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Laboratory Life (film/dir. Andreas Bunte) Images courtesy the artist and Skulptur Projekte 2017. Installation photos by Henning Rogge, set photos by AA. "Laboratory Life, which was created specifically for Münster, is based on the interplay between moving pictures and scientific experimental set-ups. In these films, Bunte removes everyday occurences—like the rotation of a car-wash brush on a windscreen, a plastic bag flapping in the wind, or someone operating a slot machine—from their original context and places them in a laboratory-like setting under video surveillance. Bunte’s films enable viewers to observe isolated processes in a new light, specifically using ‘motion capture’, where the performance of an everyday activity is reduced to an abstract dance of points and lines in front of a black background, or human limbs are replaced by robot arms. By means of QR codes that have been printed on posters and hung up around Münster, these everyday choreographies can be watched on viewers’ phones. In other words, the films will not be screened in interior spaces but can be activated on any standard smartphone by scanning the QR codes. The film posters, which resemble advertising for blockbuster movies or concerts, have been pasted straight onto the architectural surface of the city. In this way, the video surveillance under lab conditions unfolds in a direct encounter with actual everyday life in Münster. With the help of our constant companion, the portal we call the phone, Bunte’s Laboratory Life opens a brief cinematic window for us through which to view an urban environment. Director, Camera: Andreas Bunte Laboratory Life project page for Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017 |