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Steffi Lindner, Milanova, Lyoudmila

AGENS

Vidéo expérimentale | dcp | couleur | 17:56 | Allemagne | 2018

The work deals with the nature of ephemeral substances and its immanent processes and thus approaches the contrast between the materiality of fleetingness and the human need for control and rather clear forms. In AGENS, clouds and fog come and go, however only featured in interiors. Everyday scenes of the ephemeral - such as smoke from a cigarette, steam coming from a kettle or a dishwasher - gradually turn into peculiar cloud and fog phenomena. While becoming denser and more surreal, familiar vapors get increasingly detached from their conformed functionality. When their fleeting materiality meets the solid and clear structure of the architecture, it seems as though these textures slowly merge into each other. The inner driving force of the ongoing processes inherent in ephemeral substances becomes a mysterious protagonist.

Steffi Lindner grew up in Berlin, where she lives and works, creating videos, drawings, objects and installations. She finished her postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in 2013, has received various grants and fellowships and participated in exhibitions & festivals e.g. at Images Festival, Gallery YYZ (Toronto), Art Cologne, Erarta Motion Pictures (St. Petersburg), NADA Art Fair Miami, Liste Basel, Festival International Exit (Creteil), Interfilm-Festival (Berlin), Capla Kesting Fine Art Gallery (NYC). Lyoudmila Milanova was born in Varna, Bulgaria and has been living and working in Cologne, Germany since 2000. After achieving a M.A. degree in media science at the university in Cologne, she finished her postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne 2011. In her artistic work she deals with natural phenomena, technology and time processes. Her installations and videos have been awarded numerous scholarships and grants, as well as internationally exhibited, including shows in Berlin, Seoul, Kyoto, New York, Rotterdam and Moscow.