Peter Welz video-sculpture

Dec 15, 2006 - Feb 10, 2007
The Kitchen

512 W. 19th St. | Manhattan, NY
http://www.thekitchen.org

Opening Reception: Friday, December 15 6-8 p.m. Exhibition Hours: Tue-Fri, 12-6 p.m.; Sat 11-6 p.m. Free. Curated by Matthew Lyons and Debra Singer. This first New York solo exhibition by the Berlin-based artist Peter Welz is part of a series of collaborations with choreographer William Forsythe that stems from their shared interest in the work of Samuel Beckett. In this new project, a video depicting Forsythe's physical interpretation of a written phrase derived from Beckett is projected onto an architectural construction. This structure’s contours, in turn, are Welz's transposition of Forsythe's movements into abstract three-dimensional form. Combining elements of video, sculpture, and drawing, the installation offers a complex meditation on both the physical and mental processes by which we perceive, and make sense of, the figure in space.