Or Gallery Berlin presents two new exhibitions opening June 10, both of which employ subtle alterations and superimpositions to work against a simple understanding of the picture.

Hadley+Maxwell’s …Um (2006) is a video of nearly 11 minutes in length depicting a light bulb on the end of a simple short black cord. Playing out a kind of absurd and minimal drama, the bulb is subjected to a series of experiments that probe its theatrical and poetic possibilities. The video is projected through a real bulb that hangs unlit in the space, offering a static counterpart to the video image. At times the physical bulb seems illuminated by its video twin, other times it hangs solemnly like a comedic “straight man” in contrast to its writhing “funny man” video partner. …Um was originally shown as part of the artists’ 2006 solo exhibition Deleted Scenes at Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery.

Hadley+Maxwell have been collaborating since 1997 and are based in Berlin, Germany.

In Kooperation mit der Botschaft von Kanada/In collaboration with the Embassy of Canada