Artful Word: Traveling Spy - BCA Center

Description

Based in Cologne, Germany, Björn Schülke is informed by Dadaist traditions, randomness and the absurd. Schülke’s sharp, three-dimensional compositions merge Alexander Calder’s mobiles and the sonic circuitry of Peter Vogel’s sound sculptures into kinetic sculptures. The sculptures demonstrate Schülke’s interest in modern abstraction, music, and instruments of scientific measurement, as well as his desire to disrupt life as usual. By activating motion sensors embedded within the piece, viewers awaken the precisely constructed sculptures. Once activated, the sculptures’ slow and deliberate movements are playful and anthropomorphic. The cameras and video monitors embedded in the work suggest surveillance and artificial intelligence. They allude to our shared interest in machine-creatures and leave us suspicious about whether we are interacting with an absurdly elaborate device used by a spy or the actual spy itself. This is exhibit will be from June 13th - July 19th.

http://www.burlingtoncityarts.org/BCACenter/Exhibition.aspx?id=15997

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Exhibition sponsored by Hotel Vermont

Exhibition year sponsored by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.

Funded in part by a grant from the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment For The Arts

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