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Christoph Schwarz, Supercargo, vidéo installation, chinois et sous-titre anglais, 11′, 2010.

“We spent the August 2010 on the container freighter “Contessa” to travel from Hamburg to China- as an exercise in space, time and deprivation. No-way! We had hell of a fun playing Solitaire, reading, watching DVDs and playing Pingpong.”

Comment voyager jusqu’à Shanghai sans prendre l’avion ? Christoph Schwarz cherche différents moyens et finit par partir dans un cargo de conteneurs. Il sera le seul passager d’un cargo semi automatique sans conducteur. Il voyagera  et filmera au jour le jour une traversée en solitaire, en compagnie d’une multitude de conteneurs, mais d’ailleurs que contiennent-ils ?

“I take my cleaning duties on board very seriously, ironically enough, I would even try to execute them above and beyond any exceptations or professional necessity. I would imagine that my swirling wiping motions in the engine room were major contributions to the inner workings of global economy.”

Extrait du dossier de presse de l’exposition Moved, mutated and disturbed identities.
And international post-master programme organised on the occasion of the Luxembourg pavillon at Expo 2010 Shanghai (CN).

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