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Above the point of the glowing silence: John Bock

Past exhibition
October 25 - December 14, 2013
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John Bock Above the Point of the Glowing Silence, 2013 Video (28 min.), vitrine with objects, model house, stuffed fabric maggot Unique Dimensions Variable 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 x 39 3/8 inches (200 x 200 x 100 cm)
John Bock
Above the Point of the Glowing Silence, 2013
Video (28 min.), vitrine with objects, model house, stuffed fabric maggot
Unique
Dimensions Variable
78 3/4 x 78 3/4 x 39 3/8 inches
(200 x 200 x 100 cm)

Anton Kern Gallery is pleased to announce an adaptation of John Bock’s Above the point of the glowing silence (2013), originally performed last June in the Giardino delle Vergini for Il Palazzo Enciclopedico, the 55th Venice Biennale.

 

The installation includes a vitrine displaying sculptural objects that the actress, Lisa Müller-Trede, interacted with throughout the Venice performance as well as a large stuffed maggot, representing the live maggot that was exhibited wriggling inside of Bock’s “Maggot House” structure. Bock also presents a small model of the full-sized “Maggot House”, which was created for the Venice Biennale, and an oversized model of the featured maggot. The projected film portrays documentation from the live performance, capturing Müller-Trede as she transforms tales into equations and activates everyday objects through dream-like explanations.

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Installation Views
  • Installation view of John Bock's Venice Biennale performance.
  • The adaptation of Bock's Biennale performance at Anton Kern Gallery.
  • The adaptation of Bock's Biennale performance at Anton Kern Gallery. Another angle of the video installation.
  • Detail of items and material objects in Bock's show.
  • An additional detail shot of the Venice vitrine.
  • Installation view of the lecture performed at the Venice Biennale.
  • Another section of Bock's installation at the Venice Biennale.
  • A candle within a display case in Bock's pavillion.
Works
  • John Bock Above the Point of the Glowing Silence, 2013
    John Bock
    Above the Point of the Glowing Silence, 2013
Press
  • Arte in azione che cattura il pubblico E i prezzi non sono mai alti

    Marina Mojana, The Art Newspaper (Italy), November 1, 2014
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