Fischli and Weiss " The First Blush of the Morning" from Equilibres 1999
From the 2008 Bienale, comes the enigmatic relationship of Fischli and Weiss. It is evident of the images the role balance plays in the often humourous arrangement of spaces. It is not coincidental that differing persons can form a similar, or similarly absurd or complimentary idea from the same subject or opinion of object, and utilize the concept of a universal mind between the contributors. The quotidian is exploited as are the ideas of chains of reactions and natural order.
Briefly, the denizens of popular culture saw fit to add tribulation to the double suicide of acclaimed artist couple, and Game designers, Jeremy Blake and Therese Duncan.
Painter and film artist Blake, met and formed a working relationship with Film Maker Duncan, and together produced a Whitney Biennial winning work, The History of Glamour (a URL to the video is contained....) Their relationship developed and suffered through increasing depression and paranoia, which became quite combustive and uncontrollable, especially on the half of Therese... The story is long and intense, and involves Scientologists and drugs, and the best version of the events can be found in Vanity Fair.
The Art world is reeling from the amount of Papparazzi spin the couple posthumously collected. Blake's work of folksie larynx wrangler Beck is seen above.
Here is the vid- (although wireless connections make it tough work)....
www.vanityfair.com/culture/.../historyofglamour_video200801
Here is the article-
www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/suicides200801
(My Hyperlinks are duffed so please copy and paste...)
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