Sometimes I forget that you exist
Curated by Trasi Henen
04/03/2009 - 27/03/2009
Douglas Gimberg. Proposal no.4 – plain gold ring. 2009. Hardwood maquette for an incomplete solid gold ring (detail). Wood, Glass & wood wall-mounteddisplay case, supporting texts. Dimensions variable.
[The actual solid gold cast ring was worn by the artist during the project period].
The liminal space is where binaries momentarily dissolve, the space in between.
Dominant culture is a victim of the Will (after Schopenhauer's The World as Idea and Representation) and therefore perpetually oscillating between Desire and Ennui
Desire is a state of potentiality. When the desired destination is reached, is this a tragedy?
Sometimes I forget that you exist is a collaborative research project around desire and the heterotopia. Participants were asked to engage with the above dialectic. The exhibition process was ongoing, and contingent, culminating in a closing event. In the two weeks leading up the exhibition, blank became a research studio which opened the project to dialogue and interventions.
Participating artists: Bianca Baldi & Christian Nerf, Francis Burger & Anja de Klerk, Sebastian Charilaou, Zipho Dayile, Jonathan Garnham, Douglas Gimberg, Trasi Henen, Bettina Malcomess, Mendisa Pantsi, Victor Kawtondokua Santos (Angola), Werner Ungerer & Ed Young.
