In our first solo show with Elisabeth Neudörfl (* 1968) we showed photographs from two series, Super Pussy Bangkok (2006) and E.D.S.A. (2009). Both series are documentary projects Neudörfl realized in Bangkok and Manila.
Super Pussy Bangkok includes 33 black/white photographs (silver gelatine on fibre based paper), taken by Neudörfl in those three streets of Bangkok, where the prostitution for tourists settles. The photographs are all taken at daylight. They show shabby houses constructed from concrete, switched off neon signs, cable entanglements, air conditioners—and they are deserted. With an entire unemotional view, which does not judge or value something, Neudörfl shows the conditions of living in the animation business.
2006 an exceptional book with the Super Pussy Bangkok photographs was published. The text at the end of the book is short and sticks to facts. “It is estimated that in Thailand approximately 25 billions dollars are turned into money with prostitution every year and 10 percent of the gross domestic product are earned through it (Germany: 0,38 percent). Prostitution is illegal in Thailand. A part of the sex industry is addressed explicitly to clients from the US, Great Britain and Germany. The according bars in Bangkok are located in the streets Patpong, Nana Thai and Cowboy. Patpong 1, the parallel street Patpong 2 and Cowboy are each 200 meters long.”
The series E.D.S.A. consists of 116 different views of the street “Epifanio de los Santos Avenue” in Manila. This street was the staging ground of the demonstrations against the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and is considered a symbol for the rebellion against dictatorship. At intervals of seconds Neudörfl took photographs alongside this famous avenue. They assemble to a panorama with leaps in time. She maintains the viewpoint as observer and photographs from different angles. Film-like sequences are produced showing the traffic and the passers-by in movement. The shift of perspective develops interruptions within the perception of space and time. Like in Super Pussy Bangkok the street is a stage of social encounters Neudörfl documents in every detail.
abc art berlin contemporary
light camera action
7-10 October 2010
Marshall-Haus
Berlin Exhibition Grounds
Entrance Hall
19
Hammarskjöldplatz
14055 Berlin
Opening hours:
Exhibition Marshall-Haus Thu – Sat 12 a.m. – 9 p.m., Sun 12 a.m. – 7 p.m.
HAU2 Thu – Sat from 9 p.m.