Sara Kramer
Solo show ‘VITA ACTIVA’
Alte Münze, Berlin
The exhibition is open from July 6 – July 26, 2019
@skraaamer
www.sarakramer.info
Visual strategies are investigating physical- and mental states of fatigue, exhaustion, overtime, overwork and breakdowns, which are manifested in signs of fragility, transparency, hollowness, broken glass and allusions to anthropomorphic shapes. Thoughts are revolving around the theory of ‘The Burnout Society’*, where humans are rendered ‘achievement-subjects’ that perform self-exploitative labor (in their own freelance enterprises), and while empty energy-beverages are accumulating inside the space a video-work is playing on a loop: An actor / dancer is reenacting a YouTube video about ‘a woman’s spiritual journey through a burnout’.
* Byung-Chul Han, Müdigkeitsgesellschaft (2010)
Installation view:
Monitor, HD video, sound, 6:54 min.: Featuring dancer / actor Búi Rouch
Wooden wall on wheels (315 x 210 x 50 cm)
Laser print on paper (84,1 x 118,9 cm): Documentation of performance
Club-Mate bottles
Hand blown glass (various dimensions)
Club-Mate bottles and various other kinds of bottles
Hand blown glass
Approx. size: 30 x 8 x 7,5 cm
Laser print on paper (84,1 x 118,9 cm): Documentation of performance featuring dancer / actor Búi Rouch
Hand blown glass
Approx. size: 31 x 20 x 9 cm
Hand blown glass
Approx. size: 31 x 20 x 9 cm
Installation view:
Monitor, HD video, sound, 6:54 min.: Featuring dancer / actor Búi Rouch
Hollow wooden wall on wheels (315 x 210 x 50 cm)
Laser print on paper (84,1 x 118,9 cm) (documentation of performance)
Club-Mate bottles and various other kinds of bottles
Hand blown glass (various dimensions)
Film still from performance and video. Featuring dancer / actor Búi Rouch (HD video, sound, 6:54 min.)
Monitor, HD video, sound, 6:54 min.: Performance featuring dancer / actor Búi Rouch
Hand blown glass
Approx. size: 30 x 8 x 7,5 cm
Hand blown glass
Approx. size: 30 x 8 x 7,5 cm