Lore #9 // Tell me more - ALEX REYNOLDS and MARGE MONKO

In the organizer's words:

#9

Tell me more

ALEX REYNOLDS

MARGE MONKO

Curated by Erika Hock

Opening:

30.05.2024

6 pm

Duration:

30.05 - 09.06.2024

Open by appointment.

The exhibition entitled "tell me more" brings together two artistic positions from Brussels/Barcelona and Tallinn. Both use the medium of video/film to give us a very personal insight into a public or private space. The juxtaposition reveals linear and broken structures of narratives in which the artists negotiate anonymous places, public spaces and personal experiences.

The artist Alex Reynolds will show a 34-minute film about the Palace of Justice in Brussels. Entitled "Palais", the film documents in first person a series of incursions into the massive and phantasmagorical Palace of Justice. In just over half an hour, the camera makes us complicit in an action that pauses only at the risk of being caught, gradually revealing all facets of the building with each shot.

In the film "Dear D" by Marge Monko, the voice-over is based on a fictional love letter that touches on various aspects of contemporary love. The text contains several references, including to the writings of Chris Kraus, Siri Hustvedt and Andre Gorz, as well as to the well-known song "Something" by the Beatles and the sociological research of Eva Illouz. The video is recorded on the computer screen and shows the process of writing the letter, interrupted by surfing the Internet and browsing through image files.

Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne.

Film still:

Marge Monko
Dear D, 2015
Single channel video, color, sound, 8΄ 10΄΄
Courtesy of the artist