Black Flags - William Forsythe

William Forsythe 1949, New York, NY (US) – Frankfurt am Main (DE) Robots, flags Courtesy of the artist Programing: Sven Thöne Technical Realization: Max Schubert Producer: Julian Gabriel Richter In Cooperation with Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, SKD Mit freundlicher Unterstützung von KUKA Roboter November 26., 2014, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, SKD In the ‘white cube’ of the Kunsthalle in the Lipsiusbau, two industrial robots wave enormous black flags. Accompanied by the operating noise of the robots, their continuous movements leave spectators without a place to rest their gaze, removing any steady reference point in the space. The waving flags translate the digital algorithm that controls the robots into a series of gestural movements in space that appear controlled, unpredictable, weightless, and measured at one and the same time.