‘copy g_ods’ at DREI / Cologne

Julia Scher, Melike Kara, Yves Scherer




DREI 


Arndtstrasse 4


D-50676 Cologne

Nov 13, 2015 – Jan 9, 2016


“The idea of the copy across lawless time and space. Rock on to share emotions and
expressions. The idea of reproduction, of female reproduction across lawless time and space. 

The world of lip-sync what does this say about the idea of governance, respect, admiration. What
does it say about expressing joy in singing when one is not actually singing 

copies have drop outs missing information, wrong things copied, mistakes etc. so, copy goods is
really the title but to spin it deeper, the idea was to show the missing element, the problem of
mistake and erasure or obliteration copy g_ods 

Art is not only a specific or special moment. It goes on longer. (a) photo is also a production
that relies on it’s time. „It is a chemical process …. turn it into something more, as in chemistry
an exchange, a chain reaction, a sublimation. An outcome of invention and time to try things
out“. 

About bioethics and the copy. Well I bet robots won’t have to worry about this, new chains and
new injustices, must write on this

What are injustices in this next era? For example if a copy wants to attack the original? What
meaning does the word “original” have in a future state of robot rullers. 

We elevate the celebrities (people make money) but we elevate the process, the physical and
mental process

In 1936 in “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” Walter Benjamin pointed
out the difference between stage and screen. In the stage, audience members can identify with
the actor. In the movie screen people can see the point of view of the camera. Now, people
forget there’s a lens. It’s..the acting is ….just there. ‘What about the idea of lips, won’t really
need these in copying anymore, retains some of the human quality, qualities of separate parts
used together in concert to express, emote, communicate and find one’s self. So…where will
lips find a new place in society or in the dust bin. 

‘Speaking from the heart with (using) the words of others’ 
Looking at some recent works or more precisely the exhibition posters for recent shows, it’s
interesting for me to see that this persona can have not only my voice but also my face and body,
and still be “outside” of me. Even more strongly, I feel that the closer the work gets to my own
body or private life, the less personal it feels, somehow.
None of the female #gures are actually women, but constructions from gossip, literature and
myths, which take on the female counterparts of the inhabitants of these realms. They’re both
dreams of a collective consciousness and my own personal projections. 
(excerpts of an interview between Nikola Dietrich and Yves Scherer for Mousse Magazine, #50,
2015 and quotes from recent chats with Julia Scher)