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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Herwig Turk and Paulo Pereira, DNA Film 2008, video installation Museu da Ciencia Coimbra 2009

“The images of DNA sequencing are organized in vertical rows of small squares black and white and slightly out of focus. These patterns are reminiscent of the punched cards that were used in the early digital computers but also of the photograms obtained from the end of a black and white silent movie. The soundtrack of the work DNA Film was created by measuring the light intensity of the individual frames, while it also resembles the familiar sound of a cinema projector. In a certain way, DNA Film invites the viewer to experience the projection of a DNA sequence as if, metaphorically, she/he were witnessing an excerpt of a life.”

Magdalena Fernandez, 2iPM009, 580x388

“Magdalena Fernandez from Venezuela poses in front of her video installation ’2iPM009′, during the exhibition ‘complete concrete’, in Zurich, Switzerland, 24 August 2010. ‘Complete concrete’ is an exhibition on the 100-year development of constructivist, concrete and conceptual art and its effects on the present, with numerous key works from the in-house collection, first-class loaned works and fascinating individual presentations on historically relevant artists as well as young artists.”