Philipp Lachenmann, Scenic View II (after Hokusai)

From the very beginning humans have been experimenting with different ways of telling a story. Throughout history, various cultures have invented languages and created different methods— some very efficient, some more idiosyncratic— to record and disseminate their stories— and we still do, perhaps more then ever.

Kristen Lucas, 5 Minute Break

The emergence of digital technology has enabled a number of new approaches to fashion a narrative and, as always, artists are in the forefront of discovering the next frontiers, developing languages for these new mediums. In one such development, digital technology is, for the first time, offering a practical way to tell stories in a non-linear fashion.

Even though new technologies profoundly changed how we create and distribute our stories, this show is not about technology.

Paul Johnson, Red, Green & Blue v2.0

We would like you to experience and enjoy a few stories told by contemporary artists the way they chose to tell it.

We selected works that are telling familiar stories in unfamiliar ways, stories that you have to help unfold, stories that are generated live right in front of your eyes, stories that have a beginning, middle and an end, and stories that defy time. They all feed into our desire to tell stories and to see and hear them...

STORYTELLING works by

Guy Ben Ner
’Moby Dick’
12 min. video on DVD

Omer Fast
’CNN concatenated’
18 min. video on DVD

Paul Johnson
’Red, Green & Blue v2.0’
networked computers installation

Philipp Lachenmann
’Scenic View II’
2 min. video on DVD

George Legrady
’Slippery Traces’
interactive installation

Kristin Lucas
’5 Minute Break’
video on DVD

Eddo Stern
’Vietnam Romance’
19 min. video on DVD