Christian Niccoli's Icelandic Video Explores Heideggerian Notions of Being
Christian Niccoli's new video, titled "Untitled," was filmed on the Icelandic highlands. The work presents a fixed shot of an uninhabited landscape under a gray-blue sky, evoking a wintry melancholy. For the first two minutes, nothing happens; then a helicopter approaches, hovers, and a man descends a rope ladder into the void. Niccoli describes the piece as addressing the "irrevocable moment of being-thrown-into-the-world" and the "nudity of being," referencing Heideggerian philosophy. The video emphasizes subtraction and absence, focusing on genesis and the epiphany of life beyond choice.
Key facts
- Christian Niccoli created a new video titled 'Untitled'.
- The video was filmed on the Icelandic highlands.
- It features a fixed shot of an uninhabited landscape.
- A helicopter appears after two minutes, and a man descends into the landscape.
- The work explores themes of genesis, being-thrown-into-the-world, and the nudity of being.
- The artist references Heideggerian philosophy.
- The video is characterized by subtraction and absence.
- The work was published on Artribune in January 2014.
Entities
Artists
- Christian Niccoli
Institutions
- Artribune
Locations
- Iceland
- Icelandic highlands