Yael Bartana
Kings of The Hill, 2003
one channel video and sound installation
video projection
video projection
Duration: 7'30"
Edition 4/5 +2 A.P
Further images
Kings of the hill is shot on the Mediterrenean coast near Tel Aviv where SUV drivers gather to put their beloved cars through their paces on the dunes. The work...
Kings of the hill is shot on the Mediterrenean coast near Tel Aviv where SUV drivers gather to put their beloved cars through their paces on the dunes. The work is more documentary than other Bartana classics, as though the images themselves only need simple editing to say enough about the masochistic rituals of overweight men cajoling their bored children into excitement while the extraordinariness of their surroundings, both natural and political, seems to pass by unnoticed.
Exhibitions
2009, Auto. Sueno y materia, Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial, Gijon, SP
2009, GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy of the Arts, London, UK
Kerstin Engholm, Vienna (2003)
Tate Modern, Tank.tv. Group exhibition 'She doesn't think so but she's dressed for the h-bomb' . Curated by Negar Azimi. (September 21st, 2008)
2008 P. S. 1 Contemporary Art Centre, NY, USA
2007 Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, SP
2007 The Power Plant contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada