Exhibition

MELANIE MANCHOT - LEAP after The Great Ecstasy

20 Apr 2013 – 1 Jun 2013

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FREE

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Carslaw St Lukes

London, United Kingdom

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  • Bus: Number 55
  • Tube: Old Street (Exit 6) or Barbican
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Inspired by Werner Herzog's film ‘The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner' (1974), the work observes a range of physical and psychological situations in the quest for a brief moment of perfection. Set on the world's largest natural ski jump, the video piece charts the intense preparations for an annual world cup, both in terms of the materiality of the site and the individuals involved. For the presentation, Melanie Manchot has devised an installation that takes over the gallery, its yard and playhouse and transforms these into a continuous choreography. A small group of night time photographs opens the show and sets the stage: each of the images is a portrait of the location, both in terms of its dense physicality as well as a play on what it might stand for in terms of danger and desire. Further staging devices such as a provisional seating structure and an outside wooden room reflect the material nature of these temporary events while providing custom made environments for the work.

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