Stuck in a Groove
Clemens Kogler AT, 2010, 4', SD video
What do Madonna, Massive Attack and Angela Merkel have in common? "Friedrich Nietzsche" might be Clemens Kogler's answer to this question. With the aid of a tool called Phonovideo, which consists of a turntable, video mixers and pressed vinyl, he animates images of the individuals named above in realtime, while at the same time a male narrator's voice goes through the effects of the Nietzschean idea of eternal return on the soundtrack. (…) Pop music as eternal sameness? The VJ/DJ as a shaman? He or she's more likely the person who finds the ideal moment while "spinning" and "mixing" sounds and images, prolonging them — nearly — into infinity, until the next transition. To that extent their handiwork vouches for the mind behind the apparatus — and with good reason this realtime extravaganza ends with the artist's palm extended into the picture, the title and credits written on it by hand. (Claudia Slanar)
Thu 22/9 Kino SC 18:00
