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Sliding down the surface of things
Sliding down the surface of things
The publication “Sliding down the surface of things” presents text and images from the video installation “Choreography of commodities” (2023) – which investigates the (in)visibility of global economic conditions and the use of metaphors and narratives as their interpretations – and its counterpart “Dancing with the tables” (2025) – which tells of the existence at the end of the global supply chains and the relationships of a model human being to the things that surround him. In their construction of an artificial yet seemingly natural social reality, both works reflect on the global system of capitalism, behind whose surface the acting subjects seem to disappear.
Romana Schmalisch is a Berlin-based filmmaker and artist who studied Fine Arts and New Media at the Berlin University of the Arts. Robert Schlicht is a Berlin-based filmmaker and artist who studied Philosophy at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since 2004 Schlicht and Schmalisch have collaborated on numerous projects at the interface of film and theory to examine how historical processes and societal structures can be represented in film. The theme of labour in capitalist societies is a focal point in their films, exhibitions and lecture series. Their films and artworks have been shown in cinemas, festivals, and art institutions worldwide, such as Berlinale; HKW Berlin; n.b.k. Berlin; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, FRAC Grand Large—Hauts-de-France; FRAC Sud and Mucem, Marseille; Centre Pompidou, Paris; CCCOD, Tours; Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers; Kunsthalle Wien, NN Contemporary Art, Northampton; collective gallery, Edinburgh; Centre for Contemporary Art at Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Songwon Art Center, Seoul.
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