PARIS WAS YESTERDAY

CHARLES BROSKOSKI
MARCEL DIONNE
IDA EKBLAD
MARIUS ENGH
SIMON GOLDIN
JAKOB SENNEBY

Curated by Hanne Mugaas

La Vitrine, Paris, April 5 - May 4, 2007

In "After Microsoft", Simon Goldin and Jakob Senneby searched for the photographer of the standard Microsoft desktop image, and had him photograph and photoshop the scene once more, such questioning the give and take of art and commerce.

In the video "Infinity x 10", Charles Broskoski alters future fantasies. Broskoski has written a computer program to play the "Infinity and beyond"-scene of the movie "2001" 10 times over with a 5 second difference between each instance, to complicate and aestheticize its imagery. In similar turns, Ida Ekblad's "National Geographic" reorganizes 20 years of clippings from the nature and science magazine National Geographic to further increase its glossy version of nature.

Ekblad and Marius Engh's sculpture "Larissa, Proteus, Triton, Nereid" explores the moons of the planet Neptune through found sports equipment, such commenting on the moon's place and usage within popular culture. Marius Engh's collage "Untitled (Coat) / Untitled (Words)" investigates the crossword and its resemblance to the concept of the grid and its associations to modernistic painting.

Marcel Dionne's "Guitar Pick" brings Dimedag Darrell's, the legendary guitarist of Pantera, guitar pick to the exhibition to question the gallery's ability to increase the cultural value of a ready-made. Dionne also presents "Rockawear/ I Love Tchaikovsky" a collage which comments on the usage and value of contemporary imagery and music.