A hand-written and processed 16mm film loop coils inside a rectangular box in unpredictable movements and without a leading path. The work is part of Barba’s investigation into modes that evolve beyond the predictable parameters of cinema. The equivocal title plays with the idea of rotation and overturning inherent to the sculpture.
Only Revolutions (…less abstract symbols...), 2012/2015
16mm film, glass case, motor
80 x 60 x 22 cm
Images: Installation view at Vistamare, Pescara, Italy, 2014. Photo: Giovanni Di Bartolomeo © Rosa Barba
Only Revolutions (…less abstract symbols...), 2012/2015 has been on display at the following locations:
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2017
Pireli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2017
Charim, Wien, 2015
Meyer Riegger, Berlin, 2015
Timisoara Art Encounters, Timișoara 2015
Dresden, Albertinum, 2015
Gio Marconi, Milan, 2013
Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, 2011