18 April through 10 May: Xu Tan (VR China), (continuing: Johan Grimonprez , David Powell, Sean Dower, Purple).
Traffic Jam, part 4 (through 25 May) Lee Bull (Korea)
The extensive installation of Xu Tan added another layer to the pre-existing presentation at BüroFriedrich. With six series of projected slides, video screenings and objects of papier-mâché and real fruit spread throughout, this work discretely imbued the ongoing exhibition with imagery from contemporary urban life in China. Scenes of high-tech urban development were confronted with low-key esthetics of everyday life. His installation forced a dialogue with the works installed earlier by other artists.
The video library ‘Dorothy doesn’t Live here Anymore’ was enlarged by a constant addition of films and reading material. In dialogue with Johan Grimonprez, the video library was opened for the addition of films or books by the public, which began to play an increasingly active part in using and supplementing the proposed archive.
Discussion:
20 April – Under the title ‘The Making of the Video library’, Johan Grimonprez and his partner, Herman Asselberghs, introduced and discussed the work with the public.