Mechanisms of Occupant Ejection
Groupshow — 13.05.2023
Postgarage Graz (Lotus Eclat S1), Graz, Austria
Curated by Markus Sworcik and René Stiegler
Photography: Manuel Schaffernak
I can't take my eyes off you, anymore than I could stand still in front of a ticket scalper holding a two-way mirror. Your eyes aren't actually you, they stem from another dimension where everything is endlessly vivid, exciting…safe. If your eyes could, for some reason, be infused with colors of some organic matter that you drank, like the rings of Saturn in your mouth, it would probably look like that.
I don't know how long, but it would be fast. Fast like a catnip drip or an auto chase, like driving off the two-lane highway at the speed of the wind. Fast like taking the middle turn off that freeway where I wish we'd crash into each other (1), but now the freeway splits right before us into two, we're driving on the wrong lane, in the middle of the night, just letting the speed of thoughts take us where we'd go, and because we can.
The charging seatlessness through 5 seconds of sailing, stopping, retuning, and into the tunnel — all in a seemingly lucid, serene movement, in a trance. No shame in going back and forth in thoughts... what is done is done. Such delight. Again. Its gestures interrupted this ruthless system. You can’t stand still for too long.
(1) Crash, David Cronenberg
Mechanisms of Occupant Ejection, 2023, Installation View
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Mechanisms of Occupant Ejection, 2023, Installation View
Mechanisms of Occupant Ejection, 2023, Installation View
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Jonas Morgenthaler, 'Medium Fragile Passion', Various Materials, 2023
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Sophia Gatzkan, 'Figure from some future Pompeii', Resin, Ink, Fiberglass, Metal, Found Objects, 2023
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Mechanisms of Occupant Ejection, 2023, Installation View
Matthew Endler, 'Untitled (Training Period)', UV Resin, 2023
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Kay Yoon, 'Engrabbed', Aluminium, 2023
Hanna Besenhard, 'The girl who knew to much', Videoloop, 2023
Markus Sworcik, 'Rac Vex', Silicone, 2023
René Stiegler, 'An intense friendlyness with nothing behind the eyes', Silicone, PLA, Foam, Wood, Steel Nails, Filler, Varnish, 2023
René Stiegler, 'An intense friendlyness with nothing behind the eyes', Silicone, PLA, Foam, Wood, Steel Nails, Filler, Varnish, 2023
Markus Sworcik, 'I try to look in the darkest corners, they don't want you to look', Epoxy Resin, Nail Polish, Flash Light, 2023
Markus Sworcik, 'Another bite, dreams, chopped into pieces', Epoxy Resin, Sand, Champagne Chalk, Artificial Teeth, 2023
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