Depression in Animals deals with the construction of human identity determined by the exclusion of the other – namely the animal. Accompanied by projections the lecture examines the relationship between humans and animals and its history of control and power.
The lecture performance Depression in Animals by Gernot Wieland will open a six day audiovisual program Ten Slotte 4 at Het Bos, Ankerrui 5–7, Antwerp.
Gernot Wieland has recently participated in “Pelle d’oca”, Villa Vertua Masolo, Nova Milanese (2019); “Grand Hotel Abyss”, Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz (2019); “EMAF – European Media Art Festival”, Osnabrück (2019); Belmacz, London (solo, 2019); Vdrome, London (solo, 2019);
“IFFR – International Film Festival Rotterdam” (2019); “Symposium on Humour and Absurdity”, Nida Art Colony, Lithuania (2019); “35. International Short Film Festival”, Hamburg (2018); “Monitoring – Exhibition for Media Installations, “Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel (2018); “Zeitspuren”, Centre d ́art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne (2018), “Shame”, Künstlerhaus Bremen (2018); “Survival Kit 9”, LCCA – Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga (2017); “MOSTYN Open 20”, Llandudno, Wales (2017); “9th Norwegian Sculpture Biennial”, Vigeland Museum, Oslo (2017); “Body Luggage – Migration of Gestures”, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (2017) and “The reluctant narrator”, Museo Berardo, Lisbon (2015).
Upcoming solo exhibitions in 2020 are at: Salzburger Kunstverein, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Quartz Studio in Turin and 12×12 – IBB Video Space at Berlinische Galerie
In 2019 Wieland received Media Art Award of the German Film Critics at EMAF – European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück, Special Mention at 36th Short Film Festival in Hamburg and was an artist in residence at the Institute for Urban Research – Malmö University.
Gernot Wieland lives and works in Berlin.