Where is the line between opinion and fact? When does an object become information? And when in this process does it transform into a fetish? What is the validity of these divisions in the light of social media and algorithmically generated purchase recommendations? Using the dispositions of an exhibition, After facts would like to pursue and complexify these questions and at the same time show alternative forms of knowledge production and commodity culture.
The impetus of the exhibition has been the headshop Pudding Explosion, which was initiated in 1968 by the conceptual artist Peter Roehr (1944–68) together with his later gallerist Paul Maenz in the heart of Frankfurt. The goods assortment ranged from pop culture committed items, such as music and band buttons, to international newspapers and Maoist manifestos, providing youth and counterculture with identity-confirming objects, information and opinions. Against the backdrop of the growing importance of digital space, After facts is devoted to an updating of these subject areas.
A project initiated by the Master program Curatorial Studies, the exhibition materialises as a display of ten positions of international artists in a former pharmacy in Frankfurt Westend. Their work, among them five new productions, approach the mechanisms of information and merchandise exchange in the digital and post-factual age from different angles.
Installation viewJennifer Lyn Morone, JLMTM Inc Lure/Repel, 2016 perfume bottles, video infomercial and commercial, 4’50’’Jennifer Lyn Morone, JLMTM Inc Lure/Repel, 2016 perfume bottles, video infomercial and commercial, 4’50’’Jennifer Lyn Morone, JLMTM Inc Lure/Repel, 2016 perfume bottles, video infomercial and commercial, 4’50’’Zac Langdon-Pole, Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea Apoda), 2015 re-prepared taxidermy Greater bird-of-paradise, plastic containerInstallation viewThomas Bayrle, Ochsen, 1967/1997 wallpaper, silkscreen on paper, dimension variable; Max Eulitz, Water Flower Pots, 2016 water, waterplants, epoxy resinMax Eulitz, Water Flower Pots, 2016 water, waterplants, epoxy resinThomas Baldischwyler, Castiglioni, Rebhuhn, Maenz, Howl & APC, 2016 mixed materialThomas Baldischwyler, Castiglioni, Rebhuhn, Maenz, Howl & APC, 2016 mixed materialThomas Baldischwyler, Castiglioni, Rebhuhn, Maenz, Howl & APC, 2016 mixed materialInstallation viewInstallation viewJasmin Werner, Ik hou van mijn moije sexy kleren, maar dat beteken niet, dat ik gered ben vor sex (I like my pretty sexy clothes, but that doesn’t mean I am ready for sex), 2016 photography, baryt print, 42 x 28 cmPeter Roehr, Film-Montagen I + III, 1965 16mm film with sound, b/w, 6’30’’ Cut Roland Krell; Production Paul Maenz, Inv. Nr. 1991/508 MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am MainPeter Roehr, Film-Montagen I + III, 1965 16mm film with sound, b/w, 6’30’’ Cut Roland Krell; Production Paul Maenz, Inv. Nr. 1991/508 MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am MainAlex Turgeon, Apotheke Mon Chéri, 2016 sign, rope, lightbulbs, stoneAlex Turgeon, Apotheke Mon Chéri, 2016 sign, rope, lightbulbs, stone Jasmin Werner, Zur Lindenwirtin, 2016 aluminium, threaded rod, butterfly nut, polyphenylene sulfideJasmin Werner, Zur Lindenwirtin, 2016 aluminium, threaded rod, butterfly nut, polyphenylene sulfideJasmin Werner, Zur Lindenwirtin, 2016 aluminium, threaded rod, butterfly nut, polyphenylene sulfideJasmin Werner, Zur Lindenwirtin, 2016 aluminium, threaded rod, butterfly nut, polyphenylene sulfideAnna McCarthy, Bored Rebel in Oberpfaffenhofen, 2009 part of the series How to Start a Revolution, video, sound, colour, 18’
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