On the basement floor the project the infinite library will be shown, that began in 2007 as an exchange between the two artists daniel gustav cramer and haris epaminonda and is still being continually extended. Daniel gustav cramer works with objects, text, photographs, sound, film and books. For haris epaminondas installation inside the meisterhaus feininger in dessau, six individual recordings are compiled into a single track. The photograph was printed by the artist on fuji dp ii archival paper in his studio in berlin. We met in 2001 at the royal college of art in london, on the first day of our studies. Daniel gustav cramer and haris epaminonda i like this art. The two artists collaborated on a triptych of exhibitions that had as its starting point. Generalized anxiety disorder understanding the nature of worry and anxiety duration. Daniel gustav cramer is known for his reduced yet complex spacial compositions using various media including film, sculpture, installation and text. Daniel gustav cramer, berlin art link, november dunne, aidan, conceptual art. The books of emblems composed by daniel cramer are considered by some scholars for example adam mclean and giordano berti as expressions of the rosicrucian thought. Daniel gustav cramer tales algodones dunes, california, united states, december 2015, 2017.
The infinite library is an ongoing project by daniel gustav cramer and haris epaminonda. The two artists collaborated on a triptych of exhibitions that had as its starting point a series of observations and interpretations on the work of japanese filmmaker yasujiro o. Daniel gustav cramer portraits tique publication on. Cramer often proceeds with ongoing series and groups, such as tales and the infinite library together with haris epaminonda. Arriving at the friedrichshain studio of daniel gustav cramer, i did not bring any zoom recorder or other microphone, only a pencil and small writing pad.
The works of daniel gustav cramer are based on accurate observations of invisible moments that only reveal themselves at a second glance. There are a series of projects, achronological to their implementation, named by successive numbers, which, one day, will lay. For his fourth exhibition at galeria vera cortes the first in the new space which opened last fall, daniel gustav cramer 1975, neuss, germany, brings together a group of works that are in dialogue with each other through the simple intertwining of. Since his studies at the royal college of art in london, his work has. So far he has produced more than thirty artist books and publications.
For the individual, experienced stories, narratives and interpersonal encounters are what make time palpable as a subjective entity. Learn about the artist and see available works for sale. Jan, 2018 daniel gustav cramer, old tjikko 2017, 7 books, leather bound, on 3 iron shelves, old tjikko is known to be one of the oldest clonal trees in the world, with an estimated age of more than 9500 years. The two artists collaborated on a triptych of exhibitions that had as its starting point a series of observations and interpretations on the work of japanese filmmaker yasujiro ozu. It is primarily an expanding archive of books, each created out of pages of one or more found books and bound anew. It is an expanding archive of books founded in 2007 and made through the recombination of pages from one or more publications found, dating from 1890 up to the 1980s. Daniel gustav cramer portraits in the last years cramer assembled a growing archive of brief as well as epic stories, from the first step on the moon or the sinking of the rms titanic to a street musician playing outside a parking lot somewhere in australia. He welcomes us into the old building with the sounds of ink spots quietly murmuring in the background.
Daniel gustav cramers artistic practice consists of peculiar constellations of objects, figures, images and narrations. The infinite library was founded in 2007 and is an ongoing collaboration between berlinbased artists haris epaminonda and daniel gustav cramer. Each of his works refers back to his practice as a whole an archive of stories, scientific researches and recorded moments mapping the relationship between experience and memory. This still life photograph, untitled eusebius jerome 2009 by berlinbased artist daniel gustav cramer, takes as its subject one of mankinds earliest attempts at a universal chronicle of its history. Daniel gustav cramer is known best for his sparse aesthetic in multiple mediums. May 07, 2014 daniel gustav cramer and haris epaminonda. Art research map daniel gustav cramer fourteen works. With these images, the man unconsciously mapped the space between the two shores of the fjord, with his childhood home on the one side and his current place of residence on the other. Cramer and i had spoken via email about not wanting the visit to feel too much like a formal interview. Daniel gustav cramer works in a multitude of media such as photography, sculpture, book making and textwork, which often, when united in a show, assume a conceptual metastructure which points towards narration and well beyond. Published by samuel leuenberger and christophe davietthery in june 2014.
He sharpens the vision for reality gaps and leads us to the borders of human modes of perception and thought in his works. Photopaper nominated daniel gustav cramer for this edition. Join facebook to connect with daniel gustav cramer and others you may know. Katherine, northern territory, australia, may 24, 2009, 2017 7 stacks of paper, text, 21 x 29. Early summer the end of summer late autumn is a monographic book presenting the cumulative result of a threepartite project by daniel gustav cramer and haris epaminonda. We gradually became best friends and later, around 2006, we worked on our first collaboration, an online project titled the beehive. The table is set low in the frame, leaving a vacuous space above.
