Music, Beat Generation and Pop.
Ferdinand Kriwet was born in Düsseldorf in 1942. Solo exhibitions include: BQ, Köln, 2008; Marianne Boesky, New York, 2008; BQ, Köln, 2004; Galerie Schoeller, Düsseldorf, 1977; Wüttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 1975; Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss, 1973; Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam, 1970; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, 1969. Group exhibitions include: 5 Berlin Biennale, Berlin, 2008; Radiokunst, Museum Ludwig, Köln, 2007; Radical Software, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, 2006; Summer of Love, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2005; Zeitgenössische Deutsche Kunst, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1972; Klanktexte – konkrete poezie – visuele teksten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1971; Mostra di Poesia Concreta, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 1969; 9th Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, 1967; Between Poetry and Painting, ICA, London, 1965; Lettering by Modern Artists, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1962.
May 17–June 14, 2008
From Saturday 17th May to Saturday 14th June 2008, The Modern Institute presents a solo exhibition of works by Ferdinand Kriwet. This is the artist's first solo exhibition at The Modern Institute.
Ferdinand Kriwet (born in Düsseldorf in 1942) is a multimedia artist and poet who has produced many seminal films and sound works for radio and television, in particular throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His works 'Apollovision' 1969-2005 and 'Campaign' 1972/73-2005, exhibited in collaboration with BQ Gallery Cologne, rank today as outstanding artistic documents of these spectacular events in the history of humankind. Kriwet created the work 'Apollovision' whilst in America at the time of the moon launch, his aim being to compose a work of perception derived from all information he gathered on radio, television and newspaper about the Apollo 11 launch. He describes these films as "Bild-Ton-Collage" - sound-picture-collages -, and in parallel Kriwet developed Concrete Poetry, radio pieces composed of noise and sound bite samples and publications. Kriwet's works are an attempt at communicating an idea of listening to something that constantly surrounds us on short, medium and long wave frequencies. His politically engaged and avantgarde approach was influenced by aesthetic and conceptual currents in Constructivism, New Music, Beat Generation and Pop.
Ferdinand Kriwet was born in Düsseldorf in 1942. Solo exhibitions include: BQ, Köln, 2008; Marianne Boesky, New York, 2008; BQ, Köln, 2004; Galerie Schoeller, Düsseldorf, 1977; Wüttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 1975; Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss, 1973; Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam, 1970; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, 1969. Group exhibitions include: 5 Berlin Biennale, Berlin, 2008; Radiokunst, Museum Ludwig, Köln, 2007; Radical Software, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, 2006; Summer of Love, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2005; Zeitgenössische Deutsche Kunst, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1972; Klanktexte – konkrete poezie – visuele teksten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1971; Mostra di Poesia Concreta, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 1969; 9th Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, 1967; Between Poetry and Painting, ICA, London, 1965; Lettering by Modern Artists, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1962.