Vibeke Jensen uses good old spy gear in her artworks. Through the surveillance equipment, she creates a "counter surveillance."
4/7/2008 :: Born in Norway, but based in New York and Trondheim, Vibeke Jensen is the cofunder of individual electric, i.e., with Norman Douglas in New York in 1993. Her artworks have been exhibited throughout the world - in Berlin, Mexico City, Bogota, Beijing, Vienna ... And now you can once again see her work in New York.
475 KENT Lives is a group exhibition celebrating the contributions of the artists who lived at 475 Kent Avenue, an art community that was home to more than 200 artists, curators and musicians. However, in January, the residents were evacuated from their home by the FDNY. In this way "475 KENT Lives" also calls attentioin to the vulnerability of New York's creative communities.
Jensen does both photography and installation works, and shoots and edits video into what she calls "a form of counter surveillance." After moving to New York she bought spy gear that she uses in her works: a used surveillance system, lenses, spy mirrors and magnifying glasses. "I use surveillance equipment to personalize and reverse hierarchies," she writes in her statement.
"My projects deal with the pleasures and fears of watching and being watched. In my installations I challenge viewers to explore different positions of peeping, voyeurism and surveillance. I pose questions of who is watching whom, and invite the public to actively observe themselves and others."
An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on April 11 from 6-9 pm with performances by 475 Kent resident musicians Connie Crothers and Richard Tabnik, Melvin Gibbs and artist GGrippo.
When: April 9 - July 13, 2008 (opening April 11 6-9pm)
Where: Queens Museum Bulova Satellite Gallery
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