Michael Stevenson
Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare (2014–23)
Michael Stevenson, Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare (2014–23), installation view, photo: steirischer herbst / kunst-dokumentation.com, courtesy of the artist
Michael Stevenson, Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare (2014–23), installation view, photo: steirischer herbst / kunst-dokumentation.com, courtesy of the artist
Michael Stevenson, Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare (2014–23), installation view, photo: steirischer herbst / kunst-dokumentation.com, courtesy of the artist
Michael Stevenson’s installation tests a doctrine once proposed by mathematician, playwright, and bodyguard José de Jésus Martínez, who observed frequent confusion at a door: “Will it yield with a push … or pull?” He understood this moment as an encounter with pure evil. Two doors from Forum Stadtpark are hooked up to a test mechanism. Their swing is controlled via pneumatic hosing, tracing them back to a remote room. Here, four AI bots play different computer games, whose results determine the door’s yield and multiply the encounters with evil.
Michael Stevenson (1964, Inglewood, New Zealand) is an artist and educator who uses historical research and reconstruction to produce installations and artworks that index social, economic, and ideological global forces. His works frequently confront viewers with the material and tangible consequences of such forces and the physical realities they produce. Stevenson represented New Zealand at the 50th Venice Biennale and participated in numerous other biennials. Recent solo shows took place at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam; and Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne. He lives in Berlin.
Courtesy of the artist
Michael Stevenson at Artist Talks
22.9., 15:30–16:30
Installation
Villa Perpetuum Mobile
Group exhibition
Courtesy of the artist
Michael Stevenson at Artist Talks
22.9., 15:30–16:30
