Rainer Eisch (Switzerland)
Nous serons-nous jamais rencontrés ?
From July 12th au August 26th 2007
Opening Thursday July 12th from 5pm
photos: Guy L'Heureux
Composed through a bricolage of different techniques and mediums Rainer Esich's Nous serons-nous jamias rencontrés? project binds together the classic methods of cinematography and antiquated computer graphics presenting a utopian vision while scrutinizing our technocratic world. Mounted upon a dolly, a video projector perpetually travels along a length of track progressively revealing the image of a virtual landscape, vast and kaleidoscopic yet devoid of life. It is through the implication of opposing and obsolete processes that Rainer Eisch presents an investigation which addresses both the romantic history of the landscape and its subsequent mediation. This “pointillist” landscape; artificially composed from millions of pixels, weaves together a geography that passes in front of our eyes. Nous serons-nous jamias rencontrés?, the title of the installation, cynically evokes the depopulation evident in a virtual world offered to us and created out of nothing, reinforcing the idea that technology draws us away from humanity.
Born in1967, Thun (Swizerland) Rainer Eisch now lives in Düsseldorf (Germany). He holds degrees from Kunsthochschule für Medien (Köln) and Kunstakademie (Düsseldorf) . Recently his work has been featured in the group show “Paysages : Constructions et simulations” at Casino (Luxembourg), 2005 and in Basel for the 2007 Swiss Art Award.
