[rohrpost] monochrom's Zeigerpointer: Exhibition in Ljubljana

[das ende der nahrungskette]

'The wonderful world of absence' presents 
monochrom's collection of so-called 'Zeigerpointers'.

Until an official term for the media phenomenon 
'Zeigerpointer' has been found, this place holder 
describes a widespread form of representation 
used by the print media. This has until now 
neither been perceived nor defined as a specific 
form. With the collection ( 
http://www.monochrom.at/zeigerpointer ) and the 
sequence of images 'Zeigerpointer', monochrom 
wants to contribute to the examination of the 
'Zeigerpointer' as a category of representational aesthetics.

The 'Zeigerpointer' is defined as images (in the 
scope of printed media reporting) of crime 
scenes, locations of accidents as well as other 
locations in which some kind of thing has 
happened that can no longer be seen because the 
reported happening is already over and no traces 
are visible (either because none were produced or 
because they were already removed during the 
reinstatement of the status quo). Because in 
these cases there is nothing to take a picture 
of, the photo journalist generally asks certain 
people ­ eyewitnesses, concerned parties or 
somebody in charge ­ to point to the spot where 
'it' happened. 'Zeigerpointers' can unambiguously 
be defined with a couple of criteria they have to 
fulfil and therefore distinguish them from other 
pictures of people pointing at something. The 
reported event must not be visible through any 
other means than the pointing at the spot where 'it' happened.

monochrom has been collecting such images for 
several years in the form of newspaper clippings 
(which ideally should also contain the captions), 
at first from Austrian print media, later some 
international exhibits were also added. They are 
published on their website (after diligently 
ascertaining their validity) and in the form of 
e-mailings and word of mouth we regularly call for entries.

With the project 'The wonderful world of absence' 
monochrom wants to present the findings of this 
media-cultural archaeology to the public for the 
first time, also changing the media, in the form 
of an exhibition. The exhibits will be selected examples painted in oil.

Zeigerpointer project page.
http://www.monochrom.at/zeigerpointer/

Where is the exhibition? At Aksioma Project Space in Ljubljana, Slovenia!
http://www.aksioma.org/monochrom/index.html

Exhibition: July 6 - 22, 2011
Opening and Performance: July 6, 2011 at 8 pm.