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Pawel Althamer & Artur Zmijewski
Pawel Althamer is both a traditional sculptor and a radical performance artist. The theme running through all his activities is the far-reaching isolation of the modern individual in our Western society and the existential alienation and spiritual poverty that can result from this. In the eight-part video report shown here, the underlying themes are mind expansion and investigation of the (im)possibility of true solidarity.
Under the influence of various hallucinogens (drugs, a truth drug and hypnosis), Althamer is interviewed and filmed by friend and artist Artur Zmijewski. Depending on the sort of drug or hypnosis, Althamer responds either candidly, suspiciously, aggressively or sentimentally. One video shows him in the company of his former professor Grezgorz Kowalski – both under the influence of LSD – during an initially stiff discussion in the vicinity of his dacha. Even more painful to watch are the images of Althamer in the split role of artist and father, walking in a park with his ten-year-old daughter.
Pawel Althamer & Artur Zmijewski
Pawel Althamer is both a traditional sculptor and a radical performance artist. The theme running through all his activities is the far-reaching isolation of the modern individual in our Western society and the existential alienation and spiritual poverty that can result from this. In the eight-part video report shown here, the underlying themes are mind expansion and investigation of the (im)possibility of true solidarity.
Under the influence of various hallucinogens (drugs, a truth drug and hypnosis), Althamer is interviewed and filmed by friend and artist Artur Zmijewski. Depending on the sort of drug or hypnosis, Althamer responds either candidly, suspiciously, aggressively or sentimentally. One video shows him in the company of his former professor Grezgorz Kowalski – both under the influence of LSD – during an initially stiff discussion in the vicinity of his dacha. Even more painful to watch are the images of Althamer in the split role of artist and father, walking in a park with his ten-year-old daughter.
Images
Collection Bonnefantenmuseum
So genannte Wellen und andere Phänomene des Geistes, 2003-2004
So genannte Wellen und andere Phänomene des Geistes, 2003-2004