”Dog Is my co-pilot” uses the theme of dogs as an excuse to present a series of works that actually rather deals with the human psyche and perception than with dogs. The works have in common that dogs figure in them all somehow or other. Besides forming a thematic structure, the choice of works represents a wide range of historical perspectives as well as varied experimental approaches to the media.
The works that display dogs often apply dog behavior to human actions. The dog is object to human desire, and the human transfers human attributes to the dog in his wish to fulfill his desires. A meeting is enacted between instinctive behavior and human educational concepts such as language, education, belief and religion.
In other cases the dog’s behavior becomes the ultimate expression of human envy, coquettishness, orthodoxy and lack of adjustability.
The videos point associatively or conceptually beyond their own frames and contexts, and
succeed to subtly criticize and comment contemporary problematic via their methods.
The Exhibition Dog is my co-pilot is an
<INTER>Machine-RAUM project.
Machine-RAUM - a triennial for video art and digital culture was first held in Vejle November 2007 and will be held again October 13th 2011 in cooperation with among others Keller-Centre of Experimental arts, VideoRAUM, Spinderihallerne and Vejle Art Museum.
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Dog is my co-pilot is arranged by Machine-RAUM in cooperation with Spinderihallerne and Datariet.
Project leaders and art curators are Hanne Nielsen and Birgit Johnsen, who also created the concept, and initiator and project coordinator is Lene Noer.
