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Gerard Byrne: Upon All the Living and the Dead - An Exhibition Exploring Images, Time, and Media Art

Byrne's video, film, and photography critically examine images and their multifaceted relationship with time and media.

This exhibition by Gerard Byrne offers a deep dive into his recent video, film, photography, and performance works. Visitors can explore how Byrne critically examines the relationship between images and time, focusing on their reproduction and display conditions. It highlights his engagement with diverse media and fundamental questions of visual culture.

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Exhibition summary

This exhibition showcases works by Gerard Byrne from recent years, focusing on his exploration of images and their relationship with time through video, film, photography, and performance. It features three video works and a photographic series that delve into the temporal nature of images and their reproduction.

Curatorial context

Gerard Byrne's exhibition 'Upon all the living. and the dead.' brings together his recent works in video, film, photography, and performance, all of which critically examine fundamental questions about images and their multifaceted relationship with time. The exhibition highlights Byrne's engagement with display formats and reflects on the evolving technical and structural foundations of his art and its presentation. The exhibition features three video works: 'Jielemeguvvie guvvie sjisjnjeli' (2016), which merges film, still photography, and sculpture in the context of a 360° diorama; 'In Our Time' (2017), an installation depicting a 1970s/80s American radio studio with dual audio channels exploring the concept of shared audience reception; and 'A Visibility Matrix' (2018), a collaboration with Sven Anderson that examines early media art and cybernetics strategies to address contemporary visibility conditions. Additionally, the photographic work 'Beasts' (2018) explores artificial inanimate qualities. These works collectively engage with the temporal specificities of captured images and the conditions of their reproduction and display.

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Ticketing information is available via a provided link, suggesting that advance booking or specific admission details can be found there. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 AM to 6 PM.

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Venue
Secession
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
Mar 1, 2019 – Mar 31, 2019
Artist line / attribution
Gerard Byrne is an artist working with video, film, photography, and performance. His exhibition 'Upon all the living. and the dead.' was curated by Bettina Spörr and co-developed with Sven Anderson for the work 'A Visibility Matrix.'
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