A movie featuring excerpts from Joachim Luetke's artbook POSTHUMAN.
Posthuman departs from the usual art books because it isn't about representation of an artist's work - it's a work of art in itself or, perhaps more accurately, an exhibition of art. A lot of the pictures or collages probably don't 'exist' outside the book, and unconventional close-ups are used to highlight details. Many people must view Joachim Luetke's sculptures and pictures as nightmarish or obscene, but to me they represent true beauty. Machines become human, humans become machines, visits to the western lands, Egyptian mythology creeping in through the grey room. I can see echoes of Wiener Aktionismus and NSK in Joachim Luetke's art. Luetke shares with the former a fascination with death and katharis, and with the latter the use of metal blades and imagery from the Third Reich. He has, however, created his own universe. For instance 'Dark Karma' is a sculpture of small children holding their chicken claws together as hands looking like mummies from the future, wholly on top of a TV with a cutting blade as a gloria. If this is the future we do have bad kharma. At the same time the children have an eerie beauty to them, a stillness that transcends any definition of time or space. Joachim Luetke's art has been a revelation to me because he has managed to combine so many elements that fascinate me: darkness, innocence, medicine, machines...I urge everyone who is interested in the subject matter at least to check out his web site and get a copy of Posthuman.
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Yeah...LOL
psychoscribe13 3 months ago
Jesus Loves you!
kingfreedom21 5 months ago
Most would see this as weird but i see it as a nother world of butaful art n our types of culture!
vTHExUNKNOWENv 8 months ago
amazing!
mag8dalena8 11 months ago
Awesome, and rightfully disturbing. I like the filming style as well. Would have liked to see them whole to get a better cense of the Big Picture though, but damn good nonetheless. Got to have respect for the amount of time it must of taken.
Unit16Recordings 1 year ago
aesthetic perfection.
jannotaslove 1 year ago
muy interesante el concepto...
vecronocturnal 3 years ago
They are bloody fantastic
Dannyboys 3 years ago
Whell.. This looks like a bad horror movie directed by James Wan.. just kidding ;) It's beautiful!
77Suncha 3 years ago
Luetke is a genius!! Is my inspiration!!!
Uashu82 3 years ago