They constitute variant inbetween relations and reveal different aspects in each exhibition. Daniel gustav cramer and haris epaminonda kunsthalle. Early summer the end of summer late autumn haris epaminonda, daniel gustav cramer on. Haris epaminonda and daniel gustav cramer first met in 2001. The infinite library is an ongoing collaboration between haris epaminonda nicosia, 1980 and daniel gustav cramer neuss, 1975. An experimental internet project, the beehive, was released in 2005, which lasted for two years and eventually led to the collaborative project the infinite library, an ongoing book project which is primarily an expanding archive of books, each created out of pages of one or more found books and bound anew. Daniel gustav cramer and haris epaminonda first met in 2001. It consists of an archive of books, made by removing pages from antique books and reassembling them in collage before binding them again.
The study had two goals to analyse the potential threat and. It depicts the remains of a sheep on the slope of a hill near hayonwye spread at the root of a tree. Jan 26, 2018 daniel gustav cramers display and their contextualization unfolds a structure of memory that goes beyond the visible water formations. Jul 15, 2009 daniel gustav cramer and haris epaminonda. On a misty november morning we visited daniel gustav cramer at his berlin studio in friedrichshain. His photographs, for example, show quite unremarkable scenes, which are open to interpretation snapshots of the moment with minimal action, yet emanating a lyrical narrative force that. Daniel gustav cramer wall street international magazine. Please take a photograph of each state during the process from an angle which you may decide. This twopart publication has been released in march 2014 on the occasion of the exhibition 0172 by daniel gustav cramer at salts. Article by henry andersen studio visit photographs by conor clarke. With contributions by kirsty bell, quinn latimer, and samuel leuenberger, the book was designed by ronnie fueglister in collaboration with daniel gustav cramer.
Please apply nine layers of paint onto the walls of the exhibition space in the order and for the duration as listed. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Daniel gustav cramers photographic edition evening mountain sheep is produced in conjunction with his solo exhibition nineteen at the contemporary art centre cac in vilnius. A joint show with the german conceptual artist daniel gustav cramer at grey noise gallery in dubai, sand features works by escoval that are so fine and delicate that they succeed in blurring the. Every moment, inasmuch as it is a passage from rest to rest, is absolutely indivisible. Project blue book was the attempt to systematically study the appearance of unidentified flying objects conducted by the united air force from 1952 to 1970.
It is an expanding archive of books, made through the recombination of pages from one or more found publications dating from 1890 up to the 1980s. Haris epaminonda studied at the royal college of art and kingston university in london, graduating in 2003. In his photographs, text works and books, he depicts structured systems as well as personal experiences. Daniel gustav cramer works in a multitude of media such as photography, sculpture, bookmaking and textwork, which often, when united in a show, assume a conceptual metastructure which points towards narration and well beyond.
Joana escoval and daniel gustav cramer in dubai the. As frozen moments, the photographs attest to the crossing of actual distances by the small boat drifting across the fjord as well as the intersection of past and present. Apr 08, 2016 daniel gustav cramers artistic practice consists of peculiar constellations of objects, figures, images and narrations. Daniel gustav cramers series of works 2009ongoing is spare and elegant, but a closer look at this particular collection of photographs, book works and sculptures reveals the artists impressive capacity for maintaining contradictory positions. Dec 04, 2018 daniel gustav cramer, project blue book, 2017, 5 books leatherbound, wooden box, felt, found photograph, 30. Daniel gustav cramer at galeria vera cortes art viewer. Published by daniel gustav cramer, berlin, 2019, 6 pages, 15.
Published by casa dos dias da agua in lisbon in 2005. Indeed, various clues suggest that cramer was a member of the rosicrucian brotherhood. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. An experimental internet project, the beehive, was released in 2005, which lasted for two years and eventually led to the collaborative project the infinite library. Cramer often proceeds with ongoing series and groups, such as tales and the infinite library. Daniel gustav cramers display and their contextualization unfolds a structure of memory that goes beyond the visible water formations. In eleven works daniel gustav cramer presents the spatial constellation of his works between various fixed points that link distant geographies, their landscapes and direct contacts with their residents. Each book is a document of a time span taken on a threeday trip earlier this year. They have exhibited their work on a number of occasions, including in 2012 at the kunsthalle lissabon and in documenta in kassel. Daniel cramer wrote also neolatin drama, and controversial works in theology. Follow daniel gustav cramer and explore their bibliography from s daniel gustav cramer author page. Daniel gustav cramer, old tjikko 2017, 7 books, leather bound, on 3 iron shelves, old tjikko is known to be one of the oldest clonal trees in the world, with an estimated age of more than 9500 years. Based on the greek chronicle of eusebius, the tome pictured is a latin.
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