Richard Flood, chief curator at the New Museum, and curatorial associate Benjamin Godsill discuss a selection of works in the exhibition Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other, on view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum from October 8, 2010 to January 10, 2011.

Kemper Art Museum Special Exhibitions

1 Rivane Neuenschwander: Audio Walkthrough Introduction

The miniature sculptures that make up this series were created by various people during conversations in bars and restaurants. Collected by the artist, these modest assemblages effectively constitute semi-conscious traces of social activities and verbal exchange.

3 Rivane Neuenschwander: Involuntary Sculptures

Visitors are invited to describe their first love to a police sketch artist. The title of this work is borrowed from a novella by Samuel Beckett.

4 Rivane Neuenschwander: First Love

This video, the title of which pays homage to the 1976 Roman Polanski film of the same name, follows the trajectory of a soap bubble as it floats through the empty rooms of a house under renovation. The soundtrack has been constructed out of found and synthesized sound by the Brazilian duo O Grivo.

5 Rivane Neuenschwander: The Tenant

Inspired by the 1974 film by Francis Ford Coppola of the same name, this installation is an exploration of surveillance techniques and the paranoia they engender. To create this work, a series of covert listening devices were professionally installed under the wallpaper and beneath the carpeting. The artist and her team then went through the space, ripping it apart in an effort to locate the devices. The sound of this process of discovery and destruction was recorded by the bugs and now plays over the small speakers visible in the disrupted space.

6 Rivane Neuenschwander: The Conversation

The artist exposed maps of New York state counties to the elements during the rainy season in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, alluding to the mutability of geography over time. After drying, the maps were painted, further taking on a transformed state.

2 Rivane Neuenschwander: After the Storm

Carmon Colanglo discusses On the Margins to provide context and commentary on selected works in the spring 2008 exhibition.

On the Margins Walkthrough

Thaddeus Strode joins curators Sabine Eckmann and Meredith Malone to provide context and commentary on selected works in the spring 2008 exhibition. 6/9

6/9 Thaddeus Strode Highlights Videotour: Under the Killing Moon (...Spilling and Spilling...There Was a Point Where No One Resisted)

Thaddeus Strode joins curators Sabine Eckmann and Meredith Malone to provide context and commentary on selected works in the spring 2008 exhibition. 9/9

9/9 Thaddeus Strode Highlights Audiotour: The Moon inside the Moon (Hello Architect...)

9/9 Thaddeus Strode Highlights Videotour: The Moon inside the Moon (Hello Architect...)

Thaddeus Strode joins curators Sabine Eckmann and Meredith Malone to provide context and commentary on selected works in the spring 2008 exhibition. 8/9

8/9 Thaddeus Strode Highlights Audiotour: On Having No Head (And Paper Dolls)

8/9 Thaddeus Strode Highlights Videotour: On Having No Head (And Paper Dolls)

Thaddeus Strode joins curators Sabine Eckmann and Meredith Malone to provide context and commentary on selected works in the spring 2008 exhibition. 7/9

7/9 Thaddeus Strode Highlights Audiotour: Suggestion Box

7/9 Thaddeus Strode Highlights Videotour: Suggestion Box

Thaddeus Strode joins curators Sabine Eckmann and Meredith Malone to provide context and commentary on selected works in the spring 2008 exhibition.

6/9 Thaddeus Strode Highlights Audiotour: Under the Killing Moon (...Spilling and Spilling...There Was a Point Where No One Resisted) 6/9

Walkthroughs and other features on select special exhibitions at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Find the museum online at kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu.

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Kemper Art Museum Special Exhibitions

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