Group Show 31 January – 28 June 2020 Sammlung Goetz im Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany hausderkunst.de
Tag: teleevangelism
THE ORAL THING
Single Channel Video, 2001, 8 min., loop (for screening or installation) Synopsis: The Oral Thing casts the TV host as evangelist. Descending as if from heaven he enters down a staircase to preside over two sisters cast as TV chat show…
Tagged with: believe, choir, ornament, public/private, sensationalism, spectacle, talk show, teleevangelism, truth, tv
WEEPING
Video projection, 7 min. loop, 2001 Synopsis: In Weeping (2001) Melhus assumes the role of a televangelist preaching the way to redemption and salvation. The installation consists of two side-by-side projections of the same character – played by the artist –…