In the series HMKV Video of the Month, HMKV presents current video works by international artists for the duration of one month each – selected by Inke Arns.
Benjamin Nuel: Hotel
HMKV Video of the Month
On view 1 – 31 October 2014
HOTEL describes the end of the world as an absurd comedy. Peace reigns between terrorists who have escaped from a computer game and the police. The policemen are spending their retirement in a strange hotel in the countryside supervised by a chicken. In want of a mission for the first time in their lives, they fight boredom playing, talking and philosophizing – while the world around them is falling to bits and pieces.
Benjamin Nuel (*1981), French film and video artist. He studied at the Art School of Strasbourg and at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains in Tourcoing. In his works, Nuel is adressing themes like utopia and survival as well as the wish to explore the space between codes and genres. His videos are characterized by a non-linear narrative, and integrate realtime 3D and video game code. His works have been presented at the Locarno Film Festival, the New Cinema Festival of Montreal and the Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin / Madrid. In 2013 he had a solo show at Kunstraum Baden (CH).