Digital Documentary of the project commissioned for
Prague Quadrennial of Performance, Design and Space, 2011
Paul´s Boutique
Dress To Exhibit – Prague Quadrennial
SONNENLAND
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
Installation
(Film 16mm/DVD, 16 minutes, looped)
In his video Sonnenland, Paul Divjak addresses a sensitive subject. He filmed handicapped children, showing the viewer the fine line between documentation and voyeurism via a sociopolitically controversial subject. Rather than violating privacy, his camera captured the direct, playful, and authentic interaction between those involved in the video shoot.
“Videorama – Absurdity, Subversion, and Form in Austrian Video Art”
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
Participating Artists: Renate Bertlmann, BitteBitteJaJa, Paul Divjak, Thomas Draschan, Tomas Eller, Nicolas Jasmin, Anna Jermolaewa, Leopold Kessler, Stephan Lugbauer, Rudolf Polanszky, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Hubert Sielecki, Erwin Wurm
Curators: Gerald Matt, Andreas Stadler, and Angela Stief — mehr —
Studies in Space and Desire
Work in progress
“Respecting Celebrity Privacy/Johnny Depp”, from: “Studies in Space and Desire”, 2011
Tourists of Life
Taken from the series “Tourists of Life”, 2007
(4 C-prints, variable sizes)
Eine Kleinigkeit
Galerie Maerz, Linz
Installation
White Cube, DVD (Edit 2007), 61 Minuten, geloopt
“Im DEFA-Film ‘Die Spur der Steine’ (DDR 1966) bekommt der junge Manfred Krug von einem Arbeitskollegen eine Flasche Schnaps zu Weihnachten. Mit den Worten ‘Von mir auch eine Kleinigkeit’ schenkt er dem Mitarbeiter seinerseits eine Flasche desselben hochprozentigen Getränks. In der von Paul Divjak zum Loop montierten Männerrunde findet der Tausch des immer gleichen Geschenks kein Ende …” (Quelle: Galerie Maerz)
