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Opening 25th Oct 2013 – 20.00On View26.10.2013 31.10.2013

The Phenomenonof

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A ghost metro train, which has already been all around Europe, appears in Berlin. It ignores phys-ics, gaps between buildings, space and time. Based on a light phenomenon, “the light hole”, the ghost metro train turns into a trav-elling myth, which is constituted of the loose artifacts, collected on the way. The train becomes an artifact itself, as it could appear at any public space―unpredictably, unable to be tracked by route or starting point.

HR-Stamenov suggests a light spectacle, as a train literally “ap-pears” inside a building, leaving passers-by unknowing of what they have just seen. The immedi-ate attention, which the installation produces, serves as an illustration of a rather nostalgic gesture, the fascination of observing a train passing by at times when this oc-currence is a rare sight. Similarly, it illustrates a spectacle in public space, as it transforms a three-dimensional object―such as a train―into a screen-based visual phenomenon. It is the size, the im-age and the sound of a real train; it becomes a screen, a motion picture, a blinking advertising sign. Located in the center of Berlin―at LEAP on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße near Alexanderplatz―the Ghost Train is also in constant reference to its original symbolic context. Every couple of minutes a train passes through or stops at the

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central city station (Alexanderplatz) which the glass-façade of the in-

stallation points at.

A whole cycle of works is dedicated to teleportation – an old and yet

unfulfilled dream of generations of scientists, writers and sci-fi charac-ters. The artist uses the word “tele-portation” to explain the mysterious disappearance of a train in Bulgaria

into a light hole (W24° 58’59,43” N42° 07’55,29”) some years ago.

The unexplored qualities of this phenomenon make it a multi-exit

space-time portal, which is why the train appears at different places

and in different times. Not without irony towards people, who assume to have been heavily brainwashed

by the speculative mass media, HR-Stamenov is in fact “staging

the conditions of possibility” for the phenomenon of this train’s appear-ance to be observed. He is choos-

ing a moment and a situation to invite the audience as eyewitness to this seemingly unexplainable occur-rence at non traditional locations in Florence, Milan, Paris, Zagreb and

Munich (unlike going to an art exhi-bition with its predefined rituals). (I.

Boubnova AFTERWORD)

HR-Stamenov

The Phenomenon of W24°58’59,43″ N42°07’55,29″Curated by Sandra Moskova

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A Black Hole is a region of space-time

where gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform space-time to form a black hole. Around a black hole there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that marks the point of no return. It is called “black” because it absorbs all the light that hits the horizon, reflecting nothing, just like a perfect black body in the thermodynamics. Quantum mechan-ics predicts that black holes emit

radiation like a black body with a finite temperature. This temperature is inversely proportional to the mass of the black hole, making it difficult to observe this radiation for black holes of stellar mass or greater.(Wikipedia.org)

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Light Hole is the opposite of Black Hole

The Light Hole phenomenon could appear suddenly on ground level or in the Earths atmosphere. Light Holes can be seen at every part of the day, the observation of which requires no special equipment. The main quality of light holes is that they can “swal-low” objects from reality by opening a space-time tunnel. The object captured by a light hole can disap-pear from its current location “A” and then reappear at a unknown and unpredicted location “B”. During this

transition the object falls into the quantum multiverse. Subsequently, obtaining the quality for space-time autonomy, the object enters a temporary status of its existence, which allows an uncontrolled motion continuum of its appearances.

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Light holes phenom-enon on 46”15”46,73’N

5”35”30.57’E Appearance in 11.05.2009 at 15:09 The phenomenon ob-

served during regular flight >N.04210<Paris - Pisa

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HR-Stamenov

On 29 Sept. 1999 between 16.08’56”and16.09’13” at coordinates W24°58’59,43” and N42°07’55,29”, entering a strange tunnel caused by a light hole, regional train BDZ number PV16199 disappeared with 15 passengers, an engine driver, two ticket inspectors and a policeman on board. Experts from the research institute IM.F.R. believe that from the moment of disappearance the train might have had the capability of unexpectedly reappearing in certain places, risking causing catastrophes and destruction. As the train would need neither rails nor electricity in order to move, it becomes completely self-sufficient.

HR-Stamenov creates site-specific, media, sound and light installations. Recent exhibitions include: Lucca Center Of Contemporary Art (L.U.C.C.A) – Lucca, Italy (2011) Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Sofia, Bulgaria (2011) Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Gdansk, Poland (2012), Sofia Arsenal – Museum for Contemporary Art (SAMCA), Sofia, Bulgaria (2012); Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial (LABoral) Cijon, Spain (2013)… his individual projects include: “Space 0 Space” Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, Italy (2011); City Gallery of Fine Arts Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2012); “PRESENCE”, Studio Tommaseo, Trieste, Italy (2011) “Water, Suppositions and Urbanism”, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Celje, Slovenia (2012).

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Organised by

Daniel Franke (LEAP)John McKiernan (LEAP)Kai Kreuzmüller (LEAP)

Sandra Moskova (Curator)Florian Lamm (Grafikdesign)

www.leapknecht.de info@leapknecht.de

Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 1310178 Berlin

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The Phenomenonof

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