UK 2008 | DVD | Colour | Stereo | 01’34 Min
Courtesy Edition Medienturm, Graz

The term “Pattern” is little short of summing up a graphical and conceptual genre in new media - traditionally one might simply say swatch or ornament as well. In electronic arts the term describes a process driven by a structured formula, whereby a fluid matrix emerges through the repetitive assemblage of single elements, permanently rearranging itself by algorithmic means. This digital method applies mostly to the design of graphical elements, referencing classical abstract examples, or rather developing them further through the application of current technical possibilities.

David Muth breaks with this common practice, and he does so by working with this story in a pictorial and humorous fashion. Muth photographs patterns of industrially manufactured covers that adorn the seats of public transport and obviously don’t promise any additional artistic value – to a greater degree their masking abstracted compositions seem to be precondition for diverse usage, resistant against contaminants. In close-ups Muth zooms into the encountered graphical structures and blends them with further patterns, as if he would like to invoke a discursive massacre. Applied arts meets fine arts, abstraction meets the real life.

Text by Sandro Droschl.

“A Matter Of Fact” - an exhibition curated by Eelco van der Lingen and David Muth, kindly supported by Stroom, Heden, and the Gemeente Den Haag.

The show is concerned with notions surrounding space and reality and combines sculpture, video and sound works by 9 artists from the Netherlands, Austria, the United Kingdom and France.

Participating Artists:

Frank Halmans, Tijmen Hauer, Annja Krautgasser, Eelco van der Lingen, Josh Müller, David Muth, Lynn Pook, Oscar Stegehuis and Edd Vossen.

17.11.2007 - 15.12.2007, DCR, The Hague, Netherlands

A few more images can be found here.

17.11.2007 - 14.12.2007, DCR, The Hague, Netherlands

A Matter Of Fact - an exhibition curated by Eelco van der Lingen and David Muth.

Private View: Saturday 17 Nov, 5pm, with a performance by Julien Clauss
Gallery Opening Times: Thursday - Saturday, 1-6pm

Participating Artists:

Frank Halmans, Tijmen Hauer, Annja Krautgasser, Eelco van der Lingen, Josh Müller, David Muth, Lynn Pook, Oscar Stegehuis and Edd Vossen.

Kindly supported by Stroom, Heden, and the Gemeente Den Haag.

Photoseries, Wels, Austria 2004

Depending on what you are looking for, choose an area, a more or less densely populated town, a more or less lively street. Build a house. Furnish it. Make the best out of its appearance and its surrounding. Choose a season and an hour. Invite the most appropriate persons, provide music and alcoholic drinks. The lighting and the conversations should of course be in tune with the occasion, as should the weather or your memories.

If you made no mistake in your calculations, the outcome must be satisfactory for you.

The “Psychogeographic Game of the Week”, Guy Debord, first edition of the magazine ‘Potlatch’, Paris, June 22, 1954.