“ex.spectators”, 8’25”,
2000
Spectators in the cinema are telling their
expectations before the screening of the film.
This re-presentation refers to a moment in darkness
(black screen), at a split when the audience
dives into the realm of fiction. Here the intention
was to merge the audience into a film ambience
and to focus on their verbal expression concerning
their expectations. These voices reflect and
translate seconds of silence and the beginning soundtrack
of the film. It is not a documentary or
sociological study of an audience that visits cinemas,
but a reference to the spectator who is
always invited to expect.
Johannes Maier
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| Born 1971 in Ulm (Germany), lives and works in London
(UK) |
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| Education |
| Kunstakademie Stuttgart (Germany), University of Derby
(UK) |
| and Goldsmiths College London (UK). |
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| Selected exhibitions and festivals |
| cat. catalogue |
| 2003 |
Translator's Notes, Cafe Gallery Projects, London (UK) |
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Der Silberne Schnitt, Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein
Stuttgart (Germany) cat. |
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Peripherie und Zentrum, Landesvertretung Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Berlin (Germany) cat. |
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Project Artist, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen |
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Critical Home Video, York (UK), Auckland (NZ) |
| 2002 |
Reality Check, Columbus Art Foundation, Ravensburg (Germany) |
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mediated.cooperation, Kunststiftung Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Stuttgart (Germany) |
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sitting tenants, Adam and Eve Mews, Lotta Hammer, London
(UK) |
| 2001 |
cut and life, One in The other, London (UK) |
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Insider Trading, Mandeville Hotel, London (UK) |
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East International 2001, Norwich (UK) |
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World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
cat. |
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Break in Theatre 2, Tonchiki House, Yokohama Triennale
(Japan) cat. |
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enter, Kunststiftung Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart (Germany) |
| 2000 |
Filmwinter, Stuttgart (Germany) cat. |
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New Contemporaries 2000, London, Milton Keynes, Manchester,
Edinburgh (UK) cat. |
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Living with the Dutch, 89a Erlanger Road, London (UK) |
| 1999 |
Exit, Videofestival, Chisenhale Gallery, London (UK) |
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C4, Columbus Art Foundation, Ravensburg (Germany) |
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Hors Circuit, Film- and Videofestival, Paris (F) |
| 1998 |
neulich, alpha jetzt, Stuttgart (Germany) |
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acoustic shadows, Site Gallery, Sheffield (UK) |
| 1997 |
dreizunull, Stadthaus, Ulm (Germany) |
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Site and Sound", Site Gallery Sheffield (UK) |
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| Grants and prizes |
| 2003 |
DAAD Extensional Grant PhD, London (UK) |
| 2001 |
Grant of the Kunststiftung Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany) |
| 2000 |
DAAD Annual Scholarship, London (UK) |
| 1997 |
Artist Grant VBKW Ulm (Germany) |
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Academy Prize, Kunstakademie Stuttgart (Germany) |
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Artist Grant of the City of Ulm (Germany) |
