Arbeiten zu » Barrage « will be shown from Saturday, 14 September until Saturday, 12 October 2024.
Christian Eisenberg and Jan Kunkel produced new works in the context of the Paris Olympics and in response to an invitation for this exhibition. It will include a collaborative video and individual installations by the two artists, who have already worked together in the past.
The title, Arbeiten zu » Barrage «, plays on the ambiguity of the term across different societal fields. Whether it refers to the security barrage deployed by law enforcement or the so-called « republican barrage » maintained as trompe l’oeil during the last snap elections in France. From one barrage to another, one may discern a reflection on the capacity of image production to act as a barrage itself — especially in urban spaces saturated with digital imagery, converted into a site of global broadcasting.
Christian Eisenberg is an artist working with several materials and institutional structures. He is currently a resident at Cité internationale des arts, Paris. Selected recent exhibitions include Austin Space, Munich (2024); Rinde am Rhein, Düsseldorf (2024); Milchstraße 4, Munich (2023).
Jan Kunkel works with language, objects, and their dissimulation. Jan has co-initiated art space PlusX (+X) in Berlin since 2018. They are part of the Institute for Scene Experiments. Selected recent exhibitions and performances include Studiengalerie 1.357, Frankfurt (2023); Kunstverein München, Munich (2023).
1080p video, 8:19 min., (loop)