PAINGAINER.biz
PAINGAINER.biz POSTER INSTALLATION, 2023 Installation view at Broken Gallery, Stuttgart, 2023 „Paingainer.biz“ is the intriguing prelude to a new cycle of works by artists Patrick Alan Banfield and Mimi Kohler. It is an expressive advertising poster that marks the coming artistic path and prepares the viewer for the future production of a physical artwork in […]
SOYBOY
SOYBOY DOCUMENTARY FILM/VIDEO INSTALLATION, 2023 Still of SOYBOY SOYBOY follows the cultural battle for interpretative sovereignty over gender roles that is being played out on the internet, using memes: silly, fast, political and overt miniatures of pop culture. On a journey through the western USA, we develop a documentary project in which we meet people […]
Sylvie
SYLVIE NARRATIVE VIDEO, 2022 Still of Sylvie The video work „Sylvie“ (together with Anne-Sophie Brunold) often changes signs in a theatre-like rehearsal room: the identity, role and goal of the two actresses can never be clearly identified. Based on fragments of the text „Whole Days – Whole Nights“ by Xavier Durringer (1996), a speculative space […]
Drive Crisis Preacher
Drive Crisis Preacher VR INSTALLATION, VR environment, 2020 Still of Drive Crisis Preacher „Drive Crisis Preacher“ is a virtual reality environment. The scenography of a fictional cyberpunk dystopia merges with old and new video and sculptural works to create an immersive VR experience. Visitors are invited to explore this world and its spatial and narrative […]
Saulus Taunus
Saulus Taunus Video INSTALLATION, 2018 Installation view at MEWO Kunsthalle, Memmingen, 2018 „Saulus Taunus“ is a dense video installation about men destroying the world. Three narrators‘ voices address the viewer. The objects, cities, beings, and documentary scenes in the film are observations I make. The intuitive editing is an attempt to be political in a […]
My View/Mein Blick
My VIEW/MEIN BLICK VR-INSTALLATION, 2018 Installation view at Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, 2018 The immersive Virtual Reality installation „My View/Mein Blick“ by artist Patrick Alan Banfield forces up the viewers visual habits and perception of their digital dominated day-to-day life. My View/Mein Blick, 2017/2018VR installation10:07 min, 360-degree video, ambisonics audioOffice chair, Gaming PC, Oculus […]
Kulter, A-Lab
KULTER, A-LAB Amsterdam, The Netherlands „Urgent Care Of Identity“ 27.03.2015 – 19.04.2015 https://dutchartinstitute.eu/page/6747/urgent-care-of-identity Installation view of „Pow Pow“ at Kulter, A-Lab, Amsterdam Photo: Louis Hothothot Installation view of „Pow Pow“ at Kulter, A-Lab, Amsterdam Pow Pow, 2015Two-screen video installationCourtesy Patrick Alan Banfield Artists: Heath Bunting, Jonas Staal, Louis Hothothot, Orly Almi, Patrick Alan Banfield, Philipp Kremer, Robert […]
The Mill
THE MILL FILM/VIDEO INSTALLATION, 2013 Still of The Mill, 2013 In „The Mill“ from 2013, slow camera movements in the middle of a snow-covered landscape alternate with bodies of water. A sonorous voice tells a poem about a mysterious mill in the forest, which, like the miller, is never seen. The Mill, 2013Single screen film, […]
Corpus/Something
CORPUS / SOMETHING SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION, 2012 Installation view at Städelschule, Frankfurt, 2012 A Biedermaier chair from 1835 was reworked by a master cabinetmaker from the Palatinate region of Germany and covered with 24-carat gold and silver painted ribbons. An HMI film spotlight illuminates the chair, making it the star of the show. Corpus / Something, […]