Manor Grunewald @VOLTA9, Basel (CH)

Galerie Fortlaan 17 - Booth C19

Manor Grunewald

‘ONE DAY SHE HEARS HER VOICE CALLING HER TO THE ATTIC’

Dreispitzhalle, Basel (CH)

until 15 June 2013

Lawrence Malstaf

Lawrence Malstaf winner of the HEDDA-prize

for best scenography

Norway

Two conveyor belts of about 13m long are set up next to each other and running in opposite directions. People can lay down on them to be transported very slowly. Hidden under the surface an invisible mechanism produces a subtle yet intense tactile experience for the spine. Halfway the trajectory the visitors are confronted with 2 horizontal mirrors moving up and down above them.

'Shrink' (video)

in 'Melancholy Lover of a Vanished Space'

Silverlens Galleries, Singapore

until 30 June 2013

groupshow curated by Jet Pascua and Tanya Busse

Two large, transparent plastic sheets and a device that gradually sucks the air out from between them leave the body (in this case the artist) vacuum-packed and vertically suspended. The transparent tube inserted between the two surfaces allows the person inside the installation to regulate the flow of air. As a result of the increasing pressure between the plastic sheets, the surface of the packed body gradually freezes into multiple micro-folds. For the duration of the performance the person inside moves slowly and changes positions, which vary from an almost embryonic position to one resembling a crucified body.