SCOPE Installation | Daily
Robert Montgomery
The People you Love Become Ghosts Inside of You and Like This You Keep Them Alive
Installed at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, April 2010.
2009, Painted wood, LED lights and recycled sunlight, 2325 mm x 3780 mm
Courtesy of Analix Forever gallery
The People You Love Become Ghosts Inside of You and Like This You Keep Them Alive, is a new major work by London artist Robert Montgomery, who is best known for his poetic billboard pieces. The work uses a new form of ecological solar-powered LED lighting and the sculpture absorbs the sunlight of 1 day and recycles that exact amount of sunlight at night to illuminate over 1200 lights. In this way it is both ecological and also responsive to the weather- after sunny days it lights up brightly at night, after overcast or rainy days it lights up softer, so the sculpture has a sense of being a "living" object. The text is a simple but poetic idea- the idea that the people you love, whether they are dead or in some other way gone from you, are kept alive in your heart, just in the way that the sculpture recycles the sunlight of the day. The sculpture proposes the concept of a "ghost" as a positive idea- a spiritual presence that remains of someone you love, and is there to console you after they have departed. The installation at Scope Basel is the first outdoor installation of this major work outside of the UK.
Invisible Heroes
"THE FLYING SAUCERS" OR "IN GOLD WE TRUST"
Adimir Jahic & Comenius Roethlisberger
Flying Saucer, Detail, Installation, 14 cm x 5 cm x 150 cm
At the end of the nineteenth century, the most distinguished scientists and engineers declared that no known combination of materials and locomotion could be assembled into a practical flying machine. Fifty years later another generation of distinguished scientists and engineers declared that it was technologically infeasible for a rocket ship to reach the moon. Nevertheless, men were getting off the ground and out into space even while these words were uttered.
http://www.withoutyoubaby.com
http://www.invisibleheroes.net
SCOPE Presents
Jon Kessler | Girl #4
Courtesy of Ethan Cohen Fine Arts
Jon Kessler
Girl #4
2007
30 x 40 in
Pigment, paper, pulp, yarn, magazine on handmade paper
Showing at Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Booth C13
Also featured at Museum Tinguely:
Robotertraume (Robot Dreams)
June 9 to Spetember 12, 2010
The Museum Tinguely in Basel and Kunsthaus Graz are the co-organising an exhibition that addresses the subjects of "Artificial Intellegence" and "Robotics". This show will feature works by several artists including Jon Kessler.
Jon Kessler's huge, circular installation inspired by Alexander Calder and Sisyphus elucidates the absurd logic behind acts of war.
Museum Tinguely
Paul Sacher-Anlage 2
CH-4002 Basel
Telefon +41 61 681 93 20
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11-19H | Monday closed
SCOPE Presents
Berlin Lounge by WEEKEND Club Berlin
Art by MK Kahne
Zum zweiten Mal präsentieren neun Berliner Galerien ausgewählte zeitgenössische Positionen der Kunstmetropole Berlin auf der SCOPE Basel 2010. Die Gemeinschaftspräsentation ART FROM BERLIN wird begleitet von einer BERLIN LOUNGE mit Informationen rund um den Kunststandort Berlin. In Reminiszenz an die herausragende Club-Kultur der Stadt erstmals in Kooperation mit dem WEEKEND Club Berlin sowie ergänzenden Musik-Veranstaltungen mit Berliner DJ Line Up.
For the second time, nine Berlin galleries present selected contemporary facets of the Berlin art scene at SCOPE Basel 2010. Their collective presentation, ART FROM BERLIN, is accompanied by a BERLIN LOUNGE where information about the city’s position as a centre for the arts is available. In a nod to Berlin’s extraordinary club scene, there is also a complementary slew of music events offered in cooperation with WEEKEND Club Berlin and featuring a line-up of local DJs.
exhibited artist: MK Kähne
Der in Berlin lebende russisch-deutsche Bildhauer MK Kähne nimmt sich in seinen jüngsten Werkzyklen Clubbing-Rotation und Anarchy & Riot der Entwicklung und Analyse der Figur des „Modernen Manns“ im Spektrum von Hedonismus und Revolutions-Romantik an. In hochglänzendem Design und ausgefeilter Technik schafft MK Kähne überzeichnete Skulpturen, Objekte und Bilder, die die ewig flüchtige Befriedigung der Bedürfnisse unserer modernen Gesellschaft reflektieren.
