You Do Not Leave Traces of Your Presence, Just of Your ActsKH Künstler:innenhaus Bremen
07.09 — 03.11.2024
Gernot Wieland (b. 1968 in Horn, Austria) is a filmmaker and artist. His short films are narratives that he constructs with the help of idiosyncratic and sometimes absurd combinations of images and language. On the visual level, Wieland collages various techniques ranging from drawing, Super 8 sequences, diagrams and clay anima- tion to potato printing and watercolor. The techniques appear as approachable and per- sonal as the content. In the stories, Wieland speaks in his own voice from a first-person perspective. Autobiographical and fictional elements mingle to create a poetic space. The plots unfold like dreams: they mix past and present, bringing together protagonists from Wieland’s childhood, such as teachers, classmates, or family members with figures from cultural history, such as Sigmund Freud or Jackson Pollock. The personal connects with the political and slowly develops into an analysis of social norms and repression – with the help of humor, which flares up again and again. Like in a dream, the constel- lations and connections are surreal, irrational and confusing, yet in the end everything makes sense.
The exhibition presents a new short film by Wieland as well as an installation including artworks by other artists closely linked to the film.
Curated by Nadja Quante.
August 31, 2024
