APPEARANCE / AUFTRITT september 11th – october 10th 2009
introducing
JULIA SCHER
„Predictive Engineering (Audio)“, 2009
september 11th – 17th 2009
opening friday september 11th 2009, 7 pm
“Appearance / Auftritt” is the title for the European Kunsthalle’s program at Ebertplatz in September/October 2009. In weekly change, four internationally renowned artists – Julia Scher, Katja Davar, Miriam Bäckström und Yane Calovski – appear in a series of short exhibitions. Presented within the context of the European Kunsthalle c/o Ebertplatz, the projects resonate in an interesting way.
Julia Scher’s audio installation “Predictive Engineering (Audio)”, 2009, is the starting project. A mixture of seduction and authoritarian commands, a disembodied female voice evokes various imaginary zones in order to instruct passers-by “collective security”. Referring to various surveillance and control techniques, “Predictive Engineering (Audio)”, 2009, critically reflects the widespread promise that these technologies allow us to steer and construe human behaviour.