Back in Berlin with a long list of exhibitions to check out, a house that shouts “wash me! wash me!” and very little time on my hands. This afternoon i went to fugly Potsdamer Platz to see Art Scope – Interface Complex – Contemporary Art from Japan und Germany.
Some very nice works. Here’s my pick:
The cervus nippon yesoensis is an Eastern Asian deer species one can find in many areas of the world, from animals that have escaped or been resettled.
Japanese artist Kohei Nawa hunted his deer on internet search engines, and acquired it by online auction. Part of the PixCell series, the stuffed deer head has been covered with glass prisms and marbles. The object retain its original qualities, but it acquires a second skin – a “light envelope”. In this way, Nawa shows his viewers to the particular qualities of the digital age and demonstrates how much the reality of things depends on perception.
Art Scope – Interface Complex – Contemporary Art from Japan und Germany runs until 9 September 2007 at Daimler Chrystler Contemporary.