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From: Ben Cook LUX [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 26 January 2004 09:35
Subject: LUX SALON: BJØRN MELHUS/ Tuesday 3 February 2004, 7pm for
7.30pm start
you are invited to:
BJØRN MELHUS
Lux Salon, Tuesday 3 February 2004, 7pm for 7.30pm start
Bjørn Melhus is a media artist who reprocesses recognisable elements of American culture, feature films and daytime television into a humorous, but unsettling, reflection of modern life. From his 16mm student films and early videotapes, through to his more recent, technically seamless, digital productions, Melhus has continued to explore the boundaries between the real world and its fictional counterpart. Further blurring our perception, he performs as every character in each, building a dizzying repertory of doppelgangers.
For the LUX Salon, Bjørn will introduce a selection of single-channel works including his latest, Auto Center Drive (2003), which explores the impact of American cinema on our collective memory. The Oral Thing (2001) parodies tv evangelists, quiz and talk shows, Das Zauberglass (1991) is a self-relflexive melodrama and No Sunshine (1997) a music video for cyber-clones.
Bjørn Melhus' first British solo show Primetime is at FACT Liverpool until 7 March 2004 and his evangelistic double-projection Weeping (2001) will be on display as part of the forthcoming Serpentine Gallery exhibition "State of Play".
www.melhus.de
Presented by LUX in association with the Serpentine Gallery and Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt. With thanks to Rochelle Steiner and Anita Beckers.
Admission to the LUX SALON is FREE but places are limited so booking is essential.
To book a ticket email <[log in to unmask]>
If you reserve a space but cannot attend, please let us know as it deprives others of a place.
LUX SALON takes place at LUX, 18 Shacklewell Lane, London, E8 2EZ.
See directions at http://www.lux.org.uk/directions.html
Please plan your journey as latecomers disrupt the screening for everyone.
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The Bjørn Melhus LUX Salon is presented in association with the Serpentine Gallery, to coincide with their exhibition STATE OF PLAY (3 February - 28 March 2004).
STATE OF PLAY presents the work of international artists who play with ideas, materials and situations. At a time when art can no longer be defined through a single dominant movement or school of thought, the exhibition identifies a number of artists who share an attitude of irreverence and wit, and a lightness of touch increasingly visible in contemporary art making today. Featuring Maurizio Cattelan, Martin Creed, Tony Feher, Bjørn Melhus, Aleksandra Mir, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Pipilotti Rist, David Shrigley, Andreas Slominski and Sarah Sze. Curated by Rochelle Steiner. www.serpentinegallery.org
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