Report by Santanu Ganguly: Mario Pfeifer's artistic practice explores representational structures and conventions in the medium of film, in locations ranging from Mumbai to California to the Western Sahara. Conceiving each project out of a specific cultural situation he researches social-political backgrounds and weaves further cross-cultural art historical, filmic and political references into a richly layered practice, ranging from film and video installations to photographs and text installations. Pfeifer often engages in collaborations through film/video productions, and publications that reconsider these projects, offering research materials and critical investigations by writers and thinkers of related fields, concerning issues suggested in his projects for a wider social-political discussion.
A Formal Film in Nine Episodes, Prologue & Epilogue (35 MM, Stereo, Color) was produced on location in the Greater Mumbai region in 2010. The multiple screen high definition video installation depicts diverse locations, situations and conversations that hint to urban, social, cultural, religious and ethnographic issues. With his formal approach, Pfeifer frames realities and fictions of the contemporary and engages viewers with enigmatic pictures and sounds, questioning the ethics of cross-cultural representation.
On the occasion of the exhibition Markus Weisbeck (designer and professor for Visual Communication at Bauhaus Universität Weimar) and Ragnuath V (architect, photographer and filmmaker) will present the publication's conception and production while Mario Pfeifer and Kaushik Bhaumik will engage in a dialogue on the different notions of film, critical reader, their receptions and possible readings.
Opening and Book Launch
Friday, 3 May 2013, 6 pm
Exhibition on view
Saturday, 4 May - 24 May 2013
(Mon - Sat 11 am - 6 pm, closed on Sundays and on public holidays)
Khoj International Artists' Association, S-17, Khirkee Extension, New Delhi
For further information log on to: www.khojworkshop.org www.goethe.de/newdelhi
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| Mario Pfeifer: A Formal Film in 9 Episodes, Prologue & Epilogue |
On the occasion of the exhibition Markus Weisbeck (designer and professor for Visual Communication at Bauhaus Universität Weimar) and Ragnuath V (architect, photographer and filmmaker) will present the publication's conception and production while Mario Pfeifer and Kaushik Bhaumik will engage in a dialogue on the different notions of film, critical reader, their receptions and possible readings.
Opening and Book Launch
Friday, 3 May 2013, 6 pm
Exhibition on view
Saturday, 4 May - 24 May 2013
(Mon - Sat 11 am - 6 pm, closed on Sundays and on public holidays)
Khoj International Artists' Association, S-17, Khirkee Extension, New Delhi
For further information log on to: www.khojworkshop.org www.goethe.de/newdelhi
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