5 October 2007 – 17 February 2008

"URSULA MAYER Zeitkristalle / The Crystals of Time

In the three short works of the trilogy Ursula Mayer exhibits the basic elements of the filmic: the setting, the protagonist, the camera movement. The selected locations are charged with historical, social and ideological facts and references: a Victorian townhouse, a residential tower in London from the 1950s, a modernist private villa in Finland. Complex interactions evolve here between a woman, the spaces and the camera. No stringent narrative results from the fragmented actions, yet the viewers are drawn into a fascinating network of fictions, looks, gestures, forms and the suggestive soundtrack in an ellipsis of time.
In The Crystal Gaze, shot in the art deco rooms of Eltham Palace in London, Mayer works with a script for the first time. Narrative and visual parallels are drawn to the tradition of the classical Hollywood film, and a cinematic role play of power relations between actresses is mirrored and framed by the opulent elegance of the historical setting.

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Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz
Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1
4020 Linz
phone +43 732 70 70 36 14
http://www.lentos.at

Opening Hours

Daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Thursday till 9 p.m.

Description of the Museum

The collection of the art museum contains works from the areas painting, sculpure and object art, works on paper and photographies (e.g. A. Rodtschenko, Man Ray, H.Bayer).

opened 2003; architect: Weber & Hofer

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