Vernissage Videos

At this year s Art Forum Berlin, Berlin s international fair for contemporary art, Spencer Brownstone Gallery presented a magnetic tape installation by Zilvinas Kempinas. It was the only work on display at the gallery s booth. The Lithuanian artist, who lives and works in New York is known for his works that use unspooled videotape as sculptural medium. At the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia in Venice, Zilvinas Kempinas represented Lithuania with his installation TUBE. Zilvinas Kempinas magnetic tape installation at Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Art Forum Berlin 2009, September 24, 2009. More info via VTV contemporary art search Zilvinas Kempinas: Links | Videos | Images | More Images > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The British artist duo John Wood and Paul Harrison present a series of short videos, drawings and text prints at Von Bartha Garage in Basel, Switzerland. The works on display date from the years 1993 to 2009. The works center around making space perceptible and making sense of the world. The range from funny to bizarre to almost documentary and their aesthetics are always very minimalist and purist. Paul Harrison was born in 1966 in Wolverhampton, GB. He lives and works in Birmingham and Bristol. John Wood born 1969 in Hong Kong. He lives and works in Bristol. Both artists graduated from Bath College of Higher Education and began collaborating in 1993. John Wood Paul Harrison: There or Thereabouts / Von Bartha Garage, Basel. Opening reception, November 13, 2009. More info via VTV contemporary art search John Wood Paul Harrison: Links | Videos | Images | More Images > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The British artist duo John Wood and Paul Harrison present a series of short videos, drawings and text prints at Von Bartha Garage in Basel, Switzerland. The works on display date from the years 1993 to 2009. The works center around making space perceptible and making sense of the world. The range from funny to bizarre to almost documentary and their aesthetics are always very minimalist and purist. More info.

At Art Cologne 2009, German artist Claus Richter's installation takes the visitor from the art market to another place, a narrow lane with abandoned shop windows and vitrines, empty cookie tins and - rats. More info.

In the OPEN SPACE section of Art Cologne 2009, Galerie Thomas Zander presents Mark Thompson's video installation Immersion (1974-76). Immersion was also the topic of a talk that was held at the OPEN SPACE Lounge. This video documents the conversation between Mark Thompson and Los Angeles-based art critic David Pagel.