Vic

ARTISTS: Aurora Sanders, Christian Falsnaes, Britta Thie
9 July – 02 October 2015
insitu, Berlin

Vic has built h/erself up as something of an idol. From the outside we see a perfect sheen of composed confidence, sophistication, strength and beauty: a charismatic force that inspires and draws people into h/er world. S/he feels entitled to adulation and special treatment by h/er followers and has the unique power to both influence h/er devotees yet provoke h/er detractors.

But Vic oscillates between two poles: s/he feels destabilised when s/he is not at the central dynamic from which energy flows. While giving the appearance of depth and complexity, Vic can’t help but feel that someone may discover a crack in h/er thin veneer, that h/er mundanity will be revealed. So Vic constantly morphs h/er enigmatic facade into that which s/he believes is desired, in the hopes that no one will see beyond the bravado. Vic has created such a hologram of h/erself that s/he no longer knows who s/he is or what is real, it is easiest to believe in the projection: the golden idol, the chameleon, the power force.

CURATORS:
Marie Graftieaux, Nora Mayr, Gilles Neiens, Lauren Reid (as insitu)

Exhibition view „Vic“, 2015, insitu Berlin. Photo: Markus Georg


Aurora Sander, « Stammtisch (excerpt) » (detail), 2015, Courtesy the artists. Photo: Markus Georg

Aurora Sander, « Stammtisch (excerpt) », 2015, Courtesy the artists. Photo: Markus Georg

Exhibition view « Vic», 2015, insitu Berlin. Photo: Markus Georg


Exhibition view « Vic», 2015, insitu Berlin. Photo: Markus Georg

Front: Aurora Sander « Trust no one » 2015, Courtesy the artists. Back: Britta Thie, « HAVING A COKE W U », 2014, Courtesy the artist. Photo: Markus Georg.

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Christian Falsnaes, « Influence » (film still), 2012, Courtesy the artist and PSM, Berlin


Exhibition view « Vic», 2015, insitu Berlin. Photo: Markus Georg