The title of the exhibition points to a pre-Christian legend that says that Pharaoh Xerxes had the strait at Hellespont punished with 300 lashes, after bridges that had been built on his order were destroyed by a storm shortly after construction.
Julius von Bismarck took up this anger allegorically for his new series of works. He went on a journey through Switzerland, South America and the United States armed with a whip. He plays with the rhetorical power of this traditional retaliation, whipping nature, defying its power, until he is exhausted. In a contemporary context, he thus rebels against socialization and, questions value patterns which are conveyed to people today by societal constructs and authorities. The results of these actions are exhibited in form of film footage, photographs and the whips.
von Bismarck, * 1983, has studied with Olafur Eliasson at the Institut für Raumexperimente and ‚invented‘ the Image Fulgurator, a device for physically manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything. The manipulation is only visible on the photo afterwards.
Alexander Levy. Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse 26. 10969 Berlin.
Jan 28th- March 24th. Tue - Sat 11 - 18
21.05.2012 - 13:21
Sind wir nun im Ernst die einzige europäische Hauptstadt ohne Erstligafußball? #hertha #berlin # relegation
21.05.2012 - 12:29
Habt ihr eigtl. Marley gesehen? Also den Film!
21.05.2012 - 11:36
Gleich wird's ernst in Sachen #relegation. #hertha #fortuna
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