Impressions from the contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.) , Nov. 2013
DIRECTORS LOUNGE DRIVES C.A.R.
Directors Lounge is, as most by now know, a motor that is always running, transporting off-centre art of various descriptions to various destinations. Continuing this aesthetic assault, DL is revving up to leave its parking space in Berlin this week to head out to the megalopolis Rhine-Ruhr. At C.A.R. (otherwise known as “contemporary art ruhr”), DL will be presenting a cache of buffed efforts, arresting works fuelled with visual and aural alchemy, some of which will be in the form of fitting film excursions highlighting the artistic process, taken from the 9th Berlin International Directors Lounge earlier this year. The brakes are off, and there is no rear-view mirror.
All of this will unfold on the 1st floor (above ground floor), stand A12, next to both Kroatien Kreativ, which already unleashed some of its light-and-sound wizardry at DL9 in February, and partner Medienwerkstatt Berlin, another luminary force at the same event, our annual core occurence. There will be much to steer the senses. Even if you aren’t one of the 11 million+ living in the area, it is, after all, maybe nothing more than a highway away. And the Autobahn has no speed limit.
See you at C.A.R.!
With films by (selection):
Nadav Assor Coms Device (Esotropia Conversations I), Cade Bursell Salt Lines, Wuttin Chansataboot Visual Element, James Cho Bubble,
Nuno Escudeiro A Dance Dictionary, Ian Haig Skin Freak, Nam Le Untitled (Rope) and Untitled (White Man & Paper) , Céline Masson “Que Je Sois Médusée”, Jeremy Moss The Sight, Monika Rechsteiner Hikikomori, Sylvia Schwenk A Shared Space, Karl F. Stewart K20, Yuichi Suita How Beautiful Japanese Morning Is, Takahiro Suzuki Horizon
Artists (selection):
Julia Murakami, Joachim Seinfeld, Alan Smithee, André Werner
Directors Lounge at the contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.) – the innovative art fair, November 1- 3, 2013
Zollverein World Heritage Site
Gelsenkirchener Strasse 181
45309 Essen
Official Opening:
Friday, November 1, 2013, 8 pm, V.I.P.-Preview: 6 pm
Friday, November 1, 2013, 8 pm, V.I.P.-Preview: 6 pm
Public Fair Days
Saturday, Nov. 2, 12 am – 8 pm
Sunday, Nov. 3, 11 am – 7 pm
Map Zollverein:
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How to get there:
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More:
www.contemporaryartruhr.de
pictured: “Helga and Hildegard”, 2013 by Julia Murakami
Here are some impressions from the Contemporary Art Ruhr, May 31 – June 2, 2013 in the Sanaa building at Zeche Zollverein. Besides being at the C.A.R. video lounge, we were present at our booth directly at the entrance. Thanks to Silvia Sonnenschmidt and Thomas Volkmann, the organisers of the C.A.R. and all visitors and friends for making it a great time!
Read more and view the complete photo album
31. May – 2. June at the Zollverein world heritage site
It is a fine tradition that we present the C.A.R. Video-Lounge together with the C.A.R. media art fair. Next to works from participating galleries, our friends of Kroatien Kreativ and invited artists we will screen selected works from The 9th Berlin International Directors Lounge.
contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.) is an innovative and dynamic fair format. Since 2006 C.A.R. comes two times a year, as a media art fair in summer, emphasizing video and media art, installations, performances, environmental sculptures, multimedia projects and contemporary photograpy. In autumn with a more classical art fair for contemporary art – C.A.R. . covers the entire spectrum of fine arts and their most important current influences.
C.A.R. Videolounge 2013
Katharina Merten DE Speaking In Tongues 2:34 2012
Beata Obst DE Stroboskop B 2:48
Wei-Ming Ho TW Self-Destruction For Eternity 6:26 2011
Cornelia Eichhorn FR Ved´Ma 14:00 2012
Julia Charlotte Richter DE You Hear Something 7:47 2011
Lucie Mercadal DE Hafenpfütze 4:21 2012
Kroatien Kreativ 2013 curated by Ingeborg Fülepp
Nadija Mustapic HR An Afternoon Without Gravity 14:41
Marijan Crtalic HR
Directors Lounge Selection
Irina Birger NL Irina Birger Thinks Drawing Is Important 15:13 2010
Stefan Larsson JP 9 states of ambivalence 01:30 2012
Andre Chi Sing Yuen DE Sword-Sharpness of Expression 02:26 2012
Alessandro Amaducci IT Black Data 04:05 2012
Michael Higgins IE The Poorhouse Revisited 15:00 2011
Valentina Besegher Scotti IT Try Hard Johnny! 04:11 2007
Roger Deutsch US Prelude 07:15 2011
Eleonora Manca IT I Sing the Body Electric Borderskin 03:49 2012
Fabio Scacchioli and Vincenzo Core IT Spectrography of a battle 03:42 2012
Stephen Dirkes US The Offering 05:23 2012
Shaun Roberts US Dear Texas Highways 11:13 2009
Bernd Luetzeler DE The Voice of God 09:35 2011
Ana Rodríguez León ES Memorais 07:00 2012
Reed O’Beirne US Last of Our Kind 13:19 2012
Alessio Rutigliano IT Six triptychs 06:55 2012
Maximilian Schmoetzer and Fabian Heitzhausen DE The Conversation 03:24 2012
Artists presented at the DL Booth
Videos
Mihai Grecu and Thibault Gleize RO Glucose 07:18 2012
Takahiro Suzuki US Horizon 06:38 2012
Keren Zaltz IL Cradle 01:49 2011
Céline Trouillet FR SONG N°15/20 05:21/4:12 2012
Alan Smithee Are You Afraid 2012 loop
Pedro Ferreira PT Dance Dance Fire Dance 06:00 2012
Photography/Painting
Robert Carrithers US
Marijan Crtalic HR
Carola Goellner DE
Julia Murakami DE/JP
André Werner DE
pictured: ““I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then” by Julia Murakami, 2013 from the series “Once Upon A Time”, C-Print, Edition of 10, 6.7 x 9.6 inch (print) | 11.8 x 15.8 inch (framed), signed and dated on the front
© Julia Murakami