DIE ZEITGEBER
SWISS ART AWARDS, 2024
BASEL
DIE ZEITGEBER, 2024
Glass, metal tubes, led lamp, plastic cables, dyes,
steel wires, resin,Acrystal, monitor 50''
Sculpture (300 cm x 290 cm x 60 cm)
Video 4K, 16:9, 10’20’’, loop, silent
Production and editing: Loris Ciresa
Camera and colour grading: Samuel Weniger
Delves into issues related to fertility, ovulation, and so-called biological clocks. The video shows a reinterpretation of a well-known magic trick that exploits a physical phenomenon involving the alteration of air pressure. The egg, symbolizing life in a state of suspension — a moment of potential or waiting before something manifests itself — is the main protagonist. The sculptural composition, made of free-floating yet fixed elements, recalls an enormous anthropomorphic body, whose potential can be harnessed and controlled by various rituals and technologies.
First photo © Gina Folly
DIE ZEITGEBER — WATER INTO WINE — DIRIMPETTO — UNGRASPABLE — SECRET SHARED SECRET KEPT — INTERNAL SHELL — VULNERABLE — PLUMP and warm they slip out of hand — CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT — FINGER STRETCHING #1, #2 — PAPERWORK — WITH TWO NAKED EYES WATCHING SLIME ON THE OCEAN FLOOR — TIME TAKES TIME — MIKY MAOYS #2 — SNAKE OIL — COMME UNE PAMPLEMOUSSE SOUS LA LANGUE — MATZA ALETSCH — SOLUBLE — CARNAGE — SCHENA DA VEDRO — TONIC IMMOBILITY #2 —TWIN TWIST — Tonic Immobility #1 — Twist & Acido, Basico, Neutro — Apnea — The cat came back the very next day #2