Exhibition

Vartan Avakian. All That Is Seen and Unseen

24 May 2018 – 17 Jun 2018

Regular hours

Thursday
14:00 – 19:00
Friday
14:00 – 19:00
Saturday
14:00 – 19:00
Sunday
14:00 – 19:00
Tuesday
14:00 – 19:00
Wednesday
14:00 – 19:00

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Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Berlin
Berlin, Germany

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In his current project All That is Seen and Unseen at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Avakian examines printed books as sculptural objects which preserve information.

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These symbols of history, imbued with the weight of culture and authority, are both unique and reproducible. Avakian devises a series of protocols, procedures, and rituals to extract and bring to light their many hidden layers of incidental inscriptions and markings reminiscent of a palimpsest. Not only does he reveal these layers, but in his installations he separates them from their previous form and converts them into new sculptural fossils.

VARTAN AVAKIAN’s work is based on the idea that all data exist in sculptural form and only appear as a ‘fossil’. Consequently, memory too is seen as an activity of excavating and deciphering data from traces and remains. In order to explore practices of cultural production and commemoration, the artist employs different media such as video, installation, sculpture, and photography.

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