Das Experiment 3: An Exhibition of Video Art and Cultural Identities at Secession Vienna
Emanuel Danesch and David Rych explored urban and cultural landscapes across ten cities via a mobile video library.
The exhibition 'Das Experiment 3' by Emanuel Danesch and David Rych presented a fascinating exploration of cultural, political, and social landscapes. It featured video works from ten diverse cities spanning Europe and the Middle East, presented through a unique mobile video library. This ambitious project delved into cultural identities along a South-North axis, fostering dialogue and challenging established dichotomies through mobility and artistic expression.
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Exhibition summary
This exhibition by Emanuel Danesch and David Rych features video works from ten cities across Europe and the Middle East, reflecting their diverse cultural, political, and social landscapes. The project is presented through a mobile video library housed in a taxi, which travels between these cities, with posters in the Secession announcing stops and viewing times.
Curatorial context
The project 'Das Experiment 3' by Emanuel Danesch and David Rych delves into the cultural, geographical, political, and social situations of ten cities: Cairo, Beirut, Istanbul, Sofia, Skopje, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Ljubljana, and Vienna. Their work involves creating a mobile video library, installed within a 'taxi', which will traverse this route in autumn 2001, with stops and presentations in each city. Simultaneously, posters displayed at the Secession will announce the various stages and screening schedules of the journey. For the duration of their exhibition, Danesch and Rych will relocate their project office to the Secession's Graphic Cabinet. From this space, they will conduct research for additional video material, organize the road trip from Cairo to Vienna, plan the presentations in the ten cities, and keep exhibition visitors informed about the progress of 'utopia travel.' The project is framed as a laboratory setting where the emphasis is on the process and emerging insights, merging art with various cultural science disciplines. It critically examines cultural identities along a South-North axis, moving from Africa through the Balkans to Vienna, and challenges established dichotomies of 'North' and 'South', 'Occident' and 'Orient'. By contrasting these with the utopia of a homogeneous society, global culture, and universal language, the artists aim to break down old structures through mobility and create new possibilities for dialogue, questioning the narrative construction of artistic video and its role between fiction and documentation.
Admission and ticket notes
Tickets for exhibitions can be purchased via the provided link to the Secession's ticket shop. General admission and opening hours information are available on the website, with the museum open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM.
Das Experiment 3 key exhibition facts
Review exhibition status, schedule, venue context, and attribution details for Das Experiment 3 at Secession in Vienna
Venue
Secession
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
May 17, 2001 – May 21, 2001
Artist line / attribution
Featuring artists Emanuel Danesch and David Rych, who were born in Innsbruck in 1976 and 1975 respectively and live and work in Vienna.
Vienna
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