Solo exhibition:
Ján Mančuška
"only those wild species that appeal to people will survive"
Ján Mančuška presents a selection of his most recent and newly produced works at the Kunsthalle Basel from 18.01. – 06.04.2008
His film and video installations involve specially designed architecture, built to contain a range of projection devices that create specific viewing conditions for each work. The installations function as a sequence of interrelated settings within the exhibition space. Mančuška employs cinematic techniques (such as random editing) that introduce discontinuity into the filmic time-space structure.
With his title – only those wild species that appeal to people will survive – which is taken from a scientific article in a popular magazine, Mančuška alludes to the mutual dependency of nature and humankind. This ambivalent relationship can also be described in terms of the “other” or “alien” as an entity required by man in order to be able to reflect himself.
Ján Mančuška (born in 1972, Bratislava, Slovakia. Lives and works in Prague).
For additional information on this
event, visit: www.kunsthallebasel.ch.
Duration:
18.01. – 06.04.2008
26.02.2008, 8pm, Stadtkino Basel (Klostergasse 5):
In conjunction with the exhibition, Ján Mančuška will present his film If there is anything good about me, I’m the only one who knows (2007-08).
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