Ulrike Rosenbach "Reflections on the birth of Venus"

17 & 18 september: video-performance Reflections on the birth of Venus

The exhibition space contained a 'life size' projection of Botticelli's Birth of Venus. Ulrike Rosenbach stood before the projection screen clad in a tight-fitting suit which was flesh coloured at the front and black at the back. She adopted the Venus pose (with her weight on her left leg and her lower right leg turned graciously outwards, resting lightly on the toes), with her head tilted forwards and her hands chastely covering her breasts and private parts. While Rosenbach faced forwards to the public, the Botticelli image was projected onto her body and she was momentarily transformed into Venus. Once she turned round, however, the projection was invisible on the black fabric of her suit. During the performance, she slowly but continually turned around, thus creating a cycle of identification and dissociation.

September 17 through October 9: exhibition