DEWEER gallery EXHIBITION FILE Material Spiritual World With Yehudit Sasportas, Georgina Starr and Marnie Weber

Curated by Filip Luyckx 18 September 23 October 2011

Georgina Starr, Theda (Act / The Sance), 2007 - 10, filmstill, courtesy the artist

Material Spiritual World With Yehudit Sasportas, Georgina Starr and Marnie Weber Curated by Filip Luyckx DEWEER gallery 18 September 23 October 2011 E The spiritual world is not clearly defined. Its existence can be completely denied or, on the contrary, situated out of reach, in a world beyond ours. It is impossible to agree what we mean by the term spiritual, let alone to discuss the subject consistently. Most of the time there is a task division between science with its focus on the material world - and the spiritual domain. In order to be taken seriously, spiritual claims must not contradict science and reason. Nevertheless, there are several good reasons - even from a skeptical point of view - to have a continued interest in spiritual issues. These issues are important as a cultural phenomenon, in popular as in high-brow culture. Within the material world artists and philosophers, and people in general, have always taken into account a kind of spiritual dimension, which is related to deeply rooted psychological strivings. In the future, in a virtual dimension, mankind could even strive for goals that do not exist yet. Paranormal phenomena also exist since the beginnings of mankind, only nowadays they look like reduced versions in comparison with the concepts about parallel universes wrought out by theoretical physics. This exhibition brings together the work of three very different artists dealing with the spiritual dimension. Rather than to express clear systems of (dis)belief, each work invites visitors to take part in a visual and mental experience. The work of Yehudit Sasportas (Israel / Berlin) combines science, mysticism and craftmanship. Abstract insights about the world are mirrored in multi-layered landscapes, illustrating ways of integrating both knowledge about contemporary physics and spiritual experience into the representation of nature. The Lightworkers, a double-channel video projection from 2010, is one of her most elaborated video installations. Georgina Starr (UK) presents a new version of a sound installation based on an investigation entitled I am the Medium. The work deals with fragmented voices of spirits recorded during seances with psyhic mediums. The visitor is invited to experience them interactively and in a personal way. Marnie Weber (USA) will present her new film The Eternal Heart (2010). Translucent figures dance on a graveyard and then slide into a story resembling a silent movie. A girl is invited to overcome demons from her past with the help of the force of love. After a hallucinating dance and procession, she arrives in afterlife with all her monsters tamed.

Georgina Starr, I am the Medium, 2010, sound installation

Georgina Starr, Taps, Tremors + Time-Steps, 2011, color photograph, ed. 10

Georgina Starr, I am the Medium, 2010

next pages: Marnie Weber, The Eternal Heart, 2010

Yehudit Sasportas, The Lightworkers, 2010

List of Works Yehudit Sasportas The Lightworkers, 2010 film installation, double-channel projection, HD, color/sound, 10 in loop Georgina Starr Taps, Tremors + Time-Steps, 2011, color photograph, ed. 10 I am the Medium, 2010 soundinstallation with light and one 12 locked-groove vinyl record, 250 grooves, 12 seance recordings with psychic mediums, recorded over a period of 12 months, ed. 3 The Sances, 2010 12 vinyl records in handmade covers, ed. 2 I am the Medium, 2010 vinyl record in handmade cover, ed. 80 (signed and numbered) Marnie Weber The Eternal Heart, 2010 video transferred to dvd, 25, color/sound, ed. 3

Material Spiritual World With Yehudit Sasportas, Georgina Starr and Marnie Weber. Curated by Filip Luyckx 18 September 23 October 2011 Open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 14:00 until 18:00, and by appointment. DEWEER gallery | Tiegemstraat 6A | B-8553 Otegem, Belgium | +32 (0)56 644 893 | www.deweergallery.com