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Anna Artaker

KÜNSTLICHE SONNEN, MONDE UND STERNE

(ARTIFICAL SUNS, MOONS AND STARS), 2014

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Curtain with 46 black and white images, screen printed on cotton, 2.7 × 15.2 m

For the exhibition ATLAS OF ARCADIA at the Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis in Bregenz and the xhibit at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna the image collection concerning the chapters „Mirrors“ and „Modes of Lighting“ from Benjamin’s Arcades Project was reduced to 46 images. Under the title ARTIFICIAL SUNS, MOONS AND STARS the images are screenprinted onto a curtain, which classically has the function to dim the light and shield something from the gaze. The images are arranged in a way that similar forms or compositions can be found on neighbouring images. These similarities refer to antagonisms regarding the content of the images, like the tension between the glorifying accentuation through limelight and the searchlight as a means of surveillance and control.