Opening - Shingo Yoshida 'Error" - 20:00, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
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SCREENING : 20:00, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
INSTALLATION: FEBRUARY 24-MARCH 16 18:00-24:00
In his new film ’Error’’ Shingo Yoshida focuses on a glitch in a streetlamp
at Alexanderplatz, the rhythmic flickering appears almost to be staged;
This malfunction, those moments when the lights turn off, mark its
presence. It paradoxically shows itself only as it suddenly disappears.
Yoshida relates this curious public incident, that occurs night after night
just outside his studio, to a silent personal reflection of one’s own
alienated presence amidst an urban setting, where an overwhelming network
of functionality attempts to guide us so that we do not have to grope in
the dark.
However, this ultimately shrouds a latent frailty and absurdity that
flashes like a pleading morse code, yet goes unnoticed and almost
forgotten. By screening his reaction to this phenomenon on his studio
window Yoshida opens up a dialogue between the two objects,the lamp and its
representation, drawing our attention to these frailties.
Shingo Yoshida (born 1974 in Tokyo, Japan) lives and works in Berlin.
Recent solo exhibitions include Nowhernow, Ambassade de France au Japon,
Tokyo (2010); BABEL Visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim, Norway (2009). Recent
group exhibitions include Voyage Voyage at Maison De L'Amérique Latine
(2012) The Rencontres Internationales,Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Sofia, Madrid (2011); Rencontres Internationales, Centre Georges Pompidou,
Paris, and Ajustement Geostrophique, Espace Kugler, Geneva (2010).
2012 Winner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs Prize ''Overseas Study
Program for Upcoming Artists''
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Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 13
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