May 17–May 25, 2014
In-Between. Spatial Discourse in Visual Culture
Teil 2: „Infinities“ von Vincent Fournier
In-Between. Spatial Discourse in Visual Culture - Teil 2: „Infinities“ von Vincent Fournier
In-Between is a new quarterly exhibition series curated by Lukas Feireiss for ANCB The Metropolitan Laboratory. The series brings together artistic positions that critically explore spatial discourses in contemporary visual culture – ranging from architecture and installation, to photography and film, painting and illustration. It examines the influential strength of architecture and the built environment on the arts and investigates how built forms are being used and misused, thereby distending and extending space, and potentially offering alternatives to the autonomous presumptions of architecture.
The second part of the series, 'Infinities', is dedicated to the exploration of the infinite vastness of outer space. The exhibition features works from the "Space Project" series by French photographer Vincent Fournier, that depict – with great sobriety and silent humor – a variety of locations that are associated with space travel on Earth. These places range from the Juri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow, the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, to the iconic John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Fascinated by technology, space travel and robotics from an early age on, Fournier creates unique visual worlds, that are distinguished by their inherent play with the imaginary and utopian potential of science. Notwithstanding it's willful sterility, his imagery is reminiscent of both the childish fascination for space travel as well as scenes from Science Fiction movies.