FR IDGE i s a se r i e s o f s i t e - spec i f i c po r t r a i t s o f ou r consume r soc i e t y w i t h a pop a f t e r t as te . A d i ges t i ve me tapho r o f t he way we p roduce , p r esen t and app rop r i a t e images o f cu l t u r e and a cu l t u r e o f images today. Fo l l ow i ng t he fo rmu la you a re wha t you consume , d i c t a t ed b y t he ma rke t ( i n g ) and adve r t i s i ng i n dus t r y, “ t he f r i d ge ” – an u t i l i t a r i a n ob j ec t , s t ands i n t h i s p r o j ec t as a househo l d pedes ta l o f h uman des i r e , camou f l ag i ng t he w i s hes , e xcesses and anx i e t i e s o f a soc i e t y t ha t f l u c t ua tes be tween t he pa radox o f t he mo re and t he l e ss . The h i ghs and l ows o f t he supp l y and demand fo rmu la nou r i s h a “ bu l im i c ” cu l t u r e t ha t devou r s images and app rop r i a t es eve r y day l i fe s ymbo l s , s t e r eo t ypes and b rands . Th i s e xcess con t r as t s w i t h t he c l a im fo r au t hen t i c i t y and e xc l u s i v i t y imp l i c i t i n t he m i n ima l i s t i c aes t he t i c s s t anda rds o f an “ ano re x i c ” ( a r t ) ma r ke t and body cu l t u r e . F l u c t ua t i o ns o f va l ue be tween t he fo rma t and t he con ten t . Less i s mo re , mo re i s l e ss . M i r r o r ed r ea l i t i e s i n s i de a mechan i ca l l y r ep roduced ques t i o n : Wha t a re you hung r y fo r ?

Af te r t ha t open -doo r - f r i d ge -ques t i o n , t he p ro j ec t ga t he r s n i ne a r t i s t i c pos i t i o ns a round i deas o f a r t - food - consump t i on - p r oduc t i o n - des i r e , wo r ked s i t e - spec i f i ca l l y w i t h t he fo rma t o f a f r i d ge , toge t he r w i t h a se r i e s o f pho to po r t r a i t s o f t he pa r t i c i pa t i ng a r t i s t s conce i ved as a pos te r to be auc t i o ned a t t he end o f t he e xh i b i t i o n p rog ram .

The wo r ks chosen fo r t he p ro j ec t fo l l ow pa radox i c r h y tms h i ng i ng be tween a fo rma l ope ra t i o n o f r educ t i o n and e xace rba t i on - mechan i sms a t t he edges o f pub l i c i t y and a r t p r esen ta t i o n cu l t u r e dev i ces - a lways bo r de red b y anx i e t y and des i r e . These t hough t s a re t he co r ne r s tone o f t he Pop A r t movemen t , whose i conog raphy cons tan t l y p l ay s a game o f d i sp l acemen t s o f va l ue , appa rences and emo t i ons r oo ted i n t he boom o f consum i ng cu l t u r e i n t he Ame r i ca o f t he 50s , f r om Wa rho l ’s Campbe l l soups to t he Channe l n . 5 . W i t h t hese r e fe ren t s on m i nd , FR IDGE pos i t s i t se l f a s a me ta f i c t i o n , a pa rody, a ( co l d ) soc i a l se l f - po r t r a i t .

FR IDGE fea t u r es wo r ks b y : Ma l t e Ba r t sch , S te fano Casse t t i , Be t h D i l l o n & An ton Beno i s , Bo r i s E l dagsen , Vanessa En r i q uez , Ana i sa F ranco , S tephan G ross , S tephan Ha l t e r , S t ephan i e Hanna and pho tog raphy se r i e s b y Ve ron i ca Losan tos . E xh i b i t i o n cu ra ted b y Paz Ponce fo r be r l i n e r poo l w i t h a r t i s t s o f i t s ne two r k hos ted b y En t r e t empo K i t c hen Ga l l e r y. Be r l i n , 24 . 04 /24 . 05 /15 .

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1 Bu r n i n / Ma l t e Ba r t sch , 2010Bosch f r i d ge , e l ec t r i c i t y - 56cm x 87cm x56cm“A f r i dge t r ans fo rmed to an i n s i de ou t mach i ne wo r k i ng aga i n s t i t se l f. I t coo l s t he ou t s i de , f r eezes . ” Ma l t e Ba r t sch s t ud i ed Geog raphy and Econom ics . Fo to t r a ve l s and a r t schoo l s a t B raunschwe i g , Pa r i s and Be r l i n fo l l owed . 2014 he g radua ted f r om t he UdK Be r l i n a t t he I n s t i t u t fo r Spa t i a l E xpe r imen t s o f O la f u r E l i a sson and 2015 as a Me i s t e r schue l e r o f Man f r ed Pe r n i ce . He l i ves and wo r ks i n Be r l i n .

