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A Thousand Friends at New Jörg

September 24, 2016

Artists: Daniele Milvio, Olga Pedan, Matthieu Haberard, Micah Hesse, Stefan Fuchs, Bianca Bondi, Rosa Aiello, Aline Bouvy, Sandra Vaka Olsen, Clément Roche, Kareem Lotfy, Nuno Patrício, Antoine Donzeaud, Dominic Samsworth, Dorota Gaweda & Eglé Kulbokaité, Hilda Stammarnäs, Agata Ingarden, Austin Lee, Chris Lecler, Yorgos Stamkopoulos, Hubert Marot, Strauss Bourque Lafrance, Loup Sarion, Sean Raspet, Bending Binding, Liesl Raff & Christoph Meier, Mathis Collins

Exhibition title: A Thousand Friends (part 2)

Curated by: Elisa Rigoulet

Venue: New Jörg, Vienna, Austria

Date: September 9 – 23, 2016

Photography: Georg Petermichl, all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and New Jörg

The philosophy of networks draws on the metaphor of human networks applied to the physical networks of society, based on the hypothesis and capacity of a physical parallel to ensure a form of connection between individuals. Therefore establishing ties would pass by means of transport, the development of railroads, telecommunications, right up until computers and the internet.

While Antoine was completing a residency in Lithuania last January, everything revolved around the idea of movement : working, going out for drinks, grocery shopping, going to a concert. Stepping out, taking out a car, carrying out a journey, taking the car back, carrying out the journey back. Nothing could be thought of without taking the distance into account, the time required in order to cover it. Imagining the distance. Accepting the trip. Over there – geographically isolated – he however constantly referred to closeness, physical ties, a weaving of relationships, and friendships.

A thousand friends is a gathering. For the show in Vienna, the artists are sending their works, objects, digital files, video or sound. From Paris, Antoine and I are bringing pieces along with us in our suitcases. Some friends and artists are trusting us with their works for the show. Others are coming all the way to Vienna to install them, or just to drop them off. Everything has been falling into place meeting up over here. The framework of the place, the time frame, us and the works and the physical mechanics of it all. The displacement and the journey entailed a circumstance of coming together, a network of interactions subjected to a practical economy, of exchange, limited in time, constraint in volume. Mobility as the true and unique challenge for connecting.

Bending Binding, Kooling Systems (Jamaïcan smiley face), 2016, Licorice, glue

Bianca Bondi, Virginia, 2016, Latex and chrome

Strauss Bourque-Lafrance, Hickory For Now, 2015, Altered bed sheet

Aline Bouvy, Who will wear my teeth as amulets IV, 2016, Jesmonite, fiberglass and natural wax

Mathis Collins, The Drunken Gaze, 2016, Cups, glass eye, copper staples, pvc, glue

Antoine Donzeaud, Hood Life Oversized Raincoat one size, 2016, Acrylic and spray on polythene

Stefan Fuchs, Versuchen sie es mal mit intelligentem content, 2016, Acrylic on canvas

Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė, Ai flower with Ai jaws wide open, 2016, Concrete, fake nails, nail jewelry, acrylic paint, diffuser sticks

Matthieu Haberard, Ne jamais arrêter d’apprendre 1 & 2, 2016, Acrylic on wall

Agata Ingarden, Golem XIV, 2016, Computer screen, metal, sponge, epoxy, cardboard box

Agata Ingarden, Chewing gum, 2016, Magnet, epoxy, ladybird, tabacco

Chris Lecler, Will o the wisp, 2016, Steel, epoxy , jesmonite, led system, concrete

Austin Lee, Grace, 2016, 3D print

Hubert Marot, Gova V et VI, 2016, Glazed stoneware

Daniele Milvio, Una testa, di un nemico, 2016, Bee’s wax, plaster, paraffine, hemp fabric, straw, encaust painting

Nuno Patricio, Dropbox Pt. I (White Unicorn) & Dropbox Pt. II (The Grand Avatar), 2016, Carbon fiber decals on cardboard boxes, Don Maitz stolen artworks from the Guardians game card series printed onto casino roulette gambling notepad sheets, white screen print on organic cotton fleece, dry grass, lavander, chamomile flowers, water, Red Bull, Calvin Klein Contradiction, inox bowls, latex gloves, six mini plastic pomegranates, ecoline, engine oil

Liesl Raff and Christoph Meier, Untitled, 2016, Fog machines, concrete, PVC

Sean Raspet, Isotope Labeled 6.5% Carbamide Peroxide Aqueous Solution, 2015-2016, Carbamide peroxide solution used for the purpose of cleaning and removing ear wax. (In differing concentrations carbamideperoxide may be used for teeth whitening and cleaning and disinfecting purposes.) Each of the molecular components of the mixture––water, urea and hydrogen peroxide––are isotope labeled: they contain atoms that have a differing number of neutrons than what is typically found in nature. Isotopic labeling is commonly used to track metabolic or chemical reaction products in scientific research and medical diagnostics.