Tinnitus
solo exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Curator: Christoph Tannert
3—26 Mar 2017
The exhibition was accompanied by publication Tinnitus with the text by Alice Cannava.
Tinnitus
neon; light, glass, brass, electricity (lighting rate: 0'3" light on, 0'3" light off)
85 x 18 x 12 cm, 2017
Interstellar, 2016
floor sculpture; brass;
130 x 20 x 3 cm
To Exit The Solar System This Month, 2017
sculpture; brass, acrylic glass, bronze
130 x 12 x 5 cm
untitled, 2016
sculpture; wood
28 x 28 x 5 cm
Jet lag, 2013
sculpture; plaster cast of unfolded paper plane
24 x 36 x 4 cm
Heard But Not Seen, 2017
sculpture; felt
~ 75 x 35 x 8 cm
installation view from Tinnitus,
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2017
Resolving Ability, 2012–16
collage; brass, PVC
28 x 19 cm
Stop Looking Over Your Shoulder
No One's There (after Anika's song), 2016
collages on black cardboard
120 x 80 cm
California Rocket Fuel*
graphite on paper, PVC, steel
+ felt, golden thread;
various dimensions; 2016
*California rocket fuel—a medical slang term for the combined administration of mirtazapine (a NaSSA) and venlafaxine (an SNRI). This combination is usually used in the treatment of severe and/or treatment-resistant depression.
Tinnitus assembles a body of work made mainly during the residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien. New arrangements consist of simple forms and gestures, and play with the lightness and weight of forms and meanings. These recent works concern topics such as dream disorders and heartbreaks: mental states that can be individual but are, in a broader sense, social and even global. Tinnitus is a condition where temporary noise appears in the head, not related to any psychiatric condition. The side effects of this phenomenon, however, may include psychological, physical and social problems and general interference with concentration. Although only the sufferer hears the noise, it is not produced in the imagination. The most common cause of tinnitus is exposure to noise. Tinnitus has no scientifically proven treatment or cure, and affects an unknown number of people, varying considerably in intensity and type. Some experience a thumping sound in the same rhythm as their heartbeat.
general views of the exhibition (photographer: David Brand):
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