Decay<\/em>
\nPe Lang, Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri, Brandon LaBelle, Andy Graydon
\nGalerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, February-March 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brandon LaBelle, Meditation on a Future Horizon<\/em>, 2011 (detail)<\/div>\n
Little machines that do things in a gallery space wouldn\u2019t normally hold my attention for very long. But it\u2019s all about the context. And in this specific context the little machines are more than anything a vehicle to elaborate on some rather existential themes. The term decay<\/em> has a slight biological, and therefore also a human, touch to it, unlike the more general entropy<\/em>. However, both express the simple fact that all things we know about in the universe will come to an end; it\u2019s just a matter of time. <\/p>\n
Brandon La Belle\u2019s Meditation on a Future Horizon<\/em>, a workstation comprising videos, books and various traces of artistic investigation, appears to be a natural centre for all the other pieces to revolve around. It\u2019s the largest and most complex work, and it\u2019s not preoccupied with one specialised task, opposite most of the other works. An example of the latter is Pe Lang\u2019s positioning systems \u2013 falling objects<\/em>, which shows a simple but intriguing process. A pipette lays drops of water onto a surface in a square. It stops and waits for the time it takes for the water to evaporate, and then it starts over again. I imagine these introvert works would be less interesting on their own, but there is something about the combination of processes and especially the sounds they make. As I move about the sounds from the different instruments (that\u2019s what several of the machines are, more than anything else, I realize) combine and take on a life of their own. When I don\u2019t see the sources, the sounds automatically turn into things I know, heavy rain on a roof or gentle snoring. There is a leakage into this neat gallery-laboratory, from an outside world of weathering and erosion.<\/p>\n
In Meditation on a Future Horizon<\/em>, quotes from revolutionary literature are turned into poetry. Text lines are put through an altered musical box which \u00abplays\u00bb the qoutes. The nostalgia, playfulness and unease all associated with the music box add to the ambiguity of the work. There is something very ritualistic about turning such loaded ideas into musical scores. Or childlike: Like putting things in your mouth and let them disintegrate in order to learn what they\u2019re really like. It may be the only way.<\/p>\n
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Brandon LaBelle, Meditation on a Future Horizon<\/em>, 2011 (overview)<\/div>\n
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Brandon LaBelle, Meditation on a Future Horizon<\/em>, 2011 (detail)<\/div>\n
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Pe Lang, positioning systems \u2013 falling objects<\/em>, 2010 (detail)<\/div>\n
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Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri and Pe Lang, Untitled II<\/em> <\/div>\n
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Pe Lang, moving objects n. 485<\/em>, 2010<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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