In his latest cycle of works, Clubbing-Rotation and Anarchy & Riot, the Berlin-based German-Russian sculptor MK Kähne addresses the development and analysis of the “modern man” figure within the context of hedonism and romantic revolution. With high-gloss design and sophisticated technique, Kähne creates over-subscribed sculptures, objects, and images that reflect the ever elusive satisfaction of the needs of modern society.
Art From Berlin Press Release English
SCOPE LIVE | Music Daily
Lounge Outdoors 1pm - 9pm
DJ & Performance From 9pm
Tuesday | 15 June | Basel Meets Berlin
Zaber Riders / Tiefschwarz
Kraushaar & Gradmann
Wednesday | 16 June | RAPHISTORY
Goldfinger Brothers
Thursday | 17 June | Official SCOPE Party
by DKDNZ
Sheila She Loves You Live
James Legeres Live
One Man Party (Ghent, B)
The Stereo Youth / FRQNCY
JAMES LEGERES - AN ADVENTURER
PART I
JAMES LEGERES was born in 1994 in Rimini the day before C.Love became a widow. His mother soon after left to Miami to become big in porn business. His wife being gone, Mr. Zimmermann communicated with his son only by the sorrowful tunes of his Mandolin. Young James found his family elsewhere: The sea and the wind whispered everything he needed to know about Life (Bitch!). The beach and women set the scene for numerous adventures and songs. As the turn of the millennium drew nigh, James decided to leave his hometown with nothing but a memory and his shoes. He crossed the San Gottardo and wandered down the River Rhyne to Basel. Things have changed since James had set out on his journey: He got computerized in 2000, and the following years, still stumbling through the narrow alleys of Basel, he split into many. As Carla Johnson and/or Ambrosius Huber and/or Tobias Koch and/or Daniel Karrer and/or Stefan Karrer he now plays his Songs in a chamber with an open window.
PART II
Sometime in 2009 James found himself citizen of a new unknown island.* Besides cruising on his speedboat, he recorded a new album: "Whirlpool Galaxy".** To recover from financial ruin after a copyright lawsuit against Megadeth, James now has to take care of business and promote his music.
*Reaching from Gibraltar to the Black Sea, from Trieste to Tripoli, the island is said to have emerged from an inversion along the borders of reality (according to the Scientist). James named the island "The Grim Reaper Islands" due to its shape of a Grim Reaper threatening Europe and Switzerland. He also sometimes refers to the island as the "Whirlpool Galaxy", not to be mistaken for the "real" Whirlpool Galaxy, because: "Making love in the outdoor pool, one can sea the Earth. If I was crazy then you was crazy, too!" The island`s Population has a large proportion of intelligent apes and parrots as well as retired wrestlers.
** Ten new softrock hits, recorded at Auf dem Wolf/Space is the Place Stereo Recording Headquarters on Grim Reaper Islands.
www.jameslegeres.com
Sheila She Loves You
David Blum - Bass
Joachim Setlik - Vocals, Guitar
Tobija Stuker - Drums
Alain Meyer - Dirty Dancing, Guitar
They're younger and better than most. Euphoric, desperate and hopelessly romantic. Corny? Not at all... Sheila She Loves You play with lots of charm and honesty in the musical waters of Bands like the Cure, Jesus & Mary Chain, David Bowie or The Kooks. Last year they placed themselves in the hearts of their audience, with their amazing live-energy and deep pop-pearls and toured non stop through Switzerland's clubs. Besides supporting acts such as I am Kloot, The Hoosiers, Yeti, Blondelle and the Lovebugs they won the main price in countless band contest.
