ZKM | Karlsruhe | Artist Talk with Carolyn Kirschner | ASMR Iconoclash Slow Squeeze @zkmkarlsruhe | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 17 hours ago.
With »Iconoclash Slow Squeeze«, the artist Carolyn Kirschner explores so-called Autonomous Sensory Meridian Responses, or ASMR for short – tinglingly pleasant reactions that can be triggered by auditory and visual stimuli that most people perceive during relaxation, calming and well-being.
Through the incorporation of well-known modernist artworks, such as works by Joseph Beuys or Gordon Matta-Clark, their recontextualization and simultaneous transfer into another material form, Kirschner questions the connection between art, fetish, pleasure, and experience. The deconstruction of the iconic forms of these artworks – and their illustrious metamorphosis – addresses both other senses and habitual stimuli. The associated questions about the relationship between materiality, representation, and physical stimulation can also open up a new understanding regarding the mediation of both immaterial knowledge and material things. The project was developed within the framework of the Beyond Matter Residency Program.
Project Website https://beyondmatter.eu
Digital animation, soundscape, video loop, 15 min
Soundscape: Kieran Brunt
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With »Iconoclash Slow Squeeze«, the artist Carolyn Kirschner explores so-called Autonomous Sensory Meridian Responses, or ASMR for short – tinglingly pleasant reactions that can be triggered by auditory and visual stimuli that most people perceive during relaxation, calming and well-being.
Through the incorporation of well-known modernist artworks, such as works by Joseph Beuys or Gordon Matta-Clark, their recontextualization and simultaneous transfer into another material form, Kirschner questions the connection between art, fetish, pleasure, and experience. The deconstruction of the iconic forms of these artworks – and their illustrious metamorphosis – addresses both other senses and habitual stimuli. The associated questions about the relationship between materiality, representation, and physical stimulation can also open up a new understanding regarding the mediation of both immaterial knowledge and material things. The project was developed within the framework of the Beyond Matter Residency Program.
Project Website https://beyondmatter.eu
Digital animation, soundscape, video loop, 15 min
Soundscape: Kieran Brunt
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