<div>In a city, human memories, desires and tragedies find expression in the form of designations and marks engraved in house walls and paving slabs. <br /><div><br />Exploring this thick layer of signs which a city contains or conceals, international artists Gusztáv Hámos and Katja Pratschke have put up an exhibition of cinematographic installations ‘Sample Cities/Imaginary Spaces’ at Khoj International Artists´ Association, Khirkee Extension. <br /><br /></div><div>In collaboration with the Goethe Institut-Max Mueller Bhavan, Khoj International Artists’ Association has put on display a multi-media exhibition that delves deep into and explores public space and the living city. <br /><br /></div><div>For the exhibition, nine photo sequences have been assembled into a tableaux or series of images and a three dimensional photo object. <br /><br />Every individual photo work already contains within it an idea, an arrangement, a programme, a concept – as scores, notations. <br /><br /></div><div>Additionally, the pieces are the sequences that is a film in itself and narrates a particular story.<br /><br /></div><div>The source material for the installation consists of photo sequence works by Gusztáv Hámos, produced between 1973 and 2012. <br /><br />Each of these city perceptions sequences depicts essential situations of urban experiences containing concentrations of human and inhuman acts in a compact form.<br /></div><div><br />The cities in which the series of images have been created since 1973, especially places with a traumatised past -Cold War, dictatorships and terrorist catastrophes, include Berlin, Budapest and New York. <br /><br /></div><div>“The theme of the exhibition Sample Cities/Imaginary Spaces is personal urban perceptions, which we call the city. <br /><br />The city, as a living organism, reflects social processes and interactions, economic relations, political conditions and private matters. <br /><br />We regard the city itself as an expanded cinematographic experience,” says Gusztáv, a Berlin-based artist. He is a media artist, curator and author. <br /></div><div><br />His artistic work includes video, film, photography and installation which has been exhibited at several international festivals and museums Documenta, Biennale Venedig, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ludwig Museum Budapest to name a few.<br /><br /></div><div>He explains about the project, “Imaginary Spaces is inspired by Italo Calvino's book ‘La città invisibili’ also called as ‘Invisible Cities’ in English. <br /></div><div> </div><div>Each video outlines an imaginary city. <br /><br />Each city description summarises an historic, social, economic, political or private aspect in a poetic narrative.</div><div><br />The installation deals on an exemplary level with the expansion of the </div><div>cinematic space.”<br /><br /></div><div>The exhibition is on view till May 10 at Khoj International Artists´Association, Khirkee Extension from 11 am till 6.30 pm (Monday To Saturday).</div><div><br /></div></div>
<div>In a city, human memories, desires and tragedies find expression in the form of designations and marks engraved in house walls and paving slabs. <br /><div><br />Exploring this thick layer of signs which a city contains or conceals, international artists Gusztáv Hámos and Katja Pratschke have put up an exhibition of cinematographic installations ‘Sample Cities/Imaginary Spaces’ at Khoj International Artists´ Association, Khirkee Extension. <br /><br /></div><div>In collaboration with the Goethe Institut-Max Mueller Bhavan, Khoj International Artists’ Association has put on display a multi-media exhibition that delves deep into and explores public space and the living city. <br /><br /></div><div>For the exhibition, nine photo sequences have been assembled into a tableaux or series of images and a three dimensional photo object. <br /><br />Every individual photo work already contains within it an idea, an arrangement, a programme, a concept – as scores, notations. <br /><br /></div><div>Additionally, the pieces are the sequences that is a film in itself and narrates a particular story.<br /><br /></div><div>The source material for the installation consists of photo sequence works by Gusztáv Hámos, produced between 1973 and 2012. <br /><br />Each of these city perceptions sequences depicts essential situations of urban experiences containing concentrations of human and inhuman acts in a compact form.<br /></div><div><br />The cities in which the series of images have been created since 1973, especially places with a traumatised past -Cold War, dictatorships and terrorist catastrophes, include Berlin, Budapest and New York. <br /><br /></div><div>“The theme of the exhibition Sample Cities/Imaginary Spaces is personal urban perceptions, which we call the city. <br /><br />The city, as a living organism, reflects social processes and interactions, economic relations, political conditions and private matters. <br /><br />We regard the city itself as an expanded cinematographic experience,” says Gusztáv, a Berlin-based artist. He is a media artist, curator and author. <br /></div><div><br />His artistic work includes video, film, photography and installation which has been exhibited at several international festivals and museums Documenta, Biennale Venedig, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ludwig Museum Budapest to name a few.<br /><br /></div><div>He explains about the project, “Imaginary Spaces is inspired by Italo Calvino's book ‘La città invisibili’ also called as ‘Invisible Cities’ in English. <br /></div><div> </div><div>Each video outlines an imaginary city. <br /><br />Each city description summarises an historic, social, economic, political or private aspect in a poetic narrative.</div><div><br />The installation deals on an exemplary level with the expansion of the </div><div>cinematic space.”<br /><br /></div><div>The exhibition is on view till May 10 at Khoj International Artists´Association, Khirkee Extension from 11 am till 6.30 pm (Monday To Saturday).</div><div><br /></div></div>
