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BANKLEER: Hares in capitalist modernity (Hasen in der kapitalistischen Moderne), performative walk, 2009.
BANKLEER: Hares in capitalist modernity (Hasen in der kapitalistischen Moderne), performative walk, 2009.
BANKLEER: Hares in capitalist modernity (Hasen in der kapitalistischen Moderne), performative walk, 2009.
Hares in capitalist modernity (Hasen in der kapitalistischen Moderne)
“Hares in capitalist modernity” („Hasen in der kapitalistischen Moderne“) refers to Joseph Beuys’ 1965 action “How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare” (Schmela Gallery, Düsseldorf). BANKLEER carries the historical setting over into our art period, which will likely go down in art history as “capitalist modernity” – a late form of an originally idealistic, revolutionary, enlightening and experimental modernism. “Hares in capitalist modernity” reassesses in what relation our own artistic work stands to capitalism, which provides an all-encompassing backdrop and seems unassailable.
BANKLEER (Karin Kasböck and Christoph Leitner) live and work in Berlin. Based on interventions and performances, in docu-fictional videos and stage-like installations they reflect the forming power of capitalist processes. They approach the topic in a kind of work in progress. This gives rise to mediatic project proliferations that overlap and merge into each other. They call this technique cubistic situationism.