Book launch and conversation with Kenia M. Soboleva and Thomas J. Lax
At Printed Matter, Inc.
231 11th Ave, New York, USA
Edited by Thomas Zander
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Cologne
96 pages
With texts by Thomas J. Lax and Ksenia Soboleva
Andrea
Geyer, born in Freiburg, Germany in 1971, investigates the lived
experience of history and politics. The New York based artist defines
art as a site where past and present can coexist: “We cannot uninvite
the ghosts,” Geyer reminds us, as she develops the intimacy and complex
layering of her installation Feeding the Ghost. In
the work, autobiographic and collective memories resonate with the life
and work of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman. The series Resonant,
in which Geyer incorporates her experiences at protests against police
violence in the US, is also built in polyphonous layers. Based on
photographs and news images, Geyer drew outlines of protesters and
transferred them onto paper in iridescent silver layers. They reflect
the gestures of protest that at once express vulnerability and political
power in the face of repression.
