NATHALIE DJURBERG & HANS BERG 25 JANUARY – 26 APRIL 2020 Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg, It Will End in Stars, 2018, virtual reality. Courtesy of the artist and Acute Art. It Will End in Stars (2018) is an immersive virtual reality experience combining Nathalie Djurberg’s distinctive sculpted figures with black and white charcoal drawings, text, and an un- settling soundtrack by Hans Berg. The work is a continuation of Djurberg’s interest in archetypal landscapes, evoking fairy tales first encountered in childhood. Viewers begin their journey deep in a forest, entering a clearing to discover a wooden cabin. Inside, a wolf sits in front of a glowing fire – the building’s chintz interior undercut by a creeping sense of unease. Hand-written text, which appears hanging in mid-air, conveys the wolf’s thoughts, merging digital technology with an aesthetic closer to silent cinema. He describes the virtual environment as the ‘shadowside’, delivering a confession that merges themes common in Djurberg’s practice; fear, guilt and animalistic impulse. Leipziger Strasse 60 T +49 30 921 062 460 [email protected] D 10117 Berlin www.jsc.art Painstakingly scanned and animated, Djurberg’s creature is responsive, meeting the viewer’s gaze and responding to their movements. The effect is disconcerting; we are uncomfortably aware of our status as watched intruder. Around the room, objects become portals into alternate dimen- sions: a skull becomes a route into a kaleidoscopic environment, while a shadowy enclave of the cabin opens out into a cavernous animated temple. This dream-like vision ends in a sprawling star-scape, removing any sense of time and space through a suggestion of infinity. __________________________________________________________________________ Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg both currently live and work in Berlin. Born in Lysekil, Sweden in 1978, Nathalie Djurberg received her MFA from Malmö Art Academy, Sweden in 2002. Hans Berg was born in Rättvik, Sweden in 1978 and is a musician, producer and com- poser, working mainly with electronic music. Selected solo exhibitions include: Modern Museet, Stockholm (2018), touring to Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy (2018) and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (2019); Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2016); Sammlung Goetz, Munich (2015); ICA, Boston (2014); Garage Center for Contemporary Cul- ture, Moscow, Russia (2013; and Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (2011). They have exhibited widely in group shows, including the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009, and their work is featured in a number of collections around the world, including the Prada Foundation in Milan and the Mu- seum of Modern Art in New York. Leipziger Strasse 60 T +49 30 921 062 460 [email protected] D 10117 Berlin www.jsc.art ACUTE ART AT JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION As part of their long-term collaboration, the JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION and Acute Art present a series of new and existing works in virtual and augmented reality by outstanding con- temporary artists including Marina Abramovic, Bjarne Melgaard, Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg, and Mark Leckey among others. Since its inception in 2017, Acute Art, under the direction of Daniel Birnbaum, enables artists to access innovative cutting-edge technology and expertise, translating their creative vision into new digital media. __________________________________________________________________________ THE CONCEPT OF THE JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION The principle behind the private collection of contemporary art is the aspect of contemporaneity, connected to the aspiration of reflecting social and cultural trends of the respectively current gener- ation. The constantly growing collection is consequently focused in its conception on the moving image from the 1960s onwards and spans a range of disciplines: video, single and multiple image projections of analogous and digital film material, multimedia environments as well as computer and internet based installations, not to mention ephemeral art forms such as performances. The collection currently comprises over 850 works by approximately 250 mostly European and American artists. __________________________________________________________________________ GENERAL INFORMATION PRESS CONFERENCE 23 January 2019, 11:00 a.m. A press conference is taking place at JSC Berlin, Leipziger Strasse 60 (Entrance: Jerusalemer Strasse). 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