A 35mm reflexive deconstruction of the main exhibition hall of the Vienna Secession using nineteen specially designed cameras to kinetically record its space and architecture, Main Hall adds a purely cinematographic gesture to the history of this formidable White Cube.
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Wavelengths
Main Hall
Philipp Fleischmann
Playing as part of Wavelengths 3: Farther Than the Eye Can See
A different stroboscopic
effect is achieved in Philipp Fleischmann's
Main Hall, which uses nineteen specially
designed cameras to record the space
inside the main exhibition hall of the
Vienna Secession. While this bastion of
modernity has been crucial to the development
of Minimalism and Conceptual Art,
film has eluded its mandate; Main Hall
adds a purely cinematographic gesture (à la
Gordon Matta-Clark) to the space's history
by having it look at its own architecture.
ANDRÉA PICARD
Screenings
Sun Sep 08
Jackman Hall
Regular