»Traumliege« 
Light Box
Light Box
© Ruth Schnell/Gudrun Bielz; Traumliege, 1987
[ Dream bed, 1987 ]
Video sculpture
Metal object, built-in monitor, video player, videotape, metal vase, roses
In co-production with Gudrun Bielz
Keywords
Information
Ruth Schnell >
»Traumliege«, 1987 - 1987
Co-Workers & Funding:
In co-production with Gudrun Bielzhttps://ruthschnell.org/en/works/traumliege/
Technology
Hardware
Monitor, video player, videotapeMaterial
Metal object, built-in monitor, video player, videotape, metal vase, roses
Descriptions & Essays
Ruth Schnell 25-09-2021
Video sculpture
[English title, Dream bed]
INSTANT body, INSTANT coitus, INSTANT dreams
The fast-paced images are freeze-dried, the fast-paced dreams static, the people coded, the codes interchangeable.
Porn is the dream of de-sensualized sexuality, the imagination of the eternally available, the dream of the mechanics of the act, a man's dream of being a pleasurable voyeur of a constantly repeatable action – the bodies become symbols that function mechanically – interchangeable as the ambience: the palm tree, the rose wallpaper, the art on the wall.
From: Ruth Schnell/Gudrun Bielz. 'Traumliege'. Published in: Eva & Co, Issue 18, 1987
Ruth Schnell: Traumliege, 25-09-2021, in: Archive of Digital Art Video sculpture
[English title, Dream bed]
INSTANT body, INSTANT coitus, INSTANT dreams
The fast-paced images are freeze-dried, the fast-paced dreams static, the people coded, the codes interchangeable.
Porn is the dream of de-sensualized sexuality, the imagination of the eternally available, the dream of the mechanics of the act, a man's dream of being a pleasurable voyeur of a constantly repeatable action – the bodies become symbols that function mechanically – interchangeable as the ambience: the palm tree, the rose wallpaper, the art on the wall.
From: Ruth Schnell/Gudrun Bielz. 'Traumliege'. Published in: Eva & Co, Issue 18, 1987
Literature
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.
Galleria La Giarina, ed. Shape your Body, Katalog. Verona: Galleria La Giarina, 1994.
Künstlerhaus Salzburg, ed. Der pornografische Blick, Ausstellungskatalog. Salzburg: Künstlerhaus Salzburg, 1988.
Wiener Secession, ed. Junge Szene Wien ´87, Ausstellungskatalog. Vienna: Wiener Secession, 1987.
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