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| Tectonic Industries |
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tectonic industries is a collaboration between Lars Jerlach (b. 1964, Copenhagen, Denmark) and Helen Stringfellow (b. 1975, Wallsend, UK). The members started collaborating in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1999, and currently live and work in the Twin Cities, USA.
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| 关于此艺术家 |
The fundamental concerns of tectonic industries relate to the sometimes tenuous relationship between artifice, reality and artificial representations of reality. A specific scenario has a number of factors removed, replaced or distorted to present an environment of calculated heightened artificiality. Iconic motifs are chosen to stand in for, and represent, the myriad of diverse meanings and interpretations of a given situation. The reality-substitution is instantaneously recognised as containing the essence of that which it replaces. The iconic images are perceived as "more real" than the reality which they have come to represent. |
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If you wait long enough...
2006 Mixed media Approx 220 x 190cm |
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"If you wait long enough, something always happens."
Five particpants were invited to collectively view the film "Five Easy Pieces". They were each asked to individually recount as much as they could remember of the film, later that day, to a video camera. The narratives of all five participants play in the exhibition space at one time, on five monitors placed opposite the sofa. The placement of the monitor reflects where each participant sat to be filmed. The viewer must sit in the sofa in the place of the participant to discern that individual's narrative, in the cacophony of voices. |
The longer I sit...
2006 Video installation Dimensions variable |
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"The longer I sit, the less inclined I am to stand up" is a video installation exploring our constant quest for self improvement and the celebrity cult of the chef.
The installation consists of eight monitors simultaneously playing footage of different participants cooking different meals. The audio features instruction from the original TV program, in addition to the sounds of cooking
Eight participants have been filmed cooking in real-time to the instruction provided by an episode of 30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray. |
All it takes...
2005 Wooden rockinghorse, oak-effect self-adhesive vinyl Approx 280 x 320 x 250cm |
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"All it takes is a little willingness to make the necessary adjustments."
A wooden rockinghorse casts a disproportionate shadow on the wall and floor. The shadow is made of self-adhesive oak-effect vinyl. |
And then I woke up...
2005 Double video projection Dimensions variable |
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"And then I woke up and it was all a dream" is a site-specific installation consisting of a large-scale, double video projection exploring the epic themes of love, romance, jealousy, despair, drama and tragedy.
A walking, barking battery operated puppy is moving at 1/5 real time, barking into the installation space. A walking, meowing battery operated kitten responds in 1/5 real time, on the opposite wall. |
My wife is so proud of me...
2002- 2005 Mixed media Dimensions variable |
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"My wife is so proud of me..." is a project initiated in the summer of 2002. tectonic industries measured the grounds of the house in Wisconsin in which they were living and produced an aerial plan depicting the placement of the house, trees, pathways etc. A grid system was drawn up, dividing the property into 130 squares, each measuring 10 x 10 feet. From September 4th to October 14th, 2002, each square was systematically searched using a metal detector. When a metal item was located, a numbered flag was placed into the ground, and a photograph taken using a Polaroid camera. The item was then dug up and sealed into a plastic bag, with the date, time and position of the find recorded.
In total, 519 items were found including a multitude of screws, nails, pieces of aluminium foil and bottle tops.
The installation consists of a vinly wall diagram detailing where each item was found within the aerial plan of the property, 519 Polaroid images detailing the numbered flags of each find, and a 55 minute video showing a photograph of each object found, in chronological order. |
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| 教育程度与个人自传 |
Education:-
Lars Jerlach
Master of Fine Art (Sculpture)
Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, UK. 1997-1999
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Sculpture
Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, UK.
1994-1997
Helen Stringfellow
Master of Fine Art (Sculpture)
Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, UK. 1998- 2000
Master of Arts (Hons) Fine Art (Tapestry)University of Edinburgh & Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, UK.
1993- 1998
Exhibitions:-
Automation
The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA. 2007
I could do that (as I'm already up). [solo]
Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. 2006
Ephemeral Space.
AZ Gallery, St Paul, Minnesota, USA. 2006
The longer I sit, the less inclined I am to stand up. [solo]
Emerging Artist Series; Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. 2006
My wife is so proud of me... [solo]
ONEZEROprojects, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 2006
Tuesday night, 8pm. [solo]
Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. 2005-06
And then I woke up and it was all a dream. [solo]
Thorp Building, Minneapolis Minnesota, USA. 2005
Artshanty
Medicine Lake, Minnesota, USA
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 2005
My wife is so proud of me... [solo]
Franklin Art Works (Project & Video Room), Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. 2005
Physical similarities do not necessarily indicate close relationships.
(tectonic industries: Recent and New Works) [solo]
CSPS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. 2004
No Name Exhibitions Project Room
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 2004
YOU ARE HERE Festival
Citywide Art Event, Nottingham, UK. 2004
Untitled 3
SOO Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 2004
Art Inside/Outside Space XVII
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 2004
Document
TIXE Art Space, New York City, New York, USA. 2004
Ready, Set, Go!
Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. 2003- 2004
CAST
University Gallery, U-W La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. 2003
2003 Outdoor Sculpture Invitational
U-W Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. 2003
Illusions/ Delusions and Other Modes of Reality
Furlong Gallery, Wisconsin, USA. 2002
Hayvend: Art in Vending Machines
Various Gallery Venues, London & the UK. 2002
A City To Live In
Festival Exhibitions 2000, Edinburgh International Festival, Scotland, UK. 2000 |
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| 未来的展览 |
Corporate Identity
The LAB, San Francisco. March 2007 |
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