Perhaps__
"— [...] So for a short historical introduction,
we should maybe talk about the original magazine The Blind Man, back in
1917.
— Sure, Go ahead.
— So, in the spring of 1917, in April and May to be precise, in
New York, a group of people released two issues of a new magazine called
The Blind Man. The first issue was subtitled Independents’ Number
and the second one P.B.T. The initials P.B.T. stand for Pierre (Henri-Pierre
Roché), Beatrice (Wood) and “Totor” (from Victor),
Roché’s nickname for Marcel Duchamp. They were the three
associated publishers of the magazine. The first issue started—after
few gallery advertisements! —with the sentence : « The
Blind Man celebrates to-day [sic] the birth of Independence of Art in
America ». "
[...]
"— What do you mean by "building misunderstandings"?
— Ok, let's take a little step backwards! I will explain
a bit the origin of the idea. [Laughs] I guess we're switching now to
some kind of an acted dialogue. Hmm… [Laughs]
When I was first thinking of this kind of a project, I had the idea of
an entire series of next issues of "dead" magazines. I wanted
to put together some people, basically some friends, to work on the repetition
of the last issue of different magazines, on second ends.
— Like an alternative ending for a movie?
— Pretty much."
[...]
"— Yeah, for sure, but you can say that for…
— …About basically any…
— …Any thing.
— Or almost!
— This problem of perception in time traveling is really somehow
a way for me to understand the figure of the blind man as the figure of
the time traveler and the one of the blind man are probably reversed figures,
each one being the negative of the other. The time traveler cannot be
seen but probably can see. It makes him an anti-blind man.
— Hmm, an anti-blind man!? He can see but he can't be seen,
that's what you‘re saying?
— Yes, like when you're a kid and you play this game...where you
hide from your friends. How do you call it in English?
— Hide-and-seek.
— … And you always have one friend, maybe when you’re
five years old or something, who thinks that if he closes his eyes you
won’t see him anymore…because…
— …He thinks he becomes invisible."
[...]
Etienne Chambaud and Hannes Schmidt met a few months ago in Paris. They
started talking about putting together the third issue of The Blind Man,
a magazine launched by Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Wood and Marcel
Duchamp that folded in 1917, after just two editions.
Their conversation culminated in "Loose Dialogue Piece", a collaborative
project that addresses the repetition of an “end”, then switches
to general questions of consciousness, blindness, phenomenological understandings
of time traveling, etc.
In addition, new works by the artists will be presented as part of Perhaps___.
Etienne Chambaud (*1980, Mulhouse, France) lives and works in Paris. He
is represented by Galerie Lucile Corty, Paris (lucilecorty.com). Recent
exhibitions include: “Le Présent”, Cortex Athletico,
Bordeaux and “Transmissions”, Villa Arson, Nice. This is his
first exhibition in Berlin. Hannes Schmidt (*1974, Freiburg, Germany)
lives and works in Berlin. He is represented by Nice & Fit, Berlin.
Recent exhibitions include: “Hannes Schmidt at Eva’s Arche”,
GBE, New York, “Dicht im Frontalunterricht”, Nice & Fit,
Berlin and “Panic Room: Recent Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou
Collection”, DESTE, Athens.
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