2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel

Sondergast / Special GuestHouse of Electronic Arts BaselHouse of Electronic ArtsBaselOslostrasse 10CH-4023 Münchenstein/BaselT +41 61 331 5840-1/1/1info@haus-ek.orgwww.haus-ek.orgShown at LISTE:Ulu Braun, 1976, DEVoldemars Johansons, 1980, LVAgnes Meyer-Brandis, 1973, DEAdrien Missika, 1981, FRArtists of the exhibition‘Let There Be Light’ at HeK:SemiconductorRuth Jarman, 1973, GBJoe Gerhardt, 1972, GB(top left)Agnes Meyer-BrandisCloud Cores/AerosolParticlesNanolithographyfrom Making Cloudsor On the Absenceof Weight, 20101 × 1 cm(top right)Adrien MissikaRegarde lesMouches Voler, 20126:06 minFilm still(bottom left)VoldemarsJohansonsEmissions (pierres),2012Granite andelectronics235 × 167 cmPhoto by ValdisJansons(bottom right)Ulu BraunVertikale, 201311:30 minInstallation view,YoungProjects, LosAngeles, 201334 / 35The House of Electronic Arts Basel (HeK)is dedicated to exploring art that applies,addresses and reflects on new media andtechnologies. At LISTE 18, HeK presents fourartistic positions that explore how art andscience can influence and inspire each other.‘Vertikale’ by Berlin-based artist UluBraun (1976) takes us up and away into ahyperreal world of appropriated imageryfrom cinema and documentaries.In this video collage, vivid transformationsphysically engage the viewer as verticalfilm shots are merged and mounted tomediate a symbolic journey, from the deepsea to the peaks of human civilization.Latvian composer and sound artistVoldemars Johansons (1980) seeksinspiration in scientific approaches to nature.During a swim in Icelandic waters heexperienced rhythmical impulses of steamemissions – geothermal processes hecaptured as data and now transfers on tothe resonating stone objects of ‘Emissions(pierres)’ to create a tantalizing tonalenvironment.The works by Berlin-based artist AgnesMeyer-Brandis (1973) playfully engage theworlds of arts and science. The aerosolparticles from ‘Making Clouds or Onthe Absence of Weight’ presented at LISTEallow a look at the tiniest poetic andimaginary worlds one can imagine under amicroscope – or is it a looking glass,rather, in which science exposes itsfantastic potential?‘Regarde les Mouches Voler’ is an artisticexperiment in scientific investigation byFrench artist Adrien Missika (1981). By meansof a scientific high-speed imaging techniquethat can capture movements whichescape the human eye, we are able to tracethe incessant beat of insect wings asa fly crosses the screen in extreme slowmotion. Through temporal deceleration andrhythmical monotony, we are not onlyinvited ‘to watch flies’, but, as the ambiguityof the French title implies, eventuallyprompted to ‘stare into space’.