2 <OPEN TO ME (A )T HOPE> / S te fano Casse t t i , 2015Pe r fo rmance on a SMEG f r i dge FAB50X 362L , mea t s u i t , ma tches and pos t i t .“ The a r t i s t i den t i f i e s h imse l f w i t h a p i ece o f mea t i n o r de r to mee t h i s u se r and f i na l l y to g i ve h im some th i ng e l se t han food ”S te fano Casse t t i i s a concep t ua l des i gne r w i t h a backg round i n f i ne a r t s and i n dus t r i a l des i gn . He uses con tempo ra r y a r t d i s r up t i ve l y to i n ves t i ga te soc i a l behav i o r , i n s t i n c t and pe r cep t i on . Does he p rac t i ce a r t as an i n dus t r i a l des i gne r o r a fea t u r e mov i e ac to r ? Does no t ?

3 Two Ye l l ow Be l l i e s / Be t h D i l l o n & An ton Beno i s , 20157 x ce ram ic p l a t es and ye l l ow foods t u f f sea l ed i n p l as t i c . D imens i ons va r i ab l e“The f r i d ge i s u sed as an a r ch i ve , s to r i n g a se l ec t i o n o f 7 mea l s f r om t he Two Ye l l ow Be l l i e s p ro j ec t , vacuum-sea l ed i n p l as t i c ” Du r i ng a 2 -mon t h w i n t e r r e s i dency a t L i s t h us A r t Space , O l a f s f j o r du r , I ce l and , An ton Beno i s and Be t h D i l l o n unde r took a pe r i od o f se l f - adm i n i s t e r ed sun r ep l acemen t t he rapy. The a r t i s t s d i ned e xc l u s i ve l y on mea l s t ha t fe l l w i t h i n t he ye l l ow spec t r um .They consumed t he co l ou r s o f s unsh i ne as t hey we re consumed b y da r kness . Each mea l was documen ted a pub l i s hed on t he p ro j ec t b l og : twoye l l owbe l l i e s . t umb l r. com

4 THE SCHOOL OF CYBERSEX ( so f t se l f po r t r a i t ) / Bo r i s E l dagsen , 2012I n s t a l l a t i o n . Go ren j e f r i d ge , ca r dboa rd , pape r and s t i c ke r.“ I n t h i s pe r sona l wo r k Bo r i s E l dagsen uses webcam foo tage and vo i ce e xce rp t s o f peop l e he had cybe r sex w i t h be tween 2000 and 2003 . E xpos i ng t he i r g u i ded mas t u r ba t i o n he d raws an i n d i r ec t and un f l a t t e r i n g po r t r a i t o f h imse l f, a d i s comfo r t i n g ye t hones t r e f l ec t i o n o f wha t l i e s a t t he hea r t o f t h i s p r i va te add i c t i o n o f many. Comb i n i ng sp l i t s c reen and f l i p ped webcam image r y w i t h a hea r t bea r t - d r i ven soundscape t he wo r k e xam i nes ano t he r r edemp t i ve way o f l o s i ng onese l f ” . Bo r i s E l dagsen l i ves and wo r ks i n Be r l i n .

5 Do l bea r ’s l aw / Vanessa En r i q uez , 2015L i ve c r i c ke t s , m i c rophones , speake r s , c us tom e l ec t r on i c s“Do l bea r ’s Law i s a r eac t i ve sound i n s ta l l a t i o n / pe r fo rmance o f l i ve c r i c ke t s ch i r p i ng . I t seeks to awaken t he v i ewe r ’s awa reness o f t he na t u ra l and a r t i f i c i a l modes and r h y t hms o f consump t i on and d i s s i pa t i o n ” . Vanessa En r i q uez i s a mu l t i d i s c i p l i na r y a r t i s t focus i ng on t he e xp l o ra t i o n o f consc i ousness , p r i n c i pa l l y t h r ough d raw i ng , pe r fo rmance and sound . She g radua ted w i t h a Mas te r i n F i ne A r t s f r om Ya l e Un i ve r s i t y. He r wo r k has been e xh i b i t ed i n Be r l i n , Bos ton , Hong Kong , Mex i co C i t y and mo re r ecen t l y, New Yo r k and t he UK .

