Episode 4: tireless workers

By Nora Mayr / November 11, 2013 / Exhibitions / No Comments

ARTISTS:
Francis Alÿs, David Brognon & Stéphanie Rollin, Moritz Frei, Isabelle Giovachini, Klara Hobza, Letizia Romanini, Takahiro Suzuki, Guido van der Werve, Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi

11 November 2013 – 18 January 2014
insitu, Berlin

In the group show «Episode 4: tireless workers» insitu presented artistic positions and artworks that are devoted to fulfilling absurd, maybe even senseless tasks. Metaphorically these artworks can be described as Sisyphean actions, impressive by their strength to tirelessly continue a task, which most others would probably consider useless.

The exhibition focused on artistic strategies, which tend to give priority to time, effort and repetition over efficiency. These art pieces follow one of the great luxuries of art – the freedom to realize (performative) tasks which do not necessarily follow what one would call a productive goal, but are instead more interested in trying to realize an idea no matter how crazy, painful or impossible it seems.

CURATORS:
Marie Graftieaux, Nora Mayr, Gilles Neiens (as insitu)