LIBRETTO VINovember 8-11, 2012ARTISSIMA LIDO

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Daniel Gustav CramerAdélaïde Feriot

Jacob JessenPhillip Sollmann

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Via Piave 21Torino

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Daniel Gustav Cramer (D)

Orrery, 2011HD on Blueray, color, sound, 20min. Courtesy of the artist and Bolte Lang, Zurich

Almost entirely with text and only a few images, Daniel Gustav Cramer encircles the work and daily life of Brian, one of the last remaining orrery makers, who constructs miniature solar systems in a small hut in the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia. For each of his late visits, the artist decides to place a micro-phone outside Brian’s hut, pointing upwards, to record the night sound. They meet three times. None of the conversations between the two are documented. Image-excerpts and text frag-ments focus on details of this intimate world, which seems to exist outside space and time. Inner and outer cosmos, memory, fiction and reality as well as episodes in the discovery of the world and outer space overlap and form a fragmentary narrative of this strange encounter.

Adélaïde Feriot (F)

Le belvédère, 2012Two characters and sculpturesCourtesy of the artist

Adélaïde Feriot sets up a four-day long tableau vivant. Two wo-men, same size and similar appearance, enter the room where two wax cones are waiting for them on the floor. Each character takes her cone and positions it against her face, as a geometri-cal extension of the self. After a long while holding this posi-tion, they quit their poses, prostheses are put on the ground, as a slough, sluggish accessory, and become sculptures. Two other identical women enter the space and take their places. Here the archives’ décor becomes forgotten, while the focus stays on the immobile tension of the bodies, and the contemplative dimen-sion of the pose.

Phillip Sollmann (D)

FREEZE (divided sensations), 2012Sound InstallationCourtesy of the artist

Phillip Sollmann presents a four-channel sound piece that ex-tends through four different spaces, divided by thick doors. Al-though acoustically disconnected, each channel acts as one voice out of the whole composition, which can not be heard in its totality. Each of the four rooms is equipped with an impressive monophonic tower-speaker, as found in techno-clubs and big music events these days.

LIBRETTO VINovember 8-11, 2012ARTISSIMA LIDOFrom 10am to 10pmguided by Rosolino Lucania

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Untitled (weightless), 2012Leds, batteriesCourtesy of the artist

Positioned on the floor of the locale per diposito di mappa, the lights represent the nightsky over the “79’ fjord” on November 15, 1907.

Jacob Jessen (DK)

Untitled (Jørgen Brønlund journal), 2012Blank replica of the original journal of Jørgen Brønlund, 11.5 x 16 cmCourtesy of the artist

Jørgen Brønlund was one of three members of arctic expedition «Danmark». His journal was found besides his body with three sketches completing the map of Greenland. The last entry was made in November 1907: Died in ‘’ 79’ fjord ‘’ after attempt return over the inland ice, in the month of November I come here in the fading moonlight and can not continue because of the darkness and frostbite in my feet. Reason others bodies lie in the middle of the fjord in front of the glacier (about 2 ½ miles). Hagen died 15 November and Mylius approximately 10 days after.The final entry was written during the arctic winter when the polar night lasts 24 hours. Untitled (Jørgen Brønlund journal) is a blank replica of Brønlund’s diary.