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Julia Scher – MAMCO, Geneva
MAMCO, Geneva October 6, 2021 – January 30, 2022 www.mamco.ch
Julia Scher, Hidden Camera (Architectural Vagina), 1991/2018, JVC camcorder, bracket, organic fronds, (optional: monitor output, archival video footage), dimensions variable, unique in a series of three variations. MAMCO Collection, Geneva. Photo © Julien Gremaud
The work of Julia Scher, which first appeared in the 1980s, is noteworthy for its systematic use of surveillance techniques, particularly CCTV. Scher’s technical background provided her with in-depth knowledge of a range of surveillance systems. She worked at a well-known security firm for a period of time before setting up her own company, Safe and Secure Productions.
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Spotlight: Julia Scher
Photo © Jörg von Bruchhausen
For our Spotlight this month we present Julia Scher's Security Landscape of the Year, 2002.
Julia Scher’s Security Landscape of the Year consists of a pink foam board connected to a surveillance camera and a small monitor. The camera is directed at what is happening in front of the artwork and transmits it to the monitor: When standing in front of the work, viewers can watch themselves in the monitor.
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"The Challenge: We are in this together" – Esther Schipper for The New Institute
Photo © Kristian Schuller
For its December newsletter, titled "The Challenge: We are in this together", The New Institute asked Esther Schipper – among other thinkers and practitioners – to share her insights and analysis on the current global pandemic. For the occasion, Esther Schipper selected artworks by the gallery artists showing that the questions of viruses and pandemics have been among us for a long time.
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Artist Talk with Julia Scher
Freie Universitat, Berlin January 30 2019, 6 – 8pm www.fu-berlin.de
Photo © Albrecht Fuchs
On Wednesday January 30, from 6–8pm, Julia Scher will give a talk titled “Databound Vaginal Architectures” at the Freie Universitat, in Hörsaal 1B (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
