DRIFTING
DRIFTING
Daniel Stubenvoll / Laurie Charles / Matthias Esch
curated by Gatien Du Bois
In the movie Tokyo Drifter (1966) by Seijun Suzuki, "Phoenix" Tetsu is a yakuza member who, when his gang is disbanded, remains loyal to his boss and attempts to go straight. This is no easy task, however, as the yakuza are determined to get him back into the life - or kill him if he refuses. The pressure soon forces Tetsu to go on the road, becoming a drifter, a wandering nomad.
Drifting is a group show presenting new works by Penthouse Art Residency artist in residence Daniel Stubenvoll alongside with works by Laurie Charles and Matthias Esch.
opening: 25/01 from 6-10pm
exhibition: 26-27/01 from 3-6pm & by appointment until 30/01
BIOS
Laurie Charles was born in 1987 in Belgium; she lives and works in Brussels. She graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Bordeaux. She makes videos in which she invites her friends to play: there she mixes folklores, humanities and histories (and narratives of history). She also writes and paints – fictions and on canvases – speculative narratives.
Matthias Esch was born 1988 in Andernach (Germany); he lives and works in Berlin. He holds a Master of Letters from the Glasgow School of Art and studied in 20016 with Friederike Feldmann at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin. From 2009-2015 he studied Fine Art in Kassel, Antwerp and Berlin and also received an education as winemaker (2003-2006). His work is about the human condition of “distance”, or “the gap.” Starting from an interest about the relation between images and words, how they cannot merge or how a title can change our perception, and therefore basically changing the image, the artist creates free floating signifiers for this "gap" condition.
Daniel Stubenvoll lives and works in Frankfurt (Germany). He studied at the School of Arts and Design in Kassel with brief changes of scenery at HFBK Hamburg and LUCA School of Arts in Gent where he did his Erasmus in 2011. Among the artists he studied with we can list: Bernhard Prinz, Bjørn Melhus and Florian Slotawa. His works revolve around questions of content production, burdensome tasks, re-presentation and working in networks. In this context, the role of architecture and urban dynamics are always an important aspect.
This exhibition is sponsored by VEDETT