Describe the effect of watching a Godard film - (Alchemy box #13)
Artist:
Ryan Gander
Date:
2009
Medium:
Mixed media
Materials:
Black box, Lettraset
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Ryan Gander created several alchemy boxes using the principle of the sealed box. The contents of each of them, meticulously inventoried and classified, are inscribed on the adjacent wall. Describe the effect of watching a Godard film - (Alchemy box #13) contains elements related to time, duration, movement, and still life. The work is entirely black, except for a permanently lit light-emitting diode. The meaning Ryan Gander has tried to give to these works seems as hermetic as their content. They could be considered as archives of a present moment, of an instant.
Text written by Elise Vassiliadis-Poirey as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
Alphaville Alfaville
(SIC), Bruxelles (Belgique)
from 19 Dec to 22 Dec 2012
(SIC), Bruxelles (Belgique)
from 19 Dec to 22 Dec 2012
L'institut des archives sauvages
Villa Arson, Nice (France)
from 17 Feb to 28 May 2012
Villa Arson, Nice (France)
from 17 Feb to 28 May 2012
Antidote 5
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 20 Oct 2009 to 09 Jan 2010
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 20 Oct 2009 to 09 Jan 2010
Ryan Gander : It's a right Heath Robinson affair
Gb agency, Paris (France)
from 14 Mar to 18 Apr 2009
Gb agency, Paris (France)
from 14 Mar to 18 Apr 2009