INS DUNKLE SCHWIMMEN, 2024-25

 

„Ins Dunkle schwimmen. Abysses of the Creative Imperative“
16.10.2024 -1.2.2025
curated by Cosima Rainer and Robert Müller
University Gallery of the Angewandte, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna

featured artists: Uli Aigner | Monika Baer | Linda Bilda | The Critical Ass (Anke Dyes, Niklas Lichti) & Michele Di Menna | Josef Dabernig | Hanne Darboven | Verena Dengler | Jana Euler | Harun Farocki | Jessyca R. Hauser | Alexander Hempel | Richard Hoeck & John Miller | Helena Huneke | Martin Kippenberger | Josef Kramhöller | Michael Krebber | Tonio Kröner | Maria Lassnig | Ghislaine Leung | Lee Lozano | Friederike Mayröcker | Luzie Meyer | Sigmar Polke | Ulla Rossek | Jack Smith | Josef Strau | Jean-Marie Straub | Martine Syms | Franz West | Tanja Widmann | Amelie von Wulffen | Min Yoon

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DELIVERIES IN THE REAR
1999-2001
Richard Hoeck / John Miller
Installation
Mannequin – height: 180 cm, UPS Uniform – brown, handtruck, scattered boxes, surveillance camera
dimension variable

 

„Deliveries in the Rear“, Installation View at Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna
"Deliveries in the Rear", Installation View at Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna
The idea of the Installation began as a tableau proposed for a window in the New Museum, New York. It was John Miller and Richard Hoeck's first collaboration centered on the figure of a UPS delivery man. They imagined him as a comic figure, defined by his uniform. While a uniform is ostensibly an emblem of pride, it also signifies subservience. Moreover, UPS brown resonates uncomfortably with memories of Hitler's Brown Shirts - and anality. In terms of labor, the package is the enemy of the UPS man, but it is also the basis of his sustenance. Thus, the artists constructed a monumental tower of boxes that would dwarf not only the UPS man but also the viewers. The array of extra boxes strewn around the stack suggests that this „Babel-like" structure has already begun to topple.
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