Roman Signer
KANALGERÄUSCHE +
December 14-28, 2013
Opening Reception:
Finissage:
KANALGERÄUSCHE +
December 14-28, 2013
Opening Reception:
Saturday, December 14, 6-9pm
(The artist is present)
(The artist is present)
Finissage:
Saturday, December 28, 6pm
Screening of 'Signers Koffer' (Signer's Suitcase) by Peter Liechti
(80 minutes, Swiss German with English Subtitles)
Presentation of the LP-Edition 'Kanalgeräusche' and selected videos of actions 1994-2012.
Roman Signer (b. 1938) is principally a visual artist who works in sculpture, installations photography, and video. His work has grown out of, and has affinities with both land art and performance art, but they are not typically representative of either category. It is often being described as following the tradition of the Swiss engineer-artist, such as Jean Tinguely and Peter Fischli & David Weiss.
Signer’s "action sculptures" involve setting up, carrying out, and recording "experiments" or events that bear aesthetic results. Day-to-day objects such as umbrellas, tables, boots, containers, hats and bicycles are part of Signer’s working vocabulary. Following carefully planned and strictly executed and documented procedures, the artist enacts and records such acts as explosions, collisions, and the projection of objects through space.
Videos on display:
Schwarzes Tuch (1994, 1'22)
Bilbao (1995, 0'27)
Roter Ball (1996, 0'57)
Helikopter auf Brett (1998, 1'11)
Fass mit Kamera (1999, 1'45)
Gleichzeitig (1999, 1'03)
Kabine mit Rauch (2000, 2'07)
Frosch (2001, 2'06)
Stuhl (2002, 5'27)
Zwei Eimer (2003, 1'17)
Heufieber (2006, 2'27)
Punkt (2006, 1'36)
Old Shatterhand (2007, 1'17)
56 kleine Helikopter (2008, 3'10)
2 Schirme (2009, 1'37)
Alphorn (2009, 0'45)
Hemd (2009, 1'02)
Sonnenfleck (2009, 2'07)
Unfall als Skulptur (2008, 0'50)
Engpass (2011, 1'10)
Kugel mit blauer Farbe (2012, 1'41 + 1'25)
