Ceal Floyer’s sound installation ‘Til I get it Right seems to be a comment on the artist’s strive for perfection. It’s a loop that is created from a song of the same title by the American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette. Ceal Floyer just used the lines “I’ll just keep on” and “’Til I Get It Right,” to create an endless mantra-like soundtrack.
Ceal Floyer was born in 1968 and lives in Berlin. She has had solo exhibitions at DHC, Montreal (2011), MOCA, Miami (2010), KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2009), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2009), the Swiss Institute, New York (2006), and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2001), and has participated in the Biennale di Venezia (2009). Floyer has received the Nam June Paik Award (2009) and the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst, Berlin (2007).
Ceal Floyer: ‘Til I get it Right (2005). Audio Installation at dOCUMENTA (13). Kassel (Germany), June 8, 2012.
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“As in previous years the Sculpture Park continues to provide the public with an overview of some of the most interesting developments in sculpture that has been made specifically for an outdoor setting and showcases the vitality and imagination of artists from around the world.” (David Thorp, selector of the Sculpture Park at Frieze Art Fair).
The Frieze Sculpture Park is located in the Regent’s Park, just a short walk to the east of the entrance of Frieze Art Fair. This year’s edition presents works by Hans Peter Feldman, Ceal Floyer, Marie Lund, Franz West, Jeppe Hein, Gavin Turk, Sanchayan Ghosh, art collective Slavs and Tatars, John Russel, and Daniel Silver. One of the most popular works this year was the installation “Trash” by Wolfgang Ganter and Kaj Aune (we will have a closer look at this installation in an upcoming video).
Frieze Sculpture Park 2010. Frieze Art Fair, London / UK, October 13, 2010.
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Gakona is a small village in the center of Alaska. Gakona, that’s a few houses, a service station, a post office – and the American research program HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program). Inspired by the work of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), researchers there are studying the possibility of the wireless transmission of electricity by means of ionizing the high strata of the atmosphere. But because of its military funding and the phantasms associated with electromagnetism since the 19th century, HAARP has also become an inexhaustible source of rumors: Climatic disruption, influence on human behavior, etc.
And that’s what the Gakona session at the contemporary art center Palais de Tokyo in Paris relates to: Gakona at the Palais de Tokyo lies at the intersection of fact and rumor, reality and phantasm, science and imagination. It is made up of four solo exhibitions: Micol Assaël, Ceal Floyer, Laurent Grasso and Roman Signer.
In this video by Christophe Ecoffet, Laurent Grasso (see also the coverage of his exhibition in New York) talks about his work and how it is different from the other works on display.
Gakona: Micol Assaël, Ceal Floyer, Laurent Grasso and Roman Signer at Palais de Tokyo, Paris. February 12, 2009.
PS: On February 19, 7.30 pm there’s a discussion and screening with the artist.
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