At OGR Torino, video becomes sculpture with Cyprien Gaillard's exhibition:
at Binario 1 in the former Officine the solo exhibition Retinal Rivalry

On the occasion of Turin Art Week, OGR Torino is pleased to present a solo show by French artist Cyprien Gaillard (Paris, 1980) curated by Samuele Piazza. The show will present a new video work co-commissioned by OGR Torino and co-funded by OGR Torino, Fondation Beyeler, Haus der Kunst München, the French Ministry of Culture, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Sprüth Magers and Gladstone Gallery.

After its debut at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland, as part of the collective “Summer Exhibition”, which runs from May 19 to August 11, 2024, this work now awaits its Italian premiere at OGR's Binario 1 in November 2024.

Retinal Rivalry continues Cyprien Gaillard’s interest in stereoscopic motion pictures for their sculptural, spectral and psychedelic potential, which began with "Nightlife" in 2015. By expanding the pictorial space and embracing the medium’s spatiality as an organizing principle for the various subjects considered, the film leaves specific narration behind to focus on pure vision. The work centers its gaze on Germany’s built environment, such as Oktoberfest, Roman ruins found in a 1970s parking lot under the Cathedral of Cologne, a Burger King situated inside an electrical substation for the Nazi Rally grounds in Nuremberg, and the touristic infrastructure running through the romantic landscape of Bastei. Oscillating between deep, void-like vision and sculptural recreation, the images of "Retinal Rivalry" protrude beyond the screen into the exhibition space, altering our perception of the visible world.
The film score was assembled by the artist, at times dissonant, at times synchronized with the images, with sources as diverse as Sundanese music, a field recording found in the archives of UNESCO in Paris, or the sound of an organ encountered on the streets of Weimar.

Photo credit
Cyprien Gaillard, 2013. ©Albrecht Fuchs