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LUX SALON: BJ\u00d8RN MELHUS<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Tuesday 3 Februry 2004, at 7:30pm
\nLondon LUX<\/p>\nDAS ZAUBERGLAS (THE MAGIC GLASS)
\nBj\u00f8rn Melhus, 1991, colour, sound, 6 min
\n<\/strong>\u201cLike Faust in the witch\u2019s kitchen scene, who sees a heavenly image in a magic mirror and recognises the model of all women who awaken his longing, the man in Das Zauberglas<\/em> also experiences longing and joy when he encounters his female alter ego in the 20th century\u2019s magic mirror \u2013 the television screen. But here the joy is not enduring, and is ultimately foiled by the parameters of a media world\u201d \u2014Barbara Nierhoff<\/p>\nNO SUNSHINE
\nBj\u00f8rn Melhus, 1997, colour, sound, 6 min
\n<\/strong>\u201cThe basis of all my work is a previously composed sound and speech collage, often set to a rhythm, and certainly quotes fragments of an already present pop culture. They are nevertheless not pop music at all. They do not bear any musical product or any sort of lifestyle ideology, and shouldn\u2019t either, although they certainly confront this.\u201d \u2014Bj\u00f8rn Melhus<\/p>\nTHE ORAL THING
\nBj\u00f8rn Melhus, 2001, colour, sound, 8 min
\n<\/strong>\u201cIn The Oral Thing<\/em>, Melhus plays a cast of weird characters in a disturbing spiritual self-help parody using game and talk show sound bytes. The \u2018host\u2019 offers redemption, while the \u2018guests\u2019 confess terrible secrets in front of an \u2018audience\u2019 of hooded clones.\u201d \u2014William Powhida<\/p>\nAUTO CENTER DRIVE
\nBj\u00f8rn Melhus, 2003, colour, sound, 28 min
\n<\/strong>\u201cThe film plays at different levels. In addition to a very personal, metaphoric narration, it deals with the construction and deconstruction of the ego. In Western culture the ego is an invention based on media projections, just as the suburban surroundings seem to increasingle follow a script\u201d \u2014International Kurzfilmage Oberhausen<\/p>\nCORNFLAKES
\n<\/strong>Bj\u00f8rn Melhus, Cornflakes, 1987, colour, sound, 2 min
\n<\/strong>An early 16mm film on the subject of consumption and commercials. Made at the Braunschweig School of Arts, shown tonight just for fun.<\/p>\nBj\u00f8rn Melhus\u2019 first British solo show “Primetime” is at FACT Liverpool until 7 March 2004.<\/p>\n
This LUX Salon is presented in association with the Serpentine Gallery to coincide with their current exhibition “State of Play” (3 February \u2013 28 March 2004). The exhibition presents the work of international artists who play with ideas and situations. At a time when art can no longer be defined through a single dominant movement or school of thought, the exhibition identifies a number of artists who share an attitude of irreverence and wit, and a lightness of touch increasingly visible in contemporary art making today. Featuring Maurizio Cattelan, Martin Creed, Tony Feher, Bj\u00f8rn Melhus, Aleksandra Mir, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Pipilotti Rist, David Shrigley, Andreas Slominski and Sarah Sze. Curated by Rochelle Steiner.<\/p>\n
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