Foto by Soso
Dumbadze
GENERATOR
Installation and performance, video projection (HD 1:30
min, loop), generator, work contract
New Talents - Biennale Cologne, 12. - 20.05.2012
This project consists of three parts (performance, labour, installation) that work with and through forms of energy transformation and thus emphasizes the often invisible dependencies and conditions of economic and artistic production processes.
In a video performance, an electric generator and a canister are connected to the two ends of a stick. Carrying this construction on his shoulders, the artist turns in a circle. A video camera pointed at the generator captures the rotating movement: the video image shows the generator remaining almost motionless in the center of the image, while the background is constantly moving.
For the duration of the exhibition the artist works at a nearby gas station. According to the contract the artist is paid after each shift in gasoline, which is filled into the generator in the exhibition space. The running generator produces the electricity needed for the video projection of the aforementioned performance.