D I S T A N C E

LI HUIHUI (SHANGHAI)
GWYNETH ANDERSON (CHICAGO)

Eröffnung am Mittwoch, 13.01.2016, 20:00 Uhr
Ausstellungsdauer: 14. – 24. Januar 2016

Öffnungszeiten: jeweils Freitag bis Sonntag
16.00 bis 18.00 Uhr oder auf Anfrage

An international Artist exchange with artists from Shanghai and Chicago

Distance is a project, a metric and cultural, symbolic distance that is used to create an image which invites us to come together in the city of Hamburg. This art and cultural exchange leads both artists to dialogue with themselves and with the other in a strange and unfamiliar place. Hamburg, FRISE is to be seen as a medium, a portal of transmission.

Distance brings to matter a syntax between conversation and constellation. Bringing together different perceptions in one dialectic of mutual recognition-knowing and recognizing one self. They come from different nations and artistic contexts. They will negotiate and ponder, individually and collaboratively.

Gwyneth Anderson is a Chicago-based artist whose projects explore perception and phenomena of movement, primarily working with animation and installation. Her work for Distance will focus on the distance between the mind and physical, emotional experience.

Li Huihui is an artist from Shanghai. Her work focuses on lost civilizations and ruins. She uses paint, printmaking and sound to experiment with installations inspired by archaeology and deconstruction. Her work for Distance deals with the alienation of everyday life and the deterioration of things.

The choice of artist is to occur in cooperation with partners in USA and China.

Partners Chicago, USA:
Irmi Maunu-Kocian, Goethe Institute Chicago
Rebecca Beachy and Tim Nickodemus – Artist from previous Hamburg-Chicago exchange
Tricia van Eck, Curator, http://www.6018north.org/

Partners Shanghai, China
Yue Liang – Artist from previous Hamburg-Shanghai exchange
Thomas Füsser (photographer and artscout in china)
Lorenz Helbing (Gallery Shanghart)

Timespan of AiR : December 2015 to Januarary 2016
Vernissage Wednesday January 13th, 2016, 19 O’clock

Project coordination: Dodo Schielein, Torsten Bruch, Chrsdian Wittenburg, Michael Kress
Concept and Host: Michael Kress
Special Thanks to Bilinc Ercan and Julia Dautel
and to all at FRISE Hamburg!

With friendly support by the Ministry of Culture- Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Besonderer Dank an: Dr. Bilinc Ercan, Julia Dautel
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Kulturbehörde Hamburg