June 2025
The sculptural work of Alexandra Bircken (*1967) deals with the structure of protection, identification and the expansion of the individual in analogies between body and machine. The Berlin-based artist combines a variety of materials and techniques - often woven or knitted textiles — with which she explores the boundary between the human and the created environment. At the same time Bircken dissects everyday technical objects with surgical precision, bringing the biomorphic nature of machines into view. This dual approach leads to an ambivalent work that is both cyborg-like and androgynous and questions human behaviour and desire, but also the vulnerability of the body in its relationship to technology. In collaboration with Culturgest, Lisbon, where the exhibition will be presented from 25.10.2025–1.2.2026. With the kind support of: Josi Georg Guggenheim Foundation, Ruth & Arthur Scherbarth Foundation.
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Under the banner of ‘film as film’, the absolute cinema of Greek-American Gregory J. Markopoulos (1928–1992) alternates between fixed sequence shots and autonomous photograms. His work is based on portraits of people and places, and partly on adaptations of Hellenic myths. His last epic work, Eniaios (1948–1990, approx. 80 hours), reassembles his earlier films in a new order, combining them with new ones shot for the occasion. Since 2004, the restored work has been screened every four years at Temenos, an open-air utopian projection space in Greece. In Biel, the exhibition focuses on some of the 16mm films used for Eniaios, presented in conjunction with cibachromes and documents from the Temenos archive. cur.: François Bovier, with the participation of Robert Beavers, cinematographer and co-founder of the Temenos archive.
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