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Die Musik bricht ab. Die Gäste sind verlegen. Pause.
Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, 2016
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In her exhibition Die Musik bricht ab. Die Gäste sind verlegen. Pause. [1] that
takes place from January 14 throughout February 6, 2016 at Galerie EIGEN+ ART
Berlin, Lada Nakonechna follows her interest in the relations between the artist and
the viewer and, referring to Brecht’s epic theatre that was supposed to actuate social
and political changes, arranges the space as a theatre set up. It consists of separate
objects that are constructed from elements from the real and the digital world and
from traces of the public sphere: everyday life attitudes, war and media manipulation.
By entering the gallery, the visitor is invited to switch between the position of the
spectator and the actor and it seems that the artworks - metal objects, edited
photographs, video and costume - are playing the role of props in a play we do not
know and unexpectedly become part of. It is not sure if the act just ended or just
started, if there already happened something or we are still waiting for. There is a pause.
The particular state of silence, weightlessness, loss of reference points, something in between.
[1] Brecht, Bertolt (2012): Der kaukasische Kreidekreis, 49. Aufl., Berlin, S. 66. Translated as: „The music stops.
The guests are embarrassed. Pause.“