Amie Siegel
05 July - 23 October 2011
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| © Amie Siegel, Black Moon, 2010
S-16mm film transferred to High Definition, 20 ms., color/sound |
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AMIE SIEGEL. PART 1
5 July - 23 October 2011
The American artist Amie Siegel who is currently living and working at
the Akademie Schloss Solitude as a scholarship holder, presents her
latest three-part work on the ground floor of the Kunstmuseum. In the
main part, the 20-minute film »Black Moon«, Siegel partially refers to
the science fiction film of the same name, shot by the Frenchman Louis
Malle in 1975. A deserted area with eerie ghost towns created by the
American real estate crisis becomes the setting for obscure acts of war.
Only a group of escaping women soldiers is visible. With a few artistic
methods Siegel manages to suspend all references to the time and place
of the action and to create a work of science fiction alluding to many
more cinematic genres.
Kindly supported by the Akademie Schloss Solitude.
Amie Siegel was born in Chicago in 1974 and today lives in Berlin, New
York, and Stuttgart. She took part in group exhibitions around the
world, e.g. at the MoMa/PS1 (New York), at the Hayward Gallery (London),
at the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and at the KW Institute for
Contemporary Art (Berlin). Her films and videos were shown, among
others, at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), at the International
Film Festival in Cannes and at the International Film Festival in
Berlin.
www.kunstmuseum-stuttgart.de
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