The Phenomenon of W24°58’59,43″ N42°07’55,29 || Opening - Friday 25.10.2013 at 20:00

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*HR-Stamenov*
*The Phenomenon of W24°58’59,43″ N42°07’55,29″*

*Opening: Friday 25.10.2013 at 20:00h*
*Entry free (donations welcome)*
*Lab for Electronic Arts and Performance (LEAP) Berlin*

*Curated by Sandra Moskova*

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A ghost metro train, which has already been all around Europe, appears in
Berlin.
It ignores physics, gaps between buildings, space and time. Based on a
light phenomenon,“the light Hole”, the ghost metro train turns into a
travelling myth, which constitutes itself upon its
loose artifacts, collected on the way. The train becomes an artifact
itself, as it could appear at any public space―unpredictably, unable to be
tracked by route or starting point.
HR-Stamenov suggests a light spectacle, as a train literally “appears”
inside a building, leaving passers-by unknowing of what they have just
seen. The immediate attention, which the media installation produces,
serves as an illustration of a rather nostalgic gesture, the fascination of
observing a train passing by at times when this occurrence is rare sight.
Similarly, it illustrates a spectacle in public space, as it transforms a
three-dimensional object―such as a train―into a screen-based visual
phenomenon. It is the size, the picture and the sound of a real train;
it becomes a screen, a motion picture, a blinking advertising sign. Located
in the center of Berlin―at LEAP on
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße at Alexanderplatz―the Ghost Train is also in
constant reference to its original symbolic context. Every couple of
minutes a train passes through or stops at the central city station
(Alexanderplatz) which the glass-façade of the installation points at.

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*HR-Stamenov* creates site-specific, media, sound and light installations.
Recent exhibitions: Lucca Center Of Contemporary Art  ( L.U.C.C.A) -Lucca,
Italy (2011) Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Sofia, Bulgaria (2011)
Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Gdansk, Poland (2012),Sofia
Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art (SAMCA), Sofia, Bulgaria (2012);
Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial (LABoral) Cijon, Spain (2013)… Among
his individual projects are: “Space 0 Space”  Bevilacqua La Masa
Foundation, Venice, Italy (2011); City Gallery of Fine Arts Plovdiv,
Bulgaria (2012); “PRESENCE”, Studio Tommaseo, Trieste, Italy (2011) “Water,
Suppositions and Urbanism”, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Celje, Slovenia
(2012).


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*LEAP*
Lab for Electronic Arts and Performance
(Berlin Carré 1. Stock)
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 13
10178 Berlin

www.leapknecht.de


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