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PRESS RELEASE MARCH 13th- MAY 11th 2013 !Sketch of the installation in the gallery’s basement. SOLO SHOW «It depends entirely upon the hue of the lighting » PETRA KÖHLE & NICOLAS VERMOT PETIT OUTHENIN Avec le soutien du Centre National des arts plastiques (aide à la première exposition), ministère de la Culture et de la Communication THE EXHIBITION A text by Rahma Khazam It depends entirely upon the hue of the lighting In her collection of essays On Photography (1977) Susan Sontag points out that even though a photograph seems to have a more accurate relation to reality than a drawing or a painting, it is no exception to the usually shady commerce between art and truth. The enduring fallacy that the camera never lies is the starting-point for a newwork by Swiss duo Petra Köhle and Nicolas Vermot PetitOuthenin. Interweaving photography’s invisible processes of selection, exclusion and suppression with other discriminative practices, whether cultural, political or archival, it constitutes a meditation on the elusiveness of truth. Titled “It depends entirely upon the hue of the lighting ? Est-ce uniquement une question d’éclairage ?” (2013), their exhibition revolves around the transcript of two interviews the artists conducted with Rosmarie Nohr, a former student at the Institute of Colour Photography in Leipzig in the early 1940s. It occupies both levels of the gallery: on the ground floor, large rectangular monochrome photographs displaying the primary and complementary colours evoke the objective systems of colour measurement employed by photographers – which wield authority despite their supposed neutrality. The monochromes also testify to the fact that the primary and complementary colours crop up far more often than any other words during the course of the conversations, while constituting a photographic constant across time. Nearby, a mural consisting of photographic emulsion developed directly on the wall depicts three arresting still lives made by Nohr during her studies, suggesting that photography might have become a placeholder for everything she was unable to do or say under the Nazi regime. Hanging on a wall, three framed still lifes by the artists exhibiting similar formal concerns break down the spatio-temporal differences between their work and hers, asking how those political events came to pass and how similar situations should be dealt with today. The performative installation in the basement fleshes out the narrative begun by the works on the upper floor. Alongside a table, three chairs and two still lifes under glass, this time by Nohr. a light-absorbing molleton curtain hangs from the ceiling. It conjures up the artifices of a photographer’s studio and recalls the artists’ 2012 installation Exercise d’isolation – which underscored the photographer’s reliance on the molleton curtain and the spotlight in order to direct and focus the viewer’s gaze on a particular area of the image. The transformation of reality to meet photographic requirements calls to mind Vilém Flusser’s remarks on photographic or technical apparatuses and the danger of letting them rule us, rather than us ruling them. Even more selective are Nohr’s memories of participating in Hitler’s project to establish a detailed photographic archive of important mural paintings – a project alluded to by the mural on the ground floor - in order that they could be reconstructed if they were destroyed. It never occurred to her at the time to question the criteria on which the selection of these works was based, just as she was unaware of the connection between these criteria and the classification of certain kinds of art as ‘degenerate’. In the same way, she continually sidelines political and ethical issues during the interview: her focus on technical matters eclipses questions of responsibility - as suggested by the title of the exhibition. The issue of accountability is taken up in the performances of the script: the roles of interviewer and interviewee constantly shift between reader A, reader B and reader C, underlining the collective nature of responsibility and the fact that we are all caught up in rules and systems that we adhere to or enforce. By also inviting audience members to participate in the readings of the script, “It depends entirely upon the hue of the lighting” comments on the present