This is not a time for metaphors
Shortfilm – Animation
The artist Andrea Fraser said that in these times of exaggerated and distorted political spectacle, art should not be poetical and metaphorical, but factual and understated.
In this short-film I collage contradictory layers of meaning to ask what should be done with art in these times.
media: | video with sound (HD, 9:45); animation with acrylic ink drawings |
project start: | april 2018 |
public presentations (all versions, old and new): | dec 2019: Cantonale 19-20, kunsthaus langenthal nov 2018: “kunst in unruhigen zeiten” in “science talk”, sattelkammer bern |
links: |
short-film on vimeo (excerpt): https://vimeo.com/292597816 |
credits: | nairs zentrum für gegenwartskunst, sattelkammer bern, moritz sommet (japanology background on kuniyoshi) |