Fine Arts
Alexander Kuusik+
Alex Kuusik b.1991 in Bristol, UK. He received his BA in Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work explores the ways in which agency moves from the individual into society, and how meaning is maintained as part of an ongoing ‘stabilising’ process.
A video in two parts.
In the first, a planespotter films a Boeing 747 as it leaves Schiphol with no human passengers. Tracking its movement by intercepting radio frequencies and his own knowledge of the flight path. A final 747 flight, as the aircraft becomes obsolete and KLM retires the plane that defined the early jet age.
In the second, a carillonneur rehearses within an empty building. Its bells ring out across the closed offices in Amsterdam Zuidas. Incorporating a musical cipher provided by the artist; a carrier of an encrypted message, transferred through the physical striking of bronze bells.
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