FUZZY DARK SPOT
Exhibition with John von Bergen, Goesta Diercks, Heike Mutter & Ulrich Genth, Wolfgang Oelze, Stefan Panhans, Alexander Rischer, Oliver Ross, Andrea Winkler; Curated by Wolfgang Oelze
Opening: FR, September 23rd, 2011, at 7 pm
Finissage: Sunday, October 23rd, 2011, 3 - 5 pm
In the presence of the artists.Exhibition: 24.9. – 23.10.2011
Opening hours: THU+FR 4:30 - 7 pm and by appointment
The exhibition "Fuzzy Dark Spot" implies a distinct combination of terms; "fuzzy" refers to the fibrous, diffused, the blurred... it introduces a dark and unconscious side. In a typical Google search, the expression "dark" locates itself fatefully between "fuzzy" and "spot". A "fuzzy" hyper-intelligence may manifest itself through the internet. Users of technical devices are often discussing "fuzzy dark spots" in internet forums, asking each other questions about disturbing marks seen in their digital pictures. The spot thus finds it’s location between diffused stains and landmarks, designating both clarification and contamination of an image. The concepts of "good things" and "man is measure of all things" are also suggesting their incomprehensible, terrifying drawback by the marks mentioned above.
Does the dark feeling have a location, and what would that look like? This space not only relates to landscape, as in romantic paintings, but is located and visualized through psychology, neurophysiology and genetics. The incomprehensibility of science naturally evokes questions concerning the unclear, the faulty, the blind spot. The complexity and fuzziness of these spaces invite artistic interaction. This obscure territory that is engaged then becomes a fascinating, dark place for imagining. Superstition, cinematic exaggeration, absurd concepts, obsessed persons, dissolving matter, and ruinous landscapes are materials for artistic manipulation, which are explored in this exhibition.
A catalog is available including an essay by Thomas Gann:
FUZZY DARK SPOT - RAUM FÜR ZWECKFREIHEIT
Revolver Books, Berlin, 2011
http://revolver-books.de/w3NoM.php?nodeId=1157Further information on the project site: fuzzydarkspot.biggerthanlife.de
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Reviews:
Arsalan Mohammad in "Time out Berlin" (October 6, 2011):
"If, over the next few weeks, the bluebird of happiness should suddenly fly away and you find yourself adrift somewhere bleak, head over to Adalbertstrasse’s Raum Für Zweckfreiheit, to what curator Wolfgang Oelze has dubbed ‘Fuzzy Dark Spot’. This group show features some of Berlin’s more diabolically-minded characters, including John von Bergen, Goesta Diercks, Heike Mutters and Ulrich Genth, Wolfgang Oelze, Stefan Panhans, Alexander Rischer, Oliver Ross and Andrea Winkler; they have each contributed pieces that reflect rather pessimistically on a variety of topics, brilliantly evoking a sense of gloom and futility, through sculpture, installation and photography. Underpinning all the misery is a puckish wit that redeems the negativity and makes for an unusual and compelling experience."
Supported by:
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The RAUM FÜR ZWECKFREIHEIT (SPACE FOR 'PURPOSELESSNESS' - in the sense of 'free research')
provides exactly the same in a backyard house at Adalbertstrasse 71 in the centre of Berlin.
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RAUM FÜR ZWECKFREIHEIT
Adalbertstraße 71
(Backyard)
10997 BerlinJan Ketz
mail(at)zweckfreiheit.de
+49 163 1622339U-Bahn U1, U8 Kottbusser Tor / Bus M29, 140, 147 Adalbertstr.
