Breathe In, Breathe Out
Tina Smrekar presents a solo exhibition in Siemens artLab, Vienna
April 10 - May 10 2008
In the series Anti-stress Techniques Tina Smrekar through mediums of photography, video and installation suggests to artists (and as well, as she states herself, to all the other overstressed people) a bundle of relaxing methods, maintaining a certain extent of irony. The author thus proposes for example to Blow Bubbles Until You Are Out of Breath, in the video Let the Holes make You Whole she uses an office method and recommends relaxation using a sheet of paper and a paper puncher, in Stand On Your Head Straight as a Tree the tree in the image as on purpose has not found a straight growth and in Listen to the Sound of the Typewriter she invites us into a clinking mechanically repetitive Zen. The artist visualises and suggests the techniques and furthermore offers direct usage through works using objects.
Supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
