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Details of object number: 235154
Title:Desert In (for against disaster) (original title)
Number of parts:3
Object name:Photography GND
Collection:Kunstankauf, Abteilung Deutsche Kultur
Created by:Tomasi, Benjamin (artist) (Bolzano/Bozen, 1978-09-22)
Production date:(dated) 2010
Description:Photographic work in three parts. Three video HD stills, each showing a musician with long hair and dark clothing playing an electric guitar next to a two-level highway in Japan. Edition 1/4. Inscribed, signed and dated by hand in black ballpoint on the back at the bottom right: “Desert In (for against disaster)” 2010 – 1/4 – Benjamin Tomasi.
Hist. crit. notes:“Desert In (for against disaster)” by Benjamin Tomasi combines a sound performance with an art video, here documented by video stills. A performer plays the solo part of the rock classic “Sweet Child of Mine” by Guns N’ Roses in front of a multi-level highway in Tokyo, although his guitar cannot be heard. The artist modulates the volume and tone of the ambient background noise by means of digital analysis and processing. The power of the instrument seems woven into the urban landscape. (Günther Oberhollenzer, in “Arbeiten. Lavori in corso II [Works in progress II]”, Bozen 2020, p. 238)
With his origins in photography and experimental music, Benjamin Tomasi’s main interest lies in the research and production of reciprocal audiovisual processes of perception together with their spatial implications. His experimental practice often results in nonreproducible moments in various media.
The relation between sound and image is deconstructed, e.g. in the video Desert In (for against disaster). The first sequence begins with a black screen and a soundtrack that reminds us of traffic noises. A multilevel motorway appears with a guitarist in rocker pose at its edge. He tunes the chords of a rock song which manipulates the ambient noises. Conversely the sound of the city appears as a “track” giving texture to the sound. This collision of soundtrack and image confuses the hearing and seeing. (Christina Nägele, in “Panorama 4, Neue Kunst in Südtirol. Arte nuova in Alto Adige”, Bolzano/Bozen 2012, p. 142)
With his origins in photography and experimental music, Benjamin Tomasi’s main interest lies in the research and production of reciprocal audiovisual processes of perception together with their spatial implications. His experimental practice often results in nonreproducible moments in various media.
The relation between sound and image is deconstructed, e.g. in the video Desert In (for against disaster). The first sequence begins with a black screen and a soundtrack that reminds us of traffic noises. A multilevel motorway appears with a guitarist in rocker pose at its edge. He tunes the chords of a rock song which manipulates the ambient noises. Conversely the sound of the city appears as a “track” giving texture to the sound. This collision of soundtrack and image confuses the hearing and seeing. (Christina Nägele, in “Panorama 4, Neue Kunst in Südtirol. Arte nuova in Alto Adige”, Bolzano/Bozen 2012, p. 142)
Material:Photo paper
Technique:gefilmt
gedruckt (Lambdadruck)
gedruckt (Lambdadruck)
Dimensions:
- je height: 13.5 cm
width: 24 cm
installiert height: 13.5 cm
width: 75 cm
gerahmt height: 28.7 cm
width: 92 cm
depth: 4.5 cm
Physical description:Video-Still, Lambdadruck auf Fotopapier
Keyword:Landscape
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