ASLI SUNGU
AT MASA BERLIN #7 HOSTED BY
WEST GERMANY
SKALITZER STRASSE 133 • 10999 BERLIN
U1 Kottbusser Tor
OPENING • SATURDAY • 3 DECEMBER • 7 pm
EXHIBITION • SUNDAY • 4 DECEMBER 2011 • 3-7 pm
MASA BERLIN is initiated and organized by Isabel Schmiga and Sandra Teitge.
For MASA BERLIN #7, the Berlin-based artist Asli Sungu (*1975) presents her video installation
UNVERMEIDBAR [INEVITABLE]. The films show four daily domestic situations, in which the
artist loses control; the viewer is tempted to prevent these mishaps by wanting to physically
intervene. The surface of a mirror captures the reflections of the little accidents and
simultaneously represents the boundaries of intervention. The theme of UNVERMEIDBAR is
helplessness, a feeling that we try to manage and control by intervening in situations in order
to withstand the uncontrollable emotional experience. The intentional actions and the attempt
to intervene metaphorically reveal futility and loss in the form of familiar activities.
