Helen Mirra
gehend (Field Recordings 13)
Opening:
Saturday, November 26, 2011, 5 10 pm
November 27, 2011 January 29, 2012
In the realm of artistic positions that deal with principles of nature and classification, Helen Mirras works hold a particular position. Rather than idealizing nature, they hover between processes of scientific experimentation on the one hand and calligraphic meditation on the othera combination that produces a great sense of both melancholy and measure. Helen Mirra made her new groups of workprints and rubbingsduring hikes in and around Bonn, Berlin and Zurich. Due to their poetic minimalism these works open up a range of associations that animate the small things in nature and mobilize our ethical conscience towards the environment and its diversity.
Curated by Gabriele Horn
With the generous support by Kunststiftung NRW.
Opening Hours: Tue Sun 12 7 pm, Thur 12 9 pm
The exhibition will be closed on December 24 and 31, 2011.
Admission: 6 Euro, concessions 4 Euro
Supplementary events
November 26 + 27, 2011:
Helen Mirra / Ernst Karel: Swiss Mountain Transport Systems: multi-channel version
In the summer and autumn of 2008 the musician Ernst Karel visited Mirra while she was in residence in Switzerland, and accompanied her on walks in the mountains. Karel made a series of stereo audio recordings of the transport systems they took to arrive at trailheads. Karels solo audio CD titled Swiss Mountain Transport System was released on the label Grünrekorder. In 2009 Mirra and Karel performed at Taka Ishii Gallery in Kyoto, Japan, with Karels recordings and Mirra on percussion. This inspired a collaborative 68 minute eight channel version of the project.
During the opening weekend of the exhibition, this work will be playing on the top floor of KW.
November 27, 2011, 5 pm:
Helen Mirra / Ernst Karel: Location Recordings
Presentation of Mirras silent 16mm films and Karels stereo audio works, followed by a public discussion
Location Recordings is a cooperation of KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Certain Sundays that takes place in collaboration with the Berliner Künstlerprogramm/DAAD.
The cultural programs of KW Institute for Contemporary Art are made possible thanks to the support of the Governing Mayor of BerlinSenate ChancelleryCultural Affairs.
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