Name | Christoph Oertli

Country | Switzerland

DOB | 1962

Email | choertli@bluewin.ch

Web | www.likeyou.com/christophoertli

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Statement | Christoph Oertli

Come, heavy sleep, 7’40min, 2004
A living room at night, selectivley furnished. No trace of inhabitants. A naked young manrepeatedly crosses the space. He lies down on a sofa. He puts a dish on the table. He actslike a stranger who has crept into the house. Furniture trembles, appears, disappears as if moved by an invisible hand. The intimacy and nearness to the man’s body contrastssharply with the view seen from outside; we are actually looking through a shop window.

Still frame, 6’30min, 2003
In a public space a man suddenly stands still. Apparently he has lost trust in immediate reality. He’s not able anymore to take one step further. He clutches at thin air. He stillfeels threatened despite the tidiness of the impersonal furniture around him. There will bean attempt to get this man back into the present.

Still seeing disappeared the sailors, 9’50min, 2005
The video shows a group of men, gathered in the hall of a public building. The men speak, laugh and observe. Some leave and return later; they behave strangely. The unconsciousrules of social behavior are disrupted by unexpected dynamics and gestures.

Housekeeping, 7’00min, 2001
Different fragments of furniture and lamps are moving suspended in an open space.‚Housekeeping‘ explores what is a home. Some create their home, some abandon it andsome look for it for a lifetime. What do we surround ourselves with? How much structure, rhythm, security, obligation and responsibility belong to our idea of home?The individual participates in a ruling system. Sometimes what looks like an enviablesituation can transform into threat.