recuerdo: nostalgia on the periphery
Art exhibition, UNT Art Gallery University of North Texas - Fall 2010 Adriana Martinez-Mendoza Co-curator (Fragment) …Recurring to the private space and linked to the urban landscape, Hugo Kiehnle’s art works represent a personal dialogue with the city’s chaos and its effect in the individual’s psyche. Hugo Kiehnle uses non-related visual culture sources from the environment in his apartment in Mexico City. The artist creates videos that re-interpret the original use of images on television with captured scenes in domestic actions. These actions can be as simple as observing from the apartment’s window what is happening outside in the terrace. The record of time deals with the nostalgia of old times in the city through remembrance of the changing use of space. Kiehnle’s videos are a reflective interpretation of the daily images impact in his life as a citizen and participant in the growing urban landscape. The given attention to the simple and ordinary enhances the importance of questioning how we place ourselves in life and how we interpret images and their meanings… |
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