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Hanakam & Schuller. Crystal Cathedral Markus Hanakam (*1979) and Roswitha Schuller (*1984) make use of diverse media – video, interactive computer applications, installations, drawing. They deal with current contemporary artistic strategies which they adopt using in their own, often ironic way. In their works they frequently use anonymous objects with industrially manufactured synthetic parts which are given emotional significance by the assignment of properties and functions, and then used in films, animations and installations. "Hanakam & Schuller create virtual spaces which, through a complex system of mises-en-scène and an interplay of quotations, develop into an individual cosmos. Through the alienated and personified portrayal of industrial products and everyday objects within a new setting, Hanakam & Schuller ultimately demonstrate their break with consumer society." (Margarita Rukavina, 2010). In the Burgkapelle, they connect this approach with a paraphrase of the design of the Garden Grove Community Church – the first drive-in church in the USA (architect: Richard Neutra), which is now the broadcasting centre for the Christian televangelist and author Robert H. Schuller of the international TV programme Hour of Power – into a complex installative work which raises formal questions of aesthetics as well as enquiring critically and analytically into content. Hanakam & Schuller have been present in exhibitions in Europe, the USA, Japan and Russia (4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art 2011) since 2005. For their work they have received distinguished awards such as the MAK-Schindler Scholarship in Los Angeles (2008) and the Jury award for INVASION at the 2012 Japan Media Arts Festival. |
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