as much as the past : it underscores the importance of coming forward - and beyond that, of speaking one’s mind - and at the same time asks us to reflect on the selective actions we ourselves carry out. Translated into the language of the country in which the performance takes place - in this case French - the transcript exposes Nohr’s memories to yet other sociocultural contexts, thereby engendering new interpretations and comparisons with analogous situations past or present. By dissociating such behaviour from Nohr herself and transposing it into other times and eras, “It depends entirely upon the hue of the lighting” highlights its continuing recurrence. While evoking Nietzsche’s doctrine of eternal return, the work also emphasizes that such behaviour cannot for all that be condoned. Such is the shady commerce between art and truth. Rahma Khazam VISUALS OF THE EXHIBITION Es hängt vollkommen ab von der Farbe der Beleuchtung, lecture-performance, 1h, 2012. VISUALS OF THE EXHIBITION 1. 2. 3. 1. Rosmarie Nohr, Duxochromie (Dye Transfer), gold cup with napkin (still life), Leipzig, about 1940 2. Rosmarie Nohr, Duxochromie (Dye Transfer), clay jug (still life), Leipzig, about 1940 3. Rosmarie Nohr, Early color slide, 24x36 cm, apples on silver platter (still life),Leipzig, about 1940 VISUALS OF THE EXHIBITION Early color photography, 4x5 inch, vase and cherry (still life), Rosmarie Nohr, Leipzig, about 1940 Rosmarie Nohr, Duxochromie (Dye Transfer), Still life (apple with branch) , Leipzig, about 1940 CURRICULUM VITAE Petra Elena Köhle, née en 1977 Works and lives in Zurich Nicolas Vermot Petit-Outhenin, né en 1977 Works and lives in Zurich SOLO SHOWS 2013 Galerie de Roussan, Paris 2012 Kunst-Luftschutz-Massnahme, Palais de Tokyo, Paris 2011 ohne Titel (Stilleben), double-show with Christian Vetter, Vebikus, Schaffhausen 2009 The Nature of Beauty, Lokal-int, Biel La pièce sacrée - tour 762, Diachronic Group Exhibition #4, Apppart, Locarno 2008 Albert’s Guesthouse - serendipity beach, Kunstbunker Hintereingang, Nuremberg La Pièce Sacrée, Espace Libre Les Complices, Zurich 2007 Albert’s Guesthouse, Galerie Madonna/Fust, Berne Anche se non posso focalizzarti – sei nel mio sguardo, Kunsthaus Glarus Can you now return to from where you came, double-show with Peter Dew, exex, St.Gallen 2005 Pour les Oiseaux, Buchpräsentation, Les Complices, espace libre, Zurich GROUP SHOWS (selection) 2012 In Absent Places We Dwell, Piano Nobile, Geneva Wisdom of Shadow: Art in the Era of Corrupted Information, 4th Sinop Biennial, Turkey Archives sans fin, Goethe Institut, Paris Making History, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt 2011 Vitrine # 1, die Diele, Zurich Môtiers 2011 – Art en plein air, Môtiers Swiss Art Awards, Basle Dump Time. Für eine Praxis des Horizontalen, Shedhalle, Zurich Zwischenlager - Ankäufe der Stadt Zürich 06-10, Helmhaus, Zurich Tree Structure / Collective Show, Gibsmir, North Hill Street, Los Angeles CURRICULUM VITAE 2010 Die Anatomie der Bilder, Satdtgalerie, Berne Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich Back Yard, Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne Mein Vergiss Nicht, Dienstgebäude, Zurich Master Fine Arts Degree Show, Schedhalle, Zurich Paarkunst, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur 2009 Fehl Aufnahme / What You See Is What You Get, Oberwelt e.V., Suttgart Urban Kisses, Galerie kritik, Prague Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich Swiss Art Awards, Basle Welt in Sicht, Ausstellungsraum Klingenthal, Basle 2008 (untitled) a cura di nessuno, Istituto Svizzero, Rome Spazi Aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome The road of contemporary, Art Fair Roma, Rome 2007 Terra Incognita, Istituto Svizzero, Rome r/e/mig(r)áció, A38 und Reaktor, Forschungsgruppe_f, Budapest Swiss Art Awards, Basle 2006 Human Organism, Galerie Kritiku, Prague Migration (Forschungsgruppe_f), Shedhalle, Zurich Werkstipendien des Kanton Zürichs, F+F, Zurich Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich Heimlich/Unheimlich, Fotomuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich2 00-05 Paperart 9 remixed, international Biennale of Paper, Leopold-Hösch Museum, Düren (D) Swiss Art Awards, Basle Unter 30, Museum Liner, Appenzell Code (Forschungsgruppe f), Ars Electronica, Linz Und da war noch ein Loch im Schwimmbad, Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich Im Betrachten liegt der Unterschied, Vitrine, Sihlhaldenstr. 