proscenium

A Proscenium is the architectural element in western theatres that not only defines the spatial division between stage and audience, but also describes a history of viewing and representing. The proscenium arch functions as a large frame that only allows a selected gaze and covers what is ‑offstage. The artists Kerstin Honeit, Ofri Lapid and Fernando Nino-Sánchez investigate the ‑proscenium using video work, light installations, photos and objects in its function of being a mirror axis between object and recipient, as well as a border between being ‑on stage and ‑off stage.
With the video installation ‑Dads & FuneralsKerstin Honeit continues her investigations about the staging and the reenactment of the (auto-) biographical tale. The voices of four women of different ages and backgrounds tell how they experienced their fathers funerals. In a stage-like projection box, they meet the lip-synching body of the artist.
In her work, Ofri Lapid refers to the symbiotic of history and technology and the role that light plays in defining the language and the limitations of various mediums. The work presented depicts the person and symbol, Theodor Herzl, founder of the zionist movement and documentation of his voyage to Palestine in 1900, along with his text "Altneuland" an Utopian political fiction. The work traces manifestations of light both in text and image, and refers to the controversial role that light might have in shaping and framing a political perception.
Fernando Nino-Sánchez: ‑Proscenium is a space for the representation of consumption where the crucial purpose is not the satisfaction of necessities but to transform the consumer into a product.