»Paravent« 
Light Box
Light Box
© Ruth Schnell/Gudrun Bielz; Video sculpture
210 cm x 165 cm
Video projector, projection mask, video player, videotape, paravent (iron, paper)
In co-production with Gudrun Bielz
Keywords
Information
Ruth Schnell >
»Paravent«, 1991 - 1991
Co-Workers & Funding:
In co-production with Gudrun Bielzhttps://ruthschnell.org/en/works/paravant/
Technology
Hardware
Video projector, projection mask, video player, videotapeInstallation Requirements / Space
210 cm x 165 cmMaterial
Video projector, projection mask, video player, videotape, paravent (iron, paper)
Descriptions & Essays
Ruth Schnell 25-09-2021
Video sculpture
In co-production with Gudrun Bielz
The 'Paravent' functions as a projection screen, displaying a video of a car wash routine captured from the inside of a car. The 'Paravent' shifts its normal function as a private object and becomes a window into mechanized public space.
"The paravent is a commodity that belongs to the private sphere, acting as a cover, such as the folding screen in the bedroom, which one uses to undress behind it, but at the same time this transparent screen shows what it wants to hide and therefore invites to voyeurism; there is another level to this work: the paravent serves as a projection screen, the interior view of a car wash is projected onto it, and it is transferred to another room, into a public space, into a mechanized space. But the screen belongs to private space, which creates a paradoxical situation."
- Ruth Schnell, quoting Gudrun Bielz in conversation with Dr Ingrid Adamer, published in: Trasparenz, exhibition catalogue, Feldkirch 1993
Ruth Schnell: Paravent, 25-09-2021, in: Archive of Digital Art Video sculpture
In co-production with Gudrun Bielz
The 'Paravent' functions as a projection screen, displaying a video of a car wash routine captured from the inside of a car. The 'Paravent' shifts its normal function as a private object and becomes a window into mechanized public space.
"The paravent is a commodity that belongs to the private sphere, acting as a cover, such as the folding screen in the bedroom, which one uses to undress behind it, but at the same time this transparent screen shows what it wants to hide and therefore invites to voyeurism; there is another level to this work: the paravent serves as a projection screen, the interior view of a car wash is projected onto it, and it is transferred to another room, into a public space, into a mechanized space. But the screen belongs to private space, which creates a paradoxical situation."
- Ruth Schnell, quoting Gudrun Bielz in conversation with Dr Ingrid Adamer, published in: Trasparenz, exhibition catalogue, Feldkirch 1993
Literature
Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien, ed. Über Wasser. Museum auf Abruf, Objekte aus der Sammlung der Stadt Wien. Vienna: Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien, 2003.
Schnell, Ruth. »On the occasion of La Biennale di Venezia 1995.« In On the occasion of La Biennale di Venezia 1995, edited by Ruth Schnell. Vienna: 1995.
Adamer, Ingrid. Transparenz, Interview Dr. Ingrid Adamer mit Gudrun Bielz.. Feldkirch: Palais Liechtenstein, 1993.
Matt, Gerald and Wolfgang Fetz, ed. Absolutismus und Exzentrik. Die Kunst des Entschwindens. (Assolutismo ed Eccentricita L'Arte dello Svanire.). Bolzano: Bozen Galerie Museum, 1991.
Exhibitions & Events
1993
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