- Dates6 January 2017 - 25 February 2017
- Artists
by Les Reines Prochaines
Sleep comes from "slap" and is related to the word "slack“. Sleep means not being productive in the material sense.To sleep means to do nothing. Hit the sack also means going to "sleep".Sleep is like sheep, sleep is like sheep. Sleep is individual anarchy.
There is something strange about the calm of sleepers. In sleep, we are vulnerable and alone, finally alone. Sleep is a mysterious state. Sleep smells of the body, of base human needs, it's so un-modern, unreasonable, out of control. Sleep is individual anarchy.
Sleep is more than a break a rest for the brain. Sleep is more than shifting from short-term to long-term memory. Sleep is the condition for waking up. And what does the body know that the mind doesn't? We sleep, we sleep for a better world.
I mean sleep as a revolutionary practice. And I say, yes, money should sleep. I say, yes, control should sleep. I say, yes, fear and faint-heartedness and hiccups should sleep, and I say, yes, habits should sleep.
Zu sehen ist eine neue Werkgruppe von vielteiligen Foto- und Videoarbeiten.
Diaapparate, Leuchtkästen, Flachbildschirm und Videoprojektionen helfen die Bilder aufscheinen zu lassen und den Raum zu erhellen.
Zu sehen sind Gesichter, Figuren und Arme. Mal geht es um Körper als zusammengebasteltes Monument, mal geht es um Microbewegungen im Stillstand. Die zusammengesetzten Bilder wollen Teil der Architektur sein, sie schmiegen sich an sie, andere erzählen und weitere beschreiben den Moment als Erfahrung der Zeitlosigkeit.
Die Band Les Reines Prochaines interpretiert ihren Song „Schlafen“, den sie sonst auf der Bühne live singt, in einer 3 Kanal - Videoinstallation.
Der Song ist inspiriert von Alexei Penzin dem russischen Philosoph und Schriftsteller.
2014
My Art Guide Basel*
Nicolas Krupp presents “Mein Haus – deine Arme – unserer aller Schlaf
[My House – your Arms – our own Sleep]”, an exhibition by the artists Muda Mathis and Sus Zwick.
“Sleep is more than a break a rest for the brain. Sleep is more than shifting from shortterm to long-term memory. Sleep is the condition for waking up. And what does the body know that the mind doesn’t? We sleep, we sleep for a better world. I mean sleep as a revolutionary practice.” Les Reines Prochaines, 2014
*read original My Art Guide Basel article, 1 January 2017
Muda Mathis / Sus Zwick
Muda Mathis born in Zurich, Switzerland, lives and works in Basel, Switzerland. She teaches performance and media, at the Institute of art, Academy of Art and Design, HGK Basel. Is part of the artists cooperative VIA VideoAudioFotoKunst, Basel and member of Les Reines Prochaines, a women's Performance Band. Since 1982 she produces: performances, videos, installations and music, exibitions, festivals, concerts, art in public space, collective works, audioeditions.
Sus Zwick born in Fribourg, Switzerland, lives and works in Basel, Switzerland. She is part of the artists cooperative VIA VideoAudioFotoKunst,Basel and member of Les Reines Prochaines, women's performance band. Since 1979 she produces: videos, documentaries, performances, installations and music, festivals, exhibitions, concerts, art in public space, collective works, audioeditions.