Der angesengte Film
Neck-Piece
1988 (made)
1988 (made)
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Verena Sieber-Fuchs is a Swiss-based artist who works with material including printed ephemera and packaging to create intricately woven one-off pieces of jewellery as well as other, non-functional objects. She has utilised material such as sweet wrappers, 18th-century newspapers and medicine packaging.
This neck-piece is constructed from hundreds of individual frames of 16mm film, woven together in cluster formations using high-tensile-strength steel wire. Each 16mm frame has been carefully cut from the film reel and then burnt for a brief period, in order to singe the edges of each image. This process creates a natural border around each frame, thus reinforcing the idea of each frame as an independent image, rather than as one part of a larger sequence. By weaving these frames of film together, Sieber-Fuchs explores the duality and tension that exists between photography and cinema. She forces the individual frames into a new, random sequence, thus examining the relationship between the discrete, static photograph and the concept of a cinematic sequence of images.
The 16mm film which Sieber-Fuchs uses comes from advertising reels for multinational companies such as Philip Morris and Levis. The constituent imagery therefore depicts everyday 'heavy-sell' objects such as jeans and cigarettes. By constructing a neck-piece from such images, the artist explores ideas about wearable commodities, individual fashion branding and consumer taste.
This neck-piece is constructed from hundreds of individual frames of 16mm film, woven together in cluster formations using high-tensile-strength steel wire. Each 16mm frame has been carefully cut from the film reel and then burnt for a brief period, in order to singe the edges of each image. This process creates a natural border around each frame, thus reinforcing the idea of each frame as an independent image, rather than as one part of a larger sequence. By weaving these frames of film together, Sieber-Fuchs explores the duality and tension that exists between photography and cinema. She forces the individual frames into a new, random sequence, thus examining the relationship between the discrete, static photograph and the concept of a cinematic sequence of images.
The 16mm film which Sieber-Fuchs uses comes from advertising reels for multinational companies such as Philip Morris and Levis. The constituent imagery therefore depicts everyday 'heavy-sell' objects such as jeans and cigarettes. By constructing a neck-piece from such images, the artist explores ideas about wearable commodities, individual fashion branding and consumer taste.
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Title | Der angesengte Film (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Frames of burnt 16mm film strung together with stainless steel wire |
Brief description | Neck-piece by Verena Sieber-Fuchs made from distressed 16mm film fragments and stainless steel wire; 1988, Switzerland |
Physical description | Frames of burnt 16mm film strung together with stainless steel wire. |
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Object history | Bought at Collect 2007 from SO Galerie, Solothurn, Switzerland, through Central Fund |
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Summary | Verena Sieber-Fuchs is a Swiss-based artist who works with material including printed ephemera and packaging to create intricately woven one-off pieces of jewellery as well as other, non-functional objects. She has utilised material such as sweet wrappers, 18th-century newspapers and medicine packaging. This neck-piece is constructed from hundreds of individual frames of 16mm film, woven together in cluster formations using high-tensile-strength steel wire. Each 16mm frame has been carefully cut from the film reel and then burnt for a brief period, in order to singe the edges of each image. This process creates a natural border around each frame, thus reinforcing the idea of each frame as an independent image, rather than as one part of a larger sequence. By weaving these frames of film together, Sieber-Fuchs explores the duality and tension that exists between photography and cinema. She forces the individual frames into a new, random sequence, thus examining the relationship between the discrete, static photograph and the concept of a cinematic sequence of images. The 16mm film which Sieber-Fuchs uses comes from advertising reels for multinational companies such as Philip Morris and Levis. The constituent imagery therefore depicts everyday 'heavy-sell' objects such as jeans and cigarettes. By constructing a neck-piece from such images, the artist explores ideas about wearable commodities, individual fashion branding and consumer taste. |
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Accession number | E.3175-2007 |
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Record created | August 13, 2007 |
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