Have you ever overheard a conversation between a student and a dead artist?

Ein Nachmittag mit Bollinger

Lilian Polosek

Audio piece 12.06 min.

 

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We now hear a dialogue between the art student Lilian Polosek and one of the once most renowned artists of post-minimalism of the 1960s, Bill Bollinger. Ms. Polosek travelled to the cosmos and tried to meet Mr. Bollinger on a meta-level. The reactions and the appearance of the artist originate from Lilian’s imagination. The place of encounter is the last residence of Bollinger. Bollinger is 46 years old at this time – Polosek meets him two years before his death.

Wir hören nun einen Dialog zwischen der Kunststudentin Lilian Polosek und einem der einst renommiertesten Künstler des Post-Minimalismus der 60er Jahre, Bill Bollinger. Frau Polosek ist hier für in den Kosmos gereist und hat versucht Mr. Bollinger auf einer Metaebene zu treffen. Die Reaktionen und das Erscheinungsbild des Künstlers entspringen ganz und gar Lilian’s Fantasie. Der Ort der Begegnung ist der letzte Wohnort Bollinger’s. Bollinger ist zu diesem Zeitpunkt 46 Jahre alt – Polosek trifft ihn zwei Jahre vor seinem Tod.

 

 

A project made in the course

Studio Exhibit – When Attitudes Become Re-form

‘When Attitudes Become Form’ was a groundbreaking exhibition held in 1969 in Bern and re-staged in Venice in 2013 at Prada Foundation. During the summer semester of AY 2019-2020, students were invited to choose, out of the original show, one artist each and to reconstruct the work. They were also expected to produce a work of their own, which would resonate with their replica experience. Important was to introduce the concept of the artist as participant in an ongoing discourse, throughout appropriation and translation.
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