Mobil 100.

116 Seiten, überw. Ill. Nahezu tadelloses Exemplar. - Dieses Buch erscheint anläßlich der Ausslung „Martin Fengler, Bernd Zimmer Mobil 100“ im Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt (7.Mai 2003 – 15. Juni 2003.) / „an exchange between Bernd Zimmer and Martin Fengel. / „Bernd Zimmer and Martin Fengel jointly developed a series of works called Mobil 100 in the hundred days commencing 1 January 1999. One photographic work and one piece of writing were produced every day in various global locations, using a range of techniques. In so doing, each artist conceptually devoted each of the hundred days of the joint project to an indirect communicative process that is reflected in the works. Although the artists occasionally contacted each other during this period, they deliberately avoided exchanging details of the joint project. Works that were created simultaneously were subsequently framed side by side, and collected in an artist’s book; the design of the catalogue is also based on the form of the artist’s book. The technique produced some interesting overlaps – the works frequently displayed similarities, whereas on other days there were discrepancies and differences. The title of the series refers to the idea of a global approach that transcends boundaries, both directly and indirectly transforming the images seen in reality into photographic and written works produced on the move. Bernd Zimmer signed and dated all the works, so that they can be classified with certainty according to specific places and times. These works, created parallel to one other on one hundred successive days, pick up on – without making a deliberate reference to – the tradition of artistic projects focusing on communication, rooted in classical modernism and the twentieth century. They range from the associative dessins communiqué of the surrealist circle surrounding André Breton to letters as an art form; from mail art networks to special forms, such as collections created by post. One happening by Bernd Zimmer and Daniel Nagel dated 1980 displayed a direct link to this tradition. The two artists sent individually-designed postcards to each other from various places in the world every day for three months. Rather than focusing on the principle of sending and receiving, Mobil 100 goes one step further in exploring the experimental aspect of the connection between space and time and the coincidental confrontation between two opposing media. The project thus also aims to conduct an experimental search for areas of visual creative tension.“ (Martin Fengel)