Gernot Wieland's 'Ink in Milk' at Quartz Studio, Turin
Quartz Studio in Turin presents a solo exhibition by Austrian artist Gernot Wieland (born 1968 in Horn), whose practice explores memory and narrative by juxtaposing reality and fiction, horror and humor. The centerpiece is the video 'Ink in Milk' (2018), shot on Super8 with desaturated light, pastel colors, and stylized characters drawn by the artist. The video has won several awards: Best Film Award at the Kinodot Experimental Film Festival in Saint Petersburg (2020), a special mention at the 36th Short Film Festival in Hamburg (2019), and the Media Art Award of the German Film Critics at the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück (2019). In the video, a first-person narrator recounts his youth with his uncle, who invented a form of empathy based on bodily imitation of crystals to adapt to power structures. The work merges historical accounts, personal memories, scientific facts, and fictional elements into poetically sober associative narratives.
Key facts
- Gernot Wieland was born in 1968 in Horn.
- The exhibition is held at Quartz Studio in Turin.
- The main work is the video 'Ink in Milk' (2018).
- The video was shot on Super8 film.
- It won Best Film Award at Kinodot Experimental Film Festival in Saint Petersburg (2020).
- It received a special mention at the Hamburg Short Film Festival (2019).
- It won the Media Art Award of the German Film Critics at the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück (2019).
- The video's narrator tells a story about his uncle who developed empathy through imitating crystals.
Entities
Artists
- Gernot Wieland
Institutions
- Quartz Studio
- Kinodot Experimental Film Festival
- Short Film Festival Hamburg
- European Media Art Festival Osnabrück
- German Film Critics
Locations
- Turin
- Italy
- Horn
- Austria
- Saint Petersburg
- Russia
- Hamburg
- Germany
- Osnabrück