Rineke Dijkstra’s Videography – Part 2.
‘The Krazyhouse’ Video Installation
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The recent series of work by photographer Rineke Dijkstra resulting from her time in Liverpool in 2009, entitled ‘The Krazyhouse’, is a five-channel HD video installation portraying five teenage clubbers in a sequence of five videos. Another videos has been released under the title ‘I Can See A Woman Crying‘.
Her successful video installation ‘The Buzz Club’, filmed in 1996 in Liverpool/UK and Zaandam/Netherlands, inspired her to return to Liverpool and invite teenagers to perform to their favorite songs in front of her eye and lens.
Christian Hildebrand was appointed Dijkstra’s editor and camera operator for the duration, being closely involved in many of her ideas. Two stills of the videos entitled ‘Phil’ and ‘Nicki’ are shown above (click to zoom).
Having been premiered at the Max Hetzler Gallery in Berlin, the work continues to be on show around the globe, including the Marian Goodman Gallery in New York and Paris. Follow the gallery links to see all video stills and installation views.
Reviews
Leslie Camhi appositely writes: “The work represents something of a departure for Dijkstra. [...] Yet it’s also a continuation of her great themes: the ungainly grace of youth, shadowed with doubt and in the first tentative flush of self-assertion. Dance, she finds, releases something in her subjects, and the moving portrait allows her to capture a more intimate reality.” (for NY Times Mag)
Follow these links to read the full reviews:
New York Times Magazine Review. Frieze Art Magazine Review.
Der Tagesspiegel Review.
(in German language)
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