"Being young doesnt necessarily mean being naive; and naivety isn't a bad thing anyway", says singer and songwriter Joachim Setlik. When describing his relationship to music he speaks of obsession, not of passion. "Writing songs is probably what I do best." The boys found their way into the studio after a turbulent trip to Hungary which ended in Esztergom. With help from the Lovebugs they recorded their debut-album live and direct. Out came a record with ten strong songs, finding an easy way into the audiences ear, lots of pop appeal yet honest and straight forward. Esztergom wasn't only a holiday destination - Esztergom is the start of a hopeful journey through the universe of pop for Sheila She Loves You.
www.myspace.com/sheilashelovesyou
Friday | 18 June | Art From Berlin
Trevor Jackson | Headman
Saturday | 19 June | Berlin Says Goodbye
Bodi Bill Live | Oskar Melzer
SCOPE Design | Daily
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Academy of Art and Design present...
Everybody is
TEAM MEMBERS
Concept & realisation: Nina Fischer, Miriam-Leah Hess, Lisa Ochsenbein, Natalia Suwalski | Animation: Marc Osswald | Collaboration: Pascal Bosetti, Ivan Mele, Claus Niephaus | Mentoring: Uwe Brueckner, Heinz Wagner, Catherine Walthard
What does the human body have in common with the Masterstudio Design?
Every organ is unique in its size, shape and consistency. They all come from a different functional background and are assigned to different tasks within the human body. But as a matter of fact, only by working together can they ensure life. The same applies to us, the students of the Masterstudio Design: we all come from different design disciplines, with the aim to work together in an interdisciplinary discourse that allows new perspectives on design, an exploration of uncharted territories and the discovery of new design skills.
The project "Everybody is" consists of a room installation with a seating landscape that represents the idea of interdisciplinary work and gives an insight into student projects. It has been originally designed for Milan's Furniture Exposition 2010 by a group of students of the Masterstudio Design.
FIND US ONLINE www.everybodyis.ch
SCOPE Film | Daily
SCOPE Film presents SCOPE Subject a Short Subject Competition curated by Sebastian Kolliker & Julian Gresenz
Short film is a technical description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. The description is now used almost interchangeably with short subject.
SCOPE Subject presents short films of young local film makers from Basel and the surrounding areas during the SCOPE Art Show at a screening in the Reithalle at the Kaserne Areal.
Young Swiss filmmakers will be sending in their short film submissions in three categories:
Art Movies
Music Videos
Short Movies
All films will be selected by a group of local curators and the films will be screened on 19 June from 12-3pm. The short films will be shown in three blocks. An expert jury will choose the winning short film for each category at the screening-event.
SCOPE Subject was above all set in place to start an exchange of stories, ideas and opinions between the filmmakers, after the screening and during the ACOPE Art Show. The presence of the selected artists is therefore required and hoped-for.
Supported by kulturkick.ch
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SCOPE Film Presents in association with the SCOPE Foundation and Perpetual Art Machine
A Light at the End of the Tunnel, curated by Lee Wells
SCOPE Film | Daily
A Light at the End of the Tunnel
curated by Lee Wells
"The Avant Garde Doesn't Give Up" - Asger Jorn
'Increase your necessity so that you may increase your perception.'
--13th century Persian Sufi mystic Rumi, quoted by Bill Viola?
A Light at the End of the Tunnel is an epic video art trilogy about the human condition which includes seminal works by 30 international emerging artists.
The concept of life, death and rebirth has followed humanity through the ages as the self and the collective whole passes through time, creating a relative chain of events that could be called the history of universal human experience. Its through all of these varying histories, and a perpetual creative avant garde that continue to seek a move vivid understanding of the interconnectedness of life. Our great quest to solve the questions of our age could be exemplified by one of humankinds greatest achievements at CERN Labs, Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, the worlds largest machine. As the scientists at CERN continue to probe the most fundamental questions of life and the origins of the universe, we seek artists that are asking similar big questions in their creative practice and use their creativity to reveal the world in new and unexpected ways.
