Video installation "Two Days at the Falls"
Co-presented by the WNDX Festival & the Goethe-Institut
Spengler’s installation presents two panoramic depictions of the iconic Niagara Falls—one that was created onsite and the other, a three-dimensional model, constructed in her Berlin studio prior to visiting the Falls. This second model is not a geographically accurate replica but rather an embodiment of the artist’s preconceived notions of the place—a distillation of ideas, images and dreams.
The video installation was commissioned by the Goethe-Institut Toronto and the Images Festival as part of the two-year international media art project
Move On - New Media Art from Australia, Canada and Europe, which was funded by the European Commission Culture Programme 2013 and the Goethe-Institut.
Founded in 2005,
WNDX places special attention on the most innovative and ground-breaking work by film and and video artists from around the world, with a special focus on the work of Manitoba and prairie artists, as well as artists throughout Canada. Another focus is the celebration of the impetus to create the moving image as a means of artistic expression and to bring to the forefront works that may be overlooked by the mainstream.
Isabell Spengler, born in 1972, lives and works in Berlin as a filmmaker focusing primarily on film and performance. In collaboration with other artists, she develops concepts and experiments in which visual ideas are transferred into film structures by means of photography, drawing, performance, costume design, and model making. She studied at the University of the Arts in Berlin as well as at the California Institute of the Arts. Since 1998 her films, installations, and performances have been presented worldwide at festivals and exhibitions, including the Berlinale, the New York Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art Sao Paulo. Since 2004 Spengler has been teaching at the Berlin University of the Arts.
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