Paravent

Ruth Schnell/Gudrun Bielz
© Video sculpture210 cm x 165 cmVideo projector, projection mask, video player, videotape, paravent (iron, paper)In co-production with Gudrun Bielz ; Ruth Schnell/Gudrun Bielz

Ruth Schnell

Paravent ,
Co-workers & Funding
In co-production with Gudrun Bielz
Documents
  • Paravent
    image/jpeg
    751 × 600
Description
Video sculpture
In co-production with Gudrun Bielz

The 'Paravent' functions as a projection screen, displaying a video of a car wash routine captured from the inside of a car. The 'Paravent' shifts its normal function as a private object and becomes a window into mechanized public space.

"The paravent is a commodity that belongs to the private sphere, acting as a cover, such as the folding screen in the bedroom, which one uses to undress behind it, but at the same time this transparent screen shows what it wants to hide and therefore invites to voyeurism; there is another level to this work: the paravent serves as a projection screen, the interior view of a car wash is projected onto it, and it is transferred to another room, into a public space, into a mechanized space. But the screen belongs to private space, which creates a paradoxical situation."
- Ruth Schnell, quoting Gudrun Bielz in conversation with Dr Ingrid Adamer, published in: Trasparenz, exhibition catalogue, Feldkirch 1993
Keywords
Technology & Material
Hardware
Video projector, projection mask, video player, videotape
Installation Requirements / Space
210 cm x 165 cm
Material
Video projector, projection mask, video player, videotape, paravent (iron, paper)