4a, Zurich PROJECTIONS, PERFORMANCES, PRESENTATIONS (Selection) 2012 Schlagwörter und Sprachgewalten, Kunsthaus, Baselland In Growing up Amid the Historical Mysteries of Proximity: Pros & Cons of Being Neighbours, ITS-Z1, Belgrade 2011 Lecture simultanée : Simultan-Lesung, Cité int. des Arts, Paris 2nd Anonymous GIBSMIR Art Auction, Zurich KIJK papers, Warte für Kunst, Kassel Kopf Kino Kantaten, Message Salon, Perla Mode, Zurich CURRICULUM VITAE 2010 The Anonymous Gibsmir Art Auction, K3, Zurich Book presentation with wall installation, Printed Matter, PS1, New York Book presentation, Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea, Palermo Lecture Performance, Visarte Basle 2008 Preview Locarno Filmfestival, Swiss Embassy, Rome Fenstersprung, PROGR, Berne 2007 Komplizenschaft, Research project, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich BLOCK-Presentations: Les Complices, Zurich // CIRCUIT, association d’art contemporain, Lausanne // Kunstraum exex, St. Gallen // Substitut, Berlin PROJECTS-EXHIBITIONS 2010 Lecture simultanée : Simultan-Lesung, with Romy Rüegger, Cité int. des Arts, Paris 2009/2010 Reto Ganz Kunstraum 2008 (untitled) a cura di nessuno, Istituto Svizzero, Rome TEACHINGS 2012 Workshop and Mentoring, BA Art Education, Bern University 2011 Workshop, BA Art Education, Bern University of Arts 2010 Presentation of work, BA Art and Media, Zurich University of Arts Workshop, BA Art Education, Bern University of Arts Lecturer Prep. Course Degree Schow, Bern University of Arts 2009 Workshop, Prep. Course, Bern University of Art 2008 Presentation of work, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz CURRICULUM VITAE PUBLICATIONS 2012 Frankfurter Auszug, edition fink, Zurich 2010 Dort wo ich gestern hätte sein sollen. Ich bin heute hier., edition fink, Zurich Newspapers on the occasion of the show Führerauftrag, Schedhalle and Helmhaus, Zurich 2008 Oktober 83, book on the occasion of the show la pièce sacrée, les complices*, Zurich 2007 BLOCK, Les Complices* and edition fink, Zurich Alberts Guesthouse, edition fink, Zurich 2005 Pour les Oiseaux, edition fink, Zurich CATALOGUES (sélection) 2012 Making History, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Archives - Un inventaire sans fin, Goethe Institut, Paris 2011 Môtiers 2011 – Art en plein Air, Môtiers 2010 Online Publication, Master Fine Arts Degree Show, Schedhalle, Zurich Paarkunst, Gallery Fasciati, Chur3 2009 Welt in Sicht II, Ausstellungsraum Klingenthal, Basle Urban Kisses, Galerie kritik?, Prague 2008 Spazi Aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome Forschungsgruppe_f LITTLE, a publication by forschungsgruppe_f 2006 Human Organism, Galerie Kritiku, Prague 2005 Paperart 9 remixed, international Biennale of Paper, Leopold-Hösch Museum, Düren (D) Unter 30, Museum Liner, Appenzell Forschungsgruppe_f INDEX, a publication by forschungsgruppe_f PRICES / RESIDENCIES 2010 Art Award, Zurich 2009 Residency Cité international des Arts Paris 2008 CURRICULUM VITAE Book Award Ministry of Culture, Switzerland Art Award, UBS Culture Foundation 2007 Projektbeitrag, STEO Foundation Residency Swiss Institute of Rome Anerkennungsbeitrag, Ministery of Culture, Switzerland 2006 Art Award, Canton Zurich Projektbeitrag, Canton Zurich 2005 Projektbeitrag, Zurich Projektbeitrag, Zurich University of the Arts 2004 Projektbeitrag, Canton Zurich Kiefer Hablitzel Award COLLECTIONS Stadt Zurich Mimika und Anselm Fink, Zurich The Essential Collection, Zurich STUDIES Petra Elena Köhle 2012 PhD Programm, Linz University of the Arts / Zurich University of the Arts Nicolas Vermot Petit-Outhenin 2012 PhD Programm, Linz University of the Arts / Zurich University of the Arts CONTACT Galerie de Roussan 10 rue Jouye-Rouve 75020 Paris + 33 (0)9 81 28 90 59 contact@galeriederoussan.com www.galeriederoussan.com Jeanne Lepine + 33 (0)6 16 46 01 10 jeanne@galeriederoussan.com Anne Bourgois + 33 (0)6 13 90 51 01 anne@galeriederoussan.com Du mardi au samedi // 14h-19h ARTISTS Sandra Aubry & Sébastien Bourg Lily Hibberd Petra Köhle & Nicolas Vermot Petit-Outhenin François Mazabraud Stéfane Perraud ART FAIRS Drawing Now 2013, Paris Art Paris, 2013 Nofound Photofair 2012, Paris Drawing Now 2012, Paris Slick 2011, Paris
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