CATHERINE BIOCCA
DIE BUEHNE, N°3
Curated by Die Buehne [Lea Schleiffenbaum & Anna-Lena Werner]
07.09.2019
Der Große Garten, Gerswalde, Brandenburg
The interdisciplinary exhibition project DIE BUEHNE is delighted to invite you to its 3rd edition with a participation by the Italian-German artist Catherine Biocca on Saturday, the 7th of September 2019 up from 12h at “Der Große Garten” in Gerswalde. Contributing to the "Systemsturz Festival", which takes place for the first time, Biocca presents the audio installation "You're Hired!" (2019) and the video installation "Kitchen Hunt" (2018) in two locations of the garden.
Catherine Biocca's installations, tableaux, animated films and sculptures deal with socio-political issues of the capitalist value system. The artist draws on images as well as language from the advertising, cartoon and media, leading them ad absurdum with the means of repetition and superposition. Thus, the dialogue of the two protagonists of "YOU'RE HIRED!” " (2019), an audio loop installed at the foot of the Großer Garten at the entrance to the forest, constitutes an infinite mis- or cross-communication. The animated film "Kitchen Hunt" (2018) in the garden's barn leaves the viewer in uncanny uncertainty, while it is not clear whether the backward walking female legs are chasing something or whether they are being chased. Catherine Biocca (* 1984, Rome, IT) lives and works in Berlin. She studied Political Science at the University of Luiss in Rome and Fine Arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. From 2014 to 2015 she was Artist-in-Residency at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam.
DIE BUEHNE
The performance and exhibition project DIE BUEHNE functions as a forum for investigating social, aesthetic and ecological questions. Situated on the countryside, the program offers artists space for interdisciplinary discourse, and for questioning the meaning of artistic practices today. A focus on interdisciplinary partnerships aims to further artistic research and exploration, and offers a contemplative space where participants and visitors can engage with the presented works. The project has been initiated by Lea Schleiffenbaum and Anna-Lena Werner and it receives generous support from the Ursula-Wandres-Foundation and Tohuwabohu GmbH.
VENUE
A garden is a place of refuge - from everyday life, from convention, from the city, from social structures and expectations. In a garden we can think, experiment, or just be. A blooming hill with a small stream, vegetable fields, fruit trees and meadows, "Der Große Garten“ is a sanctuary around which a strong and solidary community of locals, expats and passers-by has grown. Here social projects and gardening meet contemporary art. DIE BUEHNE is very happy to be an active part of this community.
Catherine Biocca's installations, tableaux, animated films and sculptures deal with socio-political issues of the capitalist value system. The artist draws on images as well as language from the advertising, cartoon and media, leading them ad absurdum with the means of repetition and superposition. Thus, the dialogue of the two protagonists of "YOU'RE HIRED!” " (2019), an audio loop installed at the foot of the Großer Garten at the entrance to the forest, constitutes an infinite mis- or cross-communication. The animated film "Kitchen Hunt" (2018) in the garden's barn leaves the viewer in uncanny uncertainty, while it is not clear whether the backward walking female legs are chasing something or whether they are being chased. Catherine Biocca (* 1984, Rome, IT) lives and works in Berlin. She studied Political Science at the University of Luiss in Rome and Fine Arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. From 2014 to 2015 she was Artist-in-Residency at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam.
DIE BUEHNE
The performance and exhibition project DIE BUEHNE functions as a forum for investigating social, aesthetic and ecological questions. Situated on the countryside, the program offers artists space for interdisciplinary discourse, and for questioning the meaning of artistic practices today. A focus on interdisciplinary partnerships aims to further artistic research and exploration, and offers a contemplative space where participants and visitors can engage with the presented works. The project has been initiated by Lea Schleiffenbaum and Anna-Lena Werner and it receives generous support from the Ursula-Wandres-Foundation and Tohuwabohu GmbH.
VENUE
A garden is a place of refuge - from everyday life, from convention, from the city, from social structures and expectations. In a garden we can think, experiment, or just be. A blooming hill with a small stream, vegetable fields, fruit trees and meadows, "Der Große Garten“ is a sanctuary around which a strong and solidary community of locals, expats and passers-by has grown. Here social projects and gardening meet contemporary art. DIE BUEHNE is very happy to be an active part of this community.