NOWs: Passpunkt

18 May - 29 June 2019 / Nows

Passpunkt

Solo exhibition by Sophia Pompéry

Galerie WAGNER + PARTNER
Koppenplatz 5-6
10115 Berlin

Opening: 17 May, 7 pm

WAGNER + PARTNER is pleased to present Passpunkt (Control Point), the third solo exhibition by the Berlin artist Sophia Pompéry. Following on from previous projects, Pompéry continues her exploration of aesthetics at the intersection of art, physics and philosophy and with astonishing results.

Pompéry began this project during a residency in the Swiss mountains where she was inspired by the landscape. What sets a photograph of a mountain panorama apart from that of a valley? Are there objective “truths” for the answer or appraisal? Ultimately, we instinctively trust a camera’s objectivity.

The exhibition’s title alludes to the “control points” used in the surveying sector to clearly define an exact location – thus determining its meaning in an overriding sense. In the WAGNER + PARTNER exhibition, Sophia Pompéry explores this concept to absurdity and creates states of suspense through minimal artistic intervention. A photo of a mountain is also that of a valley, a negative becomes a positive, a yes becomes a no …

Sophia Pompéry (*1984 in Berlin) lives and works in Berlin. She graduated from the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee with a Masters degree and then participated in the UdK (Berlin University of the Arts) Institute for Spatial Experiments with Olafur Eliasson. Numerous prizes, residencies and international exhibitions testify to her artistic achievements.

NOWs: The Data of the Heart by Sarah Rechberger

31 May - 01 June 2019 / Nows ⟶

The Data of the HeartInstallation by Sarah Rechberger Volkstheater, Weißer Salon Neustiftgasse 1 1070 Vienna The installation The Data of Heart makes the movements of audience members heart visible. Heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) is transmitted externally to the artwork by a sensor, facilitating a new form of communication and interaction. This direct experience turns the physical body into a place where light, information, movement and space intersect. In the digital age, the transmission of light, or electricity and information plays a key role. This transmission is not linear: similar to our heartbeats, it takes a pulsing, wave-like form (alternating current, binary code). In the installation, a straight beam of light is bent into a curve on all sides. The heart is not only an efficient mechanical pump. It is a location of empathy, emotional connection and direct communication. This living impulse connects us all – regardless of ethnic origin, gender, age or religion – including other forms of life such as animals. Even the planet earth has a heartbeat. Its magnetic field constantly pulsates to its own rhythm. 31 May 2019, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm 01 June 2019, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm Free admission The Data of the HeartInstallation von Sarah Rechberger Volkstheater, Weißer Salon Neustiftgasse 1 1070 Wien Die Installation The Data of the Heart macht die Bewegungen der Herzen der Besucher/innen sichtbar. Die Herzfrequenz in bpm (beats per minute) wird durch einen Sensor nach außen auf das Kunstwerk übertragen und ermöglicht eine andere Form von Kommunikation und Interaktion. Diese unmittelbare Erfahrung macht den menschlichen Körper zu einer Schnittstelle zwischen Licht, Information, Bewegung und Raum. Im digitalen Zeitalter spielt die Übertragung von Licht bzw. Strom und Information eine wichtige Rolle. Die Übertragung findet nicht linear, sondern ähnlich unserem Herzen, in einer pulsierenden und wellenartigen Form statt (Wechselstrom, 0/1 Binärcode). In der Installation wird die gerade Lichtlinie auf jeder Seite zu einer Kurve gekrümmt. Das Herz ist nicht nur eine effiziente mechanische Pumpe, sondern ein Ort der Empathie, der emotionalen Verbindung und der direkten Kommunikation. Dieser Lebensimpuls verbindet uns alle − unabhängig von ethnischer Herkunft, Geschlecht, Alter oder Religion – auch mit anderen Lebewesen wie den Tieren. Selbst die Erde hat einen „Herzschlag“. Ihr Magnetfeld pulsiert konstant im eigenen Rhythmus. 31. Mai 2019, 13h, 14h, 15h 01. Juni 2019, 13h, 14h, 15h Freier Eintritt

NOWs: Tool Shed with Eric Ellingsen

17 May - 18 August 2019 / Nows ⟶

Sketch of Tool Shed. Courtesy the artist. Tool ShedWalkshop series with Eric Ellingsen Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis 3750 Washington Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63108 Register here for the next walkshop on July 19th During the summer of 2019, non-disciplinary artist Eric Ellingsen guides “walkshops” throughout the city. If, as urbanist and author Jane Jacobs asserts, we need eyes on the streets then we need ears on the streets, too. Participants in the first phase of the project—including members of the Samaritan United Methodist Church, Third Baptist Church, and other CAM neighbors—construct and wear hearing devices based on early 20th-century technologies to engage protocols of listening. Ellingsen and CAM staff guide walkshops to observe and collect sounds from the surrounding neighborhood, with musicians, poets, field scientists, and landscape architects. These field recordings are gathered, archived, and mixed into sound installations, creating aural portraits. Visitors can experience soundscapes of St. Louis neighborhoods in an acoustically designed tool shed in CAM’s courtyard throughout the summer. Eric Ellingsen: Tool Shed is organized for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis by Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Chief Curator; Alex Almestad, Director of Learning and Engagement; and Misa Jeffereis, Assistant Curator. The project is generously supported by the Divided City, an urban humanities initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a joint project of the Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School, College of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. Special thanks to project partners John Baugh, Neo Muyanga, and Casey O’Callaghan, and to KDHX. First Walkshop. Photo by Virginia Harold First Walkshop. Photo by Virginia Harold Sketch of Tool Shed. Courtesy the artist. Tool ShedWalkshop series with Eric Ellingsen Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis 3750 Washington Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63108 Register here for the next walkshop on July 19th During the summer of 2019, non-disciplinary artist Eric Ellingsen guides “walkshops” throughout the city. If, as urbanist and author Jane Jacobs asserts, we need eyes on the streets then we need ears on the streets, too. Participants in the first phase of the project—including members of the Samaritan United Methodist Church, Third Baptist Church, and other CAM neighbors—construct and wear hearing devices based on early 20th-century technologies to engage protocols of listening. Ellingsen and CAM staff guide walkshops to observe and collect sounds from the surrounding neighborhood, with musicians, poets, field scientists, and landscape architects. These field recordings are gathered, archived, and mixed into sound installations, creating aural portraits. Visitors can experience soundscapes of St. Louis neighborhoods in an acoustically designed tool shed in CAM’s courtyard throughout the summer. Eric Ellingsen: Tool Shed is organized for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis by Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Chief Curator; Alex Almestad, Director of Learning and Engagement; and Misa Jeffereis, Assistant Curator. The project is generously supported by the Divided City, an urban humanities initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a joint project of the Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School, College of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. Special thanks to project partners John Baugh, Neo Muyanga, and Casey O’Callaghan, and to KDHX. First Walkshop. Photo by Virginia Harold First Walkshop. Photo by Virginia Harold

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