Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson, Swamp, 1971, Film still, Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
Gordon Matta-Clark, City Slivers, 1976, Film still, Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York. |
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Magasin 3
Stockholm Konsthall
Frihamnen, SE – 115 56
+46 8 545 680 40
Stockholm
Lee Ranaldo& Leah Singer
iloveyouihateyou
Curator: Richard Julin
7 February-24 May 2009
“For more than a decade, the poet and musician Lee Ranaldo and the artist Leah Singer have been collaborating in multimedia performances. Lee Ranaldo is a founding member of Sonic Youth, Leah Singer is an artist, with film as her primary medium. This exhibition at Magasin 3 sees the installation debut of their new work” says Richard Julin, chief curator at Magasin 3.
iloveyouihateyou at Magasin 3 is based on an audiovisual work by Leah Singer and Lee Ranaldo. This work is an exploration of how image and sound interact, and will be staged both as a live performance and as an installation. At Magasin 3 it will take both forms: the exhibition opens with a performance by Singer and Ranaldo and after that the work will be transformed into an exhibition. Their performance work and installations combine a flow of images and sounds taken from everyday situations, moments that reveal the beauty of the ordinary and turn the commonplace into something extraordinary.
For more than a decade, the poet and musician Lee Ranaldo and the artist Leah Singer have been collaborating in multimedia performances. Lee Ranaldo is a founding member of Sonic Youth, Leah Singer is an artist, with film as her primary medium.
The exhibition also features three historic experimental films on the theme of “everyday existence” and the capacity to see the greatness in small things. The films are by Gordon Matta-Clark, Terry Fox, Nancy Holt & Robert Smithson.
Performance
iloveyouihateyou by Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer on opening day, Saturday February 7 at 4pm.
An exhibition catalogue will be published by Magasin 3 in collaboration with Libraryman Co. Ltd. (Cederteg Publishing). Available from February 5. |
