Bern’s Sightseeing According to Guide Book
In autumn 2014 Peter Barényi was in Bern as a guest artist at the residency.ch. While staying in Bern, he discovered the city “according to guide book” and made the following video.
Peter Barényi, Bern’s Sightseeing According to Guide Book, 2014. Single video, 03:33.
By sitting in front of famous tourist attractions in public space, Peter Barényi draws attention to the role of the tourist as a spectator. The author creates the series of video postcards from the places he visits, gradually passing through recommended places and sights and monuments. The minimalist form of the bored self-portrait, where there is only the author-tourist and the place, refers to the so called “trophy collecting” in the sense: I was here, therefore I am…Plzen, Rovinj, London, Saarbruecken, Barcelona, Banska Stiavnica and Bern
installation view
The installation placed on the window board and decorated by a flower gives the work a “live dimension” because it corresponds to the digital frames that can be found in many households. The video recording from Banska Stiavnica has found the most suitable location – it is exhibited right in the information centre in Banska Stiavnica.
The video Bern`s sightseeing according to guide book is part of an on-going project which started in 2007.
Veröffentlicht unter Gastbeitrag, residency.ch
Schlagwörter: Bern, residency.ch, Videokunst
