For more than a year now we have been paying attention, & also thinking about duration.
How much time do you have?
That time has its paradoxes will be evident to whomever has thought about it at any length. Thought is itself entangled in time. It takes time. The fact it takes place in the present is a complicated notion in that its ‘present’ is plastic. It takes time (& space) & stretches, bends & compresses it.
For more than a year we, the class of Gerry Bibby at Academy of Fine Arts Munich, have been paying attention to the work of Tony Conrad & his associates. Our time has been named COMPLETELY IN THE PRESENT since April last year, & we began with Conrad’s Yellow Movies, 1973. 3 modified versions of these movies adorn the outsides of 3 parts of the publication we have made. The partners & associates of Conrad, along with some of the people that have inspired & accompanied us during the last 4 to 5 years, also adorn these outsides with their sentiments.
CARMEN
Akademie der Bildenden Künste München Gerry Bibby Klasse Bibby