Stefan Riebel – Installation/Performance: Dedication Series

Installation/Performance: Dedication Series
Stefan Riebel

Installation
23rd November – 12th December
Introductions by the artist are held:
Sun 27th: 14:20-14:40, 15:30-15:50
HKW Foyer

“The Dedication Series” consists of a number of textual propositions realised as modest poetic interventions that are at once poignant, ironic and whimsical. These statements presented on windows, in shopping centers, on notice boards and in the street act as a dialogue between the sites of their display, the audience, and the empty space of possibility and longing that the text evokes. Each dedication uncovers that which is present, possible and simultaneously lost or absent, acting as temporal disruptions that at once make moments or thoughts tangible and sustainable, while documenting their passing and inability to remain lasting or constant.

The work then occurs as a series of ephemeral ventures, which exists in large part in the minds of the causal observer who encounter them and attempt to fill the hollow space that the words create. The words present the audience with propositions and asks them in return to use their experiences, thoughts and imagination to enact the work and appreciate its value. The style and sites in which these work appears vary in scale, aesthetic, and access creating very different situations for interaction. At times Riebel’s text is visually dominant and public, allowing for casual and accidental observation from people passing by. At the same time the work is camouflaged as it adapts to the style of public billboards and advertising that usually occupy these spaces. Other realisations of the work are subtle almost unperceivable to those not paying avid attention to their surroundings. In both cases the work is reliant upon the audience’s ability to shift their perception to, in the first instance, encounter the work, and to then engage in the cerebral space it provides.” (Rachael Parsons)

http://stefanriebel.de/
http://dedication.stefanriebel.de/

Image: Stefan Riebel