A Compass for the House Door | Alina Tenser & Gabo Camnitzer
Curated by the Queens Museum
In “A Compass for the House Door,” Alina Tenser and Gabo Camnitzer use the floor plan of their apartment as a schema to consider the shifting boundaries of traditional conceptions of space during the COVID-19 crisis.
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The video was made in 120 hours using an old camera and craft materials the artists had at home. The video grapples with a wide set of topics including: Lucretius’ conception of the clinamen; marketing consultant, Faith Popcorn’s term “cocooning;” Angela Mitropoulos’ consideration of Oikonomia; and Edward Hall’s theory of proxemics.
Week 4 of Onassis USA’s ENTER commissions was curated by the Queens Museum.
Artist(s): Alina Tenser and Gabo Camnitzer
Title of the work (if titled): A Compass for the House Door
Edition (if applicable): 10
Year: 2020
Medium/Format: Single channel video
Duration of the work: Approx. 10΄
People appearing (if any): Alina Tenser
Music/songs used by Gabo Camnitzer
This artwork was created in the context of ENTER project, an initiative of Onassis Foundation. Onassis Stegi and Onassis USA give artists from all around the world 120 hours to create from home a series of new original commissions; sharing their new reality. Let’s ENTER.
