STUDIO STONE AGE
Group show
Tristan Bera, Niki Danai Chania, Stéphane Charpentier, Florent Frizet, Hannes Livers Gutberlet, Resi Bender (Theresa Hoskins), Joshua Olsthoorn, Céline Pévrier, Matthieu Prat, Ioannis Savvaidis, Uli M Schueppel & Ella Villaumié.
"Die ich rief, die Geister, / Werd' ich nun nicht los?" "The spirits that I summoned / I now cannot rid myself of again." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Studio Stone Age is the spatialization of a film project by Joshua Olsthoorn. The not-yet-released experimental film ‘Stone Age’ could be seen as an attempt to reflect on the story of technology in our era, where the notion of the anthropocene is forcing us to reconsider the concept of progress in relation to sustainability. The film construct itself with almost non-stories of characters in research of meaning in a confused environment and time. This film is made in open collaboration and improvisation, with a group of individuals playing often the double role of actor/auteur. The exhibition is showcasing fragments of the film in relation with artworks from the participants, turning this into a collective exhibition format. Studio Stone Age is aiming to reopen the editing process of the film by reconfiguring the studio or cutting room where the visitor is asked to recompose its own cut.
On the closing date 21.10.2020, the composer and sound artist Ioannis Savvaidis, who was involved in the creation of the sound track from the film, did a live performance between the ancient stones in the court yard of the Epigraphic museum. The live performance was a 30’ improvisation on themes from the film and will be framed by a choreography from Florent Frizet performed by Christina Reinhardt reenacting a scene from the film.
Hosted by Esto Association in coproduction with Typical Organization