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«On Fire – Vulnerable Footage» at SALTS

Groupshow, April 11 until May 11, 2019

Artists

Carolyn Lazard, Christoph Schlingensief, Johannes Willi, Juliana Huxtable, Leigh Ledare, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Markus&Markus, Martine Syms, Melanie Bonajo, Morgan Bassichis, Samira Elagoz, Sasha Wortzel, Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Tobias Madison

Institution

SALTS

Locations

Basel, Birsfelden

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Website

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Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Martine Syms, Incense Sweaters & Ice (2017)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Sadie Coles HQ, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Johannes Willi, Free Willi (2019)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Melanie Bonajo, Night Soil - Economy of Love (2015)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, AKINCI, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition Title: "«On Fire – Vulnerable Footage» at SALTS"

Curatorial Context

Liveliness, disease, and mortality are inscribed in the moving image. Presenting new and older film and video works, the exhibition "On Fire – Vulnerable Footage" investigates human vulnerability as a potential to represent, uncover, cope, interfere.

Artistic Content

The exhibition features works by artists such as Melanie Bonajo, Samira Elagoz, Juliana Huxtable, Carolyn Lazard, Leigh Ledare, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Tobias Madison, Markus&Markus, Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Christoph Schlingensief, Martine Syms, Johannes Willi, Sasha Wortzel, and Morgan Bassichis.

Artist Highlights

- Tobias Madison's "O Vermelho do Meio-Dia" portrays an activist group in São Paulo and reflects a shift in political consciousness in Brazil. - Melanie Bonajo's "Night Soil - Economy of Love" questions traditional notions of gender roles and explores environmental activism. - Johannes Willi's "Fee Willi" challenges school mechanisms and hierarchies between teachers and students. - Carolyn Lazard's "Consensual Healing" uses online EMDR videos to address trauma and queer reproduction. - Samira Elagoz's "The Young And The Willing" explores first encounters and gender roles in the digital age. - Lynn Hershman Leeson's "First Person Singular" delves into personal experiences and self-acceptance. - Leigh Ledare's works examine the complex relationship between the artist and his mother. - Juliana Huxtable's "A Split During Laughter at the Rally" reflects on protests, activism, and contemporary aesthetics. - Sasha Wortzel's "We Have Always Been on Fire" traces a queer lineage and engages with loss. - Shayok Mukhopadhyay's "Green Room" explores gender roles and societal norms in a gajon troupe. - Martine Syms' "Incense Sweaters & Ice" uses Hollywood film tropes to reflect on surveillance and self-promotion. - Markus&Markus' "Gespenster" documents the last days of an 81-year-old woman who planned her own death. The exhibition "On Fire – Vulnerable Footage" invites viewers to explore themes of vulnerability, activism, gender, and societal structures through a diverse range of film and video works.

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artists, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Tobias Madison, O Vermelho do Meio-Dia (2018)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artists, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Carolyn Lazard Consensual Healing (2018)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artists, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Lynn Hershman Leeson, First Person Singular, the Electronic Diaries of Lynn Hershman (1984-1996)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Waldburger Wouters, Brussels and Basel, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Samira Elagoz, The Young And The Willing (2018)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Leigh Ledare, Shoulder, The Gift, The Model (all 2007)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Leigh Ledare, The Task (2017)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Basler Dokumentartage, SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artists, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Green Room (2019)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artists, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Juliana Huxtable, A Split During Laughter at the Rally (2017)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Christoph Schlingensief, U3000 (2000/2001)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: Filmgalerie 451, Estate Christoph Schlingensief, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Sasha Wortzel, We Have Always Been on Fire (2018)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artists, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS

Exhibition View Groupshow «On Fire – Vulnerable Footage ; view on Markus&Markus, Gespenster (2019)» at SALTS, Birsefelden, Basel, 2019 / Photo: Gunnar Meier / Courtesy: the artist, Basler Dokumentartage and SALTS