Exhibition
Ryan Trecartin SITE VISIT
14 Sep 2014 – 11 Jan 2015
Regular hours
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Monday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 21:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 19:00
About
KW Institute for Contemporary Art is delighted to present the first institutional solo exhibition of Ryan Trecartin in Germany. It presents a new multi-channel film and an expansive site-specific installation designed in collaboration with Lizzie Fitch, Trecartin's longtime creative partner. The work will broaden the artist's use of sound, and challenge conventional modes of audiences' engagement with different media.Trecartin's densely layered narratives are propelled by a cast of complexly drawn yet stylized characters, who are at once familiar and foreign. In both form and content Trecartin's movies refer to the aesthetics and social codes prevalent in various realms of pop culture. The frenetic pacing, intricately crafted edits, the fluid and ever-evolving identities of the protagonists from reality TV, gaming, and internet media are adapted and extended. Heralded by the American magazine The New Yorker as "the most consequential artist to emerge since the 1980s", Trecartin's visionary understanding of the profound shifts in culture and social interaction define our current ? and future ? moment.