Why are we here? What does it all mean? How is it all relative to art in the 21st century?
The Waking Hour
"To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life."
- James Joyce
Michael Paulus, Sirrin Mozaffari, Madame X, Den Marino,
Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Nadia Hironaka & Matthew Suib, Nathania Rubin,
Chris Coleman, Bruno Muzzolini
The Big Sleep
"You'll have time to rest when you're dead" - Salvador Dali John Criscitello, Miranda Raimondi and Samuel Pellman, Stella Rey, Richard O'Sullivan, Nightmare City, Brit Bunkley, Dana Sederowsky, Francis Coy, Bo Lee, Julieta Maria, Eva Davidova, Jonathan Monaghan
The Dreamscape
Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.? - James Dean Shiva Lynn Burgos, dNASAb, Fabel Kommunication, Alvin Case, Gratuitous Art Productions, Karl Erickson, Celeste Fichter, Yoshiko Kanai, Pipi
Including a special selection of Babelgum artist film shorts, organized by Laurence Billiet.(www.babelgum.com)
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About the Curator
Lee Wells is an artist, independent curator and consultant currently living and working New York. His artwork and projects primarily question systems of power and control and have been exhibited internationally for over 15 years, including the 51 st La Biennale Di Venezia, National Center for Contemporary Art Moscow, Kimpo International Airport, WRO07 XII Media Biennial, PS1/MoMA, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, and Hermitage Museum in addition to numerous art fairs, festivals and galleries. He is a co-founder and director of IFAC-arts, an alternative curitorial program and nomadic gallery and since 2006, a co-founder of [PAM] the Perpetual Art Machine. Wells is currently represented by Janet Oh Gallery in Seoul Korea.
http://www.leewells.org
About Perpetual Art Machine
PAM is an online community portal for video artists and traveling interactive installation. Created in 2006, PAM premiered at Scope New York and has since presented installations and screenings internationally in museums, festivals and art fairs. PAM has become one of the most important resources for video art on the web with more than 2000 active members from over 80 countries.
www.perpetualartmachine.com
SCOPE Fashion | Daily
SCOPE Presents | Instant Compilation | Vol II
The Value of Things | 2010 Lounge & Art Projects |Kaserne Basel & Scope
What truly sums up the symbolic value we apply to things?
The value is defined by the history we share with the object, or the person we connect the object with.
Exploring and visualizing the sources and the stories that attach people to things.
A documentation of the research on creation of value in Fashion Design- done during Art 41 and shown at Kaserne Basel & Scope – Lounge | Kaserne Basel.
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INSTANT COMPILATION: Jana Kessler, Nina Fritschi, Sabine Lauber
instantcompilation@gmail.com
http://instantcompilation.blogspot.com/
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SCOPE Special Programming
SCOPE Presents | Ultra Violet | Let There Be Light
ULTRA VIOLET
LET THERE BE LIGHT
heartgalerie_Bluemoov_Editions
Artist book launch at heartgallery booth F25
In the presence of the artist
Who can forget Ultra Violet? (Michèle C. Cone, artnet.com, Feb 28, 2010)
Muse of Salvador Dali in the fifties, central member of Andy Warhol's Factory in the sixties, Ultra Violet has emerged today as a prominent and established avant-garde artist who has exhibited throughout the world.
Ultra Violet’s Let There Be Light box set is a limited edition of 30 with 7 out of commerce. In addition to personal works by Ultra Violet, each box set contains portraits of her through art history by and with Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Dali, Philip Halsman, Helmut Newton, and Damian Hirst. Each box set also includes a film interview with French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand, a text by art historian Isabelle de Maison Rouge and a text by director emeritus of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Thomas Messer.
