There is a strong tradition in the Visual Arts of introspection, critique and performative behaviour. While hierarchies, dependencies and structures of the institutional apparatus (often represented as The Museum or The Gallery) have been frequently critiqued and examined by visual artists as part of their practice, artists seldom turn their gaze on themselves as propagators and contributors of cultural traditions within the increasingly globalised art world(s).
The artist Juliane Zelwies has drawn attention to this blind spot by exploring and developing approaches to describe, analyse and understand the artist ́s habitus (e.g. beliefs, codes and behaviour) that she and her colleagues express in professional and informal settings. She is particularly interested in examining situations in which artists seem to violate unwritten rules or conventions and their peers ́ response to such violations.
In her audio- and video-installations, short films and lecture performances, Juliane Zelwies explores the psychology of social interaction, particularly with regard to (human) communication. Visually at home in the ambiguous borderland between documentary and dramatisation, much of her work relies on an exchange with expert groups and individuals, with whom she looks into the construction and deconstruction of narratives.
The exhibition Reading out loud at Kunsthall 3,14 is the final presentation of Juliane Zelwies’ artistic research PhD project at the The Art Academy at the University of Bergen in collaboration with UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Academy of Arts.
PUBLIC PROGRAMME
08.04.2022
17:00-18:00, public reading from „artistic research“ (part 1/3)
18:00-20:00, Opening
Opening speech by Prof. Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
21.04.2022
17:00-18:00, public reading from „artistic research“ (part 2/3)
18:00 - 19:00 conversation between Gitte Sætre & Juliane Zelwies
06.05.2022
17:00-18:00, public reading from „artistic research“ (part 3/3)
about the artist:
Juliane’s work has been exhibited in solo- and group exhibitions, among others at Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø; Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles; TSA, Brooklyn, NY; Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles; Galerie Wedding, Berlin; Galleria Huuto, Helsinki; Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit, Mannheim; D21, Leipzig; Z/KU, Berlin; LIFT, Toronto; Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin; Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York; Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei; Derive Art Space, Taichung; KAV16 Gallery, Tel Aviv; Digital Art Lab, Holon; Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin. Her videos and video installations have been presented at film festivals such as The Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale); The Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival; Hamburg International Short Film Festival; Stuttgarter Filmwinter; Shedhalle Zurich; ZAIM Art Center, Yokohama; Temple Gallery, Philadelphia; NBK Berlin; Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm.
Juliane is lecturing at various art schools and curates film programmes. Her video works are distributed by arsenal distribution - Institute for Film and Video Art, Berlin.