Perfect Sculpture
Perfect Sculpture (Tasmanian Tiger)
2001
Video installation
16mm film transferred to PAL video, no sound, 6 min, white sculpture pedestal, video projector inside
A film from the 1930s of the last Tasmanian tiger is projected in a movie theater. The projection is filmed by a moving 16mm camera crossing the auditorium on tracks from left to right.
The three-minute “Tasmanian Tiger” film is followed by three minutes of “absence” announcing and counting down the time for the next screening.
Credits:
Camera: Frederik Walker
Camera Assistent: Sara Maria Marcus
Special FX: Reza Farahani
Support:
Matthias Groebel
Alexander Peterhaensel
Markus Unterfinger
Fabian Walker
Thanks to Marcel Odenbach, Jürgen Klauke
Filmed at Cinenova Köln 2001
EXHIBITION VIEWS
- DELPHI Essentials, ACE Gallery Los Angeles, 2017
- Hamburger Bahnhof, Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin, 2010/11
- Space Surrogates, Andreas Binder Gallery, Munich, 2004
Screen: Tiger
Screen: Typeface (countdown)
Installation View: Gallery Andreas Binder 2002