2020-09-29 Interner Link für Dienstgebäude Nur zum internen Gebrauch Bei Fragen gerne mich kontaktieren: robert@estermann.com Danke. Diese erst dieses Jahr entstandene und noch nie gezeigte Serie von grossformatigen Fotos, kaleidoskopischen Tischdecken und Videoarbeiten mit Reitern aus meinem Riding.Vision Projekt könnten – je nach Umfang meiner Ausstellungsbeteiligung oder gar einer Einzelausstellung – in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft zu ausgewählten anderen zeichnerischen und anderen installativen Arbeiten gezeigt werden. Gerade auch diese vermeintlichen Bruchstellen zwischen der beinahe barocken Imagination der Fotos und dem Minimalismus meiner sonstigen Arbeiten interessieren mich. Many of the drawings, photographs and installations are not only physically large, but also the mode they act with the viewer and interact is that of a stage. My works are a bit like clowns. In a digitaler Jugendraum (this Wortspiel just came to my mind). Post digital space. Natürlich würde – wegen der grossen Formate – nur eine Auswahl der Reiterfotos gezeigt werden können. Equestrian Tablecloth, 2020 digital prints on silk, 180×180 cm each (hanged on the wall; the actual prints have a caleidoscopic effect) Equestrian Tablecloth I Equestrian Tablecloth II Equestrian Tablecloth III (for larger views, click on image and wait for loading) Riders [working title], 2020 digital prints on paper all landscape formats: 150×267 cm each (16:9), except “Tilted Shot”: 150×225 cm (2:3) all portrait formats: 150×100 cm each (3:4) Rider with Tableware I Rider with Tableware II Rider with Tableware III Stuttering Rider I Stuttering Rider II Novel Speech Detector Rider and Guide I Rider and Guide II Rider Offering Free Rides in Exchange for Photos Tilted Shot Rider Looking Into the Sun I Rider Looking Into the Sun I Rider (Rubber Apron) I Rider (Rubber Apron) II Rider (Rubber Apron) III Gallop I Gallop II Rider Looking Back After the Ride I After the Ride II After the Ride III Spread I Spread II Rider (Freedoms) I Rider (Freedoms) II Rider (Futures) (for larger views, click on image and wait for loading) While especially the photos in 16:9 aspect ratio already very much anticipate a filmic view, actual video recordings of the riders and the horses are always done in parallel as well. While on the riding.vision website the focus is on video, the source material of the riding works in the physical show will mostly be from still photography, with the possibility of showing some video work as well. New riding videos from the 2020 shooting (filmed in 60p/4K) are in postproduction and will be ready at the time of the show. One example of an earlier video is Out of the Fog: https://vimeo.com/247340755 All the custom props, and most of the clothes and horse tacks used in the photos and are being collected and will be exhibited in the show as objects as well. Es gibt auch Fotoarbeiten von den auf den Boden ausgelegten Props und Kleidern alleine, also ohne Model/Reiter/Pferd. Ich habe sie jetzt nicht hier abgebildet, da ihre Form noch nicht definitiv ist. Schliesslich noch einige andere Arbeiten in loser Assoziation – ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit – die bei einer Ausstellung mit der oben vorgestellte neuesten Reiterserien teilweise mit aufgenommen werden könnten. Aber ich möchte natürlich nicht die Arbeit des Kurators und Deine eigene Neugierde vorwegnehmen … Reflections on Windowpanes in a Cartoon with Ourselves as Evolving Fictions, 2005–2015 Ink marker on window panes, dimensions variable Reflections on Windowpanes in a Cartoon Untitled (Wind Grass), 2006 pencil on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm collection CMC agnes b. More such drawings in the link Two (Clouds and Shadow), Penguin, … World Drawing Class, 2019 a series of 8 drawings, pencil on paper, 8 parts, 56 x 42 cm each Sammlung des Kantons Zürich, Collection of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland World Drawing Class Elephant Man, 2005marker on paper, 100 x 140 cm, or projection Elephant Man Alex in Town, 2008 video-performance sandwich cardboard, wood, metal, hidden human engine, 150 x 580 x 160 cm video: 50″, loop, usually presented without sound Alex in Town evolved from Animal, which was shown 2001 in DeAppel Museum, Amsterdam. Other closely related work: Elephant Man (2005) Alex in Town Animal Construction for an Acute Plane, 1993-2020 variable dimensions and supports Construction for an Acute Plane One or more of the three editions of “Scenic Tongical” newspaper as a loose pile on the floor Scenic Tongical Newspaper No.1 Scenic Tongical Newspaper No.2 Scenic Tongical Newspaper No.3 Paralel Swimmer, 2013 steel, color (stove enameled), 141 x 144 cm x 209 cm courtesy Kim Kim Gallery, Seoul Parallel Swimmer Modern Day and The Bigger Picture, 2008 2-part installation: Modern Day: USM Furniture (74 x 35 x 227 cm), mirror (227 x 140.2 cm), hairband The Bigger Picture: mirror, 470 x 470 x 20 cm Modern Day and the Bigger Picture Sissy Circus Announcement, 2010 Wood, plexiglass, paper, metal 100 x 71 x 40 cm Sissy Circus Announcement Announcements, 2010 Room installation: wood, 100 ink-jet prints, metal, bleach, 1200 x 1200 x 240 cm Announcements Distant Riders, 2007 installation: 9 digital prints (260 x 150 each) on wood construction, 260 x 580 x 580 cm This work was inspired by the “Zoetrope”, invented by William George Horner (1786-1837) in the 1830s, an optical device that produces the illusion of motion, often equipped with the image sequence of a galloping horse. The images of female riders on secluded beaches in Thailand were taken by Estermann himself and reflect the hallucinatory aesthetic of photography in the 1970s. Distant Riders Modern Beach Design (drawings), 2008 a series of 12 drawings, felt pen on paper, 100 x 70 cm each Sammlung des Kantons Zürich, Collection of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland Modern Beach Design (drawings) Untitled (Two Sticks), 2006 wood, nails, 137 x 24 x 3 cm Two Sticks (Camouflage Version), 2010 wood, nails, paint, 137 x 24 x 3 cm Two Sticks Calligraphy of a Young Westerner, 1995 ink and pencil on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm More such drawings in the link Calligraphy of a Young Westener, Viele Angestellte, … Smoke, 2006 pencil and ink on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm More such drawings in the link Black Boy Licks Xsomes Ice Lolly, Snakes Girls Boys, … Love, Serendipity, Passion, Drama, 2010 ink on wall, 72 x 180 cm Love, Serendipity, Passion, Drama