Mika Rottenberg’s art humorously confronts us with the absurdity of our excessive production of commodities. Her films are colourful and painterly, celebrating a surreal poetry whose protagonists often resemble cogwheels in a fantastic machine. In this way, they recall Tinguely’s poetic critique of consumerism expressed in his poetic “machines inutiles”. The exhibition shows a representative selection of Rottenberg’s films and installations, as well as new drawings and interactive kinetic works.
Mika Rottenberg’s art humorously confronts us with the absurdity of our excessive production of commodities. Her films are colourful and painterly, celebrating a surreal poetry whose protagonists often resemble cogwheels in a fantastic machine. In this way, they recall Tinguely’s poetic critique of consumerism expressed in his poetic “machines inutiles”. The exhibition shows a representative selection of Rottenberg’s films and installations, as well as new drawings and interactive kinetic works.