6 “B randed sch i zoph ren i a ” / Ana i sa F ranco , 2015Scu l p t u r e . LED Ba l l a nd Candy f r i d ge .“The wo r k c r ea tes a b l i n k i ng an ima ted sequence o f 100 b rands d i sp l ayed us i ng a LED Ba l l i n a f r i d ge , d r aw i ng w i t h t he l i g h t i n h i g h ve l oc i t y u s i ng t echno l ogy deve l oped b y Ta iwanese company Op t i - V i s i o n Co , L t d . I wan t to r e f l ec t t he speed o f consume , t he vo rac i t y o f t he ma rke t and i t s sch i zoph ren i c r h y t hm . I ’m i n t e r es ted i n t he i l l u s i on t ha t t he LED c rea tes to you r eyes , i s t he same i l l u s i on a b rand c rea tes i n you r m i nd . I t i s a l so a game o f s ub l im i na r message ” . Ana i sa F ranco has a Mas te r i n D i g i t a l A r t and t echno l ogy a t Un i ve r s i t y o f P l ymou t h i n UK and g radua ted i n V i s ua l A r t s a t FAAP i n Sao Pau l o .I n t he l a s t yea r s she has been deve l op i ng New med ia A r two r ks i n Med ia l abs , r e s i denc i es and comm iss i ons and has been e xh i b i t i n g i n Ame r i ca , As i a and Eu rope

7 “FEEL ” / S tephan G ross , 2010Word scu l p t u r e . Ce l l u l a r conc re te . 25 x 25 x 33 cm “The scu l p t u r e cons i s t s o f t he fou r l e t t e r s F -E -E - L cu t i n ce l l u l a r conc re te to fo rm t he wo rd “ fee l ” : a n emo t i on f r eez i ng ” . S t ephan G ross ( *1979 ) s t ud i ed v i s ua l a r t s and ma thema t i c s a t t he un i ve r s i t y o f B remen w i t h ea r l y compu te r a r t i s t F r i ede r Nake . G ross l i ves and wo r ks i n Be r l i n .

8 Ze ro s i ze g l amou r / S tephan Ha l t e r , 2015Scu l p t u r e . Pa i n t ed ob j ec t s , 80cm d i ame te rS tephan Ha l t e r was bo r n 1977 i n H i l deshe im (Ge rmany ) , he s t ud i ed compa ra t i ve l i t e r a t u r e and Ge rman h i s to r y a t t he Un i ve r s i t y o f Le i pz i g . I n 2009 he founded h i s a r t i s t t eam S t . & S t . toge t he r w i t h S tephan i e Ge r ne r. He l i ves and wo r ks i n Be r l i n .

9 Dass man Kuns t n i c h t essen kann / S tephan i e Hanna , 2015Tempo ra r y i n s ta l l a t i o n o f hand pa i n t ed p l as t i c packag i ngsS tephan i e wo r ks i n t he f i e l d o f p r ocess -o r i e n ted and s i t e - spec i f pa r t i c i pa to r y ac t i o ns , pe r fo rmance , i n s t a l l a t i o n and v i deo .

10 FR IDGE / Ve ron i ca Losan tos , 2015Pho tog raphy se r i e s . Ed i t i o n o f 9 o r i g i na l po r t r a i t s , 40x60cm each . 100g rB . 1984 , Spa i n . S t ud i ed Aud i ov i s ua l Commun i ca t i o ns & Med ia (Bu r gos Un i v. ) , f i n i s h i ng s t ud i es i n Pho tog raphy a t t he Le t t e Ve re i n Schoo l ( Be r l i n ) . Based i n Be r l i n , he r wo r k i s e xh i b i t ed r egu l a r l y and has been c red i t ed w i t h p r es t i g i ous awa rds , among wh i ch s t and “Ta l en t s 2014 ” Pho tog raphy Con tes t C /O Be r l i n . Second p r i ze “C l ose Up ” Pho tog raphy Con tes t 2013 a t C /O Be r l i n Museum , F i r s t P r i ze IHK Be r l i n Pho tog raphy Con tes t w i t h t he p i c t u r e “ F l e i s chwa ren ” 2010 .

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- E xh i b i t i o n 25 . 04 - 24 . 05 . 2015- Ve r n i s sage 24 . 04 a t 7pm * pe r fo rmance- Open a r t i s t d i n ne r 02 . 05 a t 7pm (Ga l l e r y Weekend ) . *Pa r t i c i pa to r y ac t i o ns du r i ng d i n ne r ( RSVP )- F i n i s sage : FR IDGE a r t auc t i o n . Fea t u r i ng l im i t ed ed i t i o n o f po r t r a i t s b y Ve ron i ca Losan tos based on wo r ks b y t he a r t i s t s .

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