PSF 2015: MY HORIZONTAL IS YOUR VERTICAL 


Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:00

On view
31 Jul-4 Aug 2015

PSF 2015: MY HORIZONTAL IS YOUR VERTICAL 


During the Project Space Festival Berlin, Scotty Enterprises will present the exhibition MY HORIZONTAL IS YOUR VERTICAL with new works by Chryssa Tsampazi and Sharon Paz.
IRRESISTIBLE FORCE, a two channel video installation by Sharon Paz, juxtaposes animated silhouettes of conflicting imagery with private sceneries, which are superimposed by patterns reminiscent of the camouflage commonly used by the military.
While Paz’ installation divides the exhibition space into two equal parts, and in so doing invites the audience to take sides and participate, Chryssa Tsampazi’s sound installation From My West To Reach All The Way To The East, which is inspired by a poem of the Greek writer Nikos Gatsos, is audible only outside on the street. On Tuesday, 4th of August 2015, Tsampazi will end the exhibition with a performance for which she has invited people from different backgrounds to run; to pass through and by Scotty Enterprises in their attempt to escape, compete, arrive or recreate from their own realities.

Sharon Paz, born 1969 in Israel, received a MFA from Hunter College. Paz exhibited in Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany, Smack Mellon in NYC and the Herzlyia Museum of Art and Petach-Tikva Museum of Art in Israel. Her video works are part of the collection of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Video-Forum Collection, Berlin and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem and have been screened in numerous festivals and galleries such as Thomas Erben Gallery and Art in General in New York City; Transmediale 11 in Berlin.
www.sharonpaz.com

Chryssa Tsampazi, born 1975 in Germany, studied theater at the Drama School of Athens and holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her works have been presented in numerous exhibitions e.g. at Sullivan Galleries, Chicago; Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago; Chicago Cultural Center; Fallout Gallery, Minneapolis; Athens Biennial; Art-Athina, Athens; Bios Centre Athens; Sophiensäle, Berlin; IV. Moscow Biennial, Moscow; 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art.
www.tsampazi.com

Both artists live in Berlin.

Photo: Guillermo R. Gudiño
Photo: Guillermo R. Gudiño