Upward Mobility Press Release

A cursory look at the apparatus that controls public flows in a city reveals its main function to regulate a type of dislocation primarily horizontal in orientation. Deterrence is often employed to persuade someone not to cross a particular threshold. A different rhetorical device is employed to manage vertical movements. Rather than 'keep out,' which is the case in the former case, we find 'out of reach' as the message of the latter. Like a home that is reorganized to protect small children from touching the wrong things, the city also places some things beyond the reach of its undesirable dwellers.

In contrast to the invisible horizontal line drawn by everyday movements in the city, this video shows a person in the pursuit of vertical deviations from this norm. Several situations depict attempts to move up in spaces like a bus stop, a telephone booth, a building marquee, cracks on a wall that lead to a window, among others. The character of the actions varies from that of a playful childish game to a teenage prank to a burglar break in to a protester stunt, that is activities that have in common the pursuit of unusual routes of action. Recorded in New York and London, this video will be presented at the Institute of International Visual Arts in London. A conversation about the current project and a prior interview with Alex Villar by Øyvind Renberg and will be available at the Online Printhouse.

text from newsletter_13.pdf

撮影はニューヨークから開始され、ロンドンで継続された、 "Upward Mobility"は、この展示のために特別に制作された映像作品です。ディレクター　オィブン　と　アレックスの交流は、 "Interview with Alex Villar"に見て取れるように、2001年からすでに始まっていました。そして、彼の作品はコペンハーゲンで行なわれたContemplation roomでのデンジャーミュージアムで紹介されています。
(Contemplation roomのドキュメンテーションはこちらから）

アレックスの作品に関連して制作されたニュースレターは、ダウンロードできます。
http://www.online-printhouse.com

Alex_Villar_interview_a4.pdf:直接PDFを見たい方はここをクリック 英語版のみ
INTERVIEW WITH ALEX VILLAR BY ØYVIND RENBERG
Conducted over the internet Aug. - Nov. 01, Oslo/New York
© Øyvind Renberg/Alex Villar 2002

newsletter_13.pdf: 直接PDFを見たい方はここをクリック 英語版のみ
アレックス　ヴィラとDM inIVAにて、 "Upward Mobility"制作の記録。

アレックス　ヴィラのサイト: http://www.de-tour.org

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"Upward Mobility"は、ニューヨークの apextartにて再び展示されます。
The Danger Museum Newsletter#18
この機会に作られたニュースレター、サイモン　シェイクとアレックス　ヴィラの対談は、www.online-printhouse.comから1月4日以降、ダウンロードできます。

Walking in the City
Curated by: Melissa Brookhart and Jill Dawsey
January 4 - February 1, 2003
Public opening receiption: Saturday, January 4, 5-7pm

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