- SHOP
- Rorschach
- It’s Personal
- Dark Rooms
- Re:Code Re:Cord
- Imperativ*
- Commissions
- Confessional
- Sonics
- __________
Represented below are 7 of 10 pieces created for this very special exhibit.
The exhibition RE:CODE RE:CORD shall be perceived as a comment to the aforementioned topics. It shall focus on discerning the objects's special appearance, material, and shape while it's not a repurposing attempt. The records in this exhibition have been empty by default - pressed to become a canvas from the beginning and being created to represent a new purpose - re-coding our expectations and our approach. With them not containing grooves and music they represent an empty surface, the beginning of life as an artistic allegory to be filled with content, just like a record is carved with audio information, these blank records receive their narrative from the painting, collages and other techniques applied to them resulting in a unique piece of art.
Five artists from Germany, the USA and the UK, associated with the label Exile On Mainstream as musicians, designers, and artwork creators have taken the challenge and created a collection of unique art pieces by using different techniques, such as painting, carving, scratching, honing, collages, and cut-up. The exhibition will be presented in an immersive way with the records hanging from a structure resembling an air mobile. Visitors can walk among them, get close, or look at them from a distance and see them interacting with each other. In May 2024 all artists got together on a festival and started creating the first pieces. Some more got finished by them alone when they got home. Drawn from the inspiration of spending time together at a music festival where all of them played with their bands, with all its emotional whirlwind to be among like-minded folks the first attempts were an effort in collective presence and mutual inspiration. The work later was finished in isolation fine artists often find themselves. All the exhibits will now be connected and reconnected, forming an installation together which is characterized by movement and interaction. Just as art should be perceived.”
First Exhibition: Haarlem Vinyl Festival + Making Vinyl Conference (Haarlem, Netherlands : 27 September - 04 October). • Second Exhibition: Record Industry (Haarlem, Netherlands)
Third Exhibition: Pallas Group (Diepholz, Germany). • Fourth Exhibition: Optimal Media (Robel/Muritz, Germany)