Gregor Schneider
12 Sep - 06 Oct 2012
GREGOR SCHNEIDER
scheiß e-mails
13 September - 6 October 2012
Future Gallery is proud to present scheiß e-mails, a two-part solo exhibition by Gregor Schneider. The exhibition features two new bodies of work: a series of new paintings and the first in a series of augmented reality apps.
Schneider’s first ever paintings are an answer to his unrealized projects CUBE and recently It's All Rheydt in Kassel. Set to open coinciding with dOCUMENTA 13, the exhibition was cancelled by the evangelical state church of Hessen, the initial host of the project, due to increasing pressure from the documenta team. There has been much controversy as to why the project was cancelled. Schneider himself has engaged in public protest against this decision. The correspondence between the documenta team and the church, disclosing amongst other things legal threats and ultimatums made by the documenta team, was handed over to him. Schneider has decided to retreat back into his art and use the very documents that prevented him from actualizing his projects as the material for new works. The e-mails have been transformed into large-scale paintings on canvas. The text of the e-mails has been painted on the canvases in excrement using stencils (Gregor Schneider says it is “curators’ shit”).
In addition to his new series of paintings, Schneider introduces AR CUBE Berlin, an augmented reality smartphone app. The new work is a reimagining of his previously censored work CUBE Berlin, initially intended as a 14 x 13 x 13 meter black cube set to be built in 2006 in the courtyard of the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum. CUBE Berlin is now being realized as an augmented reality (AR) structure positioned in front of the museum where it was originally intended to stand. Using this app, visitors can experience the AR cube via their smartphones and are able to see a superimposed version of the cube standing in front of the museum building. The cube is simultaneously absent and present. Although, the work is not being accomplished in its original form, the idea is still manifest.
This is the first of a series of Cube interventions which will take place around the world. Gregor Schneider along with curator Michael Ruiz have preliminary plans to realize the (AR Cube) in every location where the Cube was intended to be built. The next AR Cube will be realized in St. Mark's square in Venice during the 2013 biennale.
“Unsuccessful projects also push you forward.”
-Gregor Schneider
scheiß e-mails
13 September - 6 October 2012
Future Gallery is proud to present scheiß e-mails, a two-part solo exhibition by Gregor Schneider. The exhibition features two new bodies of work: a series of new paintings and the first in a series of augmented reality apps.
Schneider’s first ever paintings are an answer to his unrealized projects CUBE and recently It's All Rheydt in Kassel. Set to open coinciding with dOCUMENTA 13, the exhibition was cancelled by the evangelical state church of Hessen, the initial host of the project, due to increasing pressure from the documenta team. There has been much controversy as to why the project was cancelled. Schneider himself has engaged in public protest against this decision. The correspondence between the documenta team and the church, disclosing amongst other things legal threats and ultimatums made by the documenta team, was handed over to him. Schneider has decided to retreat back into his art and use the very documents that prevented him from actualizing his projects as the material for new works. The e-mails have been transformed into large-scale paintings on canvas. The text of the e-mails has been painted on the canvases in excrement using stencils (Gregor Schneider says it is “curators’ shit”).
In addition to his new series of paintings, Schneider introduces AR CUBE Berlin, an augmented reality smartphone app. The new work is a reimagining of his previously censored work CUBE Berlin, initially intended as a 14 x 13 x 13 meter black cube set to be built in 2006 in the courtyard of the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum. CUBE Berlin is now being realized as an augmented reality (AR) structure positioned in front of the museum where it was originally intended to stand. Using this app, visitors can experience the AR cube via their smartphones and are able to see a superimposed version of the cube standing in front of the museum building. The cube is simultaneously absent and present. Although, the work is not being accomplished in its original form, the idea is still manifest.
This is the first of a series of Cube interventions which will take place around the world. Gregor Schneider along with curator Michael Ruiz have preliminary plans to realize the (AR Cube) in every location where the Cube was intended to be built. The next AR Cube will be realized in St. Mark's square in Venice during the 2013 biennale.
“Unsuccessful projects also push you forward.”
-Gregor Schneider