danmihaltianu
Great Distillations is a process-oriented series of work, that takes place in various locations around the world and consists of site-specific installations, actions or interventions. Apart from featuring distillation as artistic media, it uses photographs, films, videos, objects, prints and other media according to the event. Great Distillations finds its topics in personal, political and cultural fields.
The distillation process is the motor of the entire project and has a symbolic character. Each work distills the essence of a certain event, story, person or place. The project brings forth a series of multiples developed during the event. Those products are part of the Great Distillations Editions and consist of alcohols, perfumes, objects, books, postcards, photos, audio/video tapes, CDs.
Events:
Great Expectations, "Points East" Third Eye Center Glasgow 1990
The Last Days of Van Gogh in Bucharest, Glasgow Sculpture Studios 1990
Official History, "Fontanelle" Kunstspeicher Potsdam 1993
1954, K�nstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin 1994
The Last Days of Michael Jackson in Bucharest, Museum Arad, Romania 1994
Great Expectations, "Imaginary Hotel", IGBK Leipzig 1994
Maskenschnaps, "Rum�nische Avantgarde der 90er Jahre", Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal 1994
Die Leiden des jungen Bahnw�rter, Bahnw�rterhaus Esslingen1995
Jubilee, "Brandenburgische Kunsttage", Drewen 1995
Balt-Orient-Express-Schnaps, "Balt-Orient-Express", IfA-Galerie Berlin, National Museum Bucharest, WUK Vienna 1996
Der blaue Engel, "INTER(n)", Museum Arad, Romania 1996
The Frontiers Tales, "Canterbury Festival", Canterbury 1996
Sweet Child in Time Liqueur, SCCA Bucharest 1996
Fire Water, Art in General New York 1996
Stalin Allee Wodka, Schwarzenberg Berlin 1997
Les R�v�ries du Sado-V�g�tal, "...In der Zeit" Schlo� Pl�schow 1997
KulturKonjak, KulturKontakt Wien 1997, Schlo� Damtschach 1998
Worpsweder Parf�m, "Andernorts" Gro�e Kunstschau Worpswede 1998
Alcohology is an artistic project studying the relation between alcohol, culture, mass media, consumption and alienation in the contemporary society. Alcohology assembles all the works from the series Great Distillations with the intention to offer a general overview of the entire process.
Alcohology Center - an archive and documentation center that will open in Bucharest and Berlin in the beginning of 1999. There will be a publication in the form of a CD Rom.
Alcohology Vision - a multi-vision show projecting: films, videos, docu-mentary and advertisement spots for Great Distillations products.
Alcohology Lab - an installation which includes the different sized and shaped copper or glass distillation apparatuses. It also features the accessories, such as glass containers,
test tubes, alcoholmeters used inGreat
Distillations. The lab will be in use, distilling different essences following the original recipes.
Alcohology Bar - an installation displaying Great Distillation bottles and drinks in a pub specific ambience.
Alcohology Duty Free - an installation in the form of a shop selling all the products of the Great Distillation brand: perfume, liqueurs, pickles, marmelade, postcards, books, tapes etc. The products are art objects; they are not to be injested and bear the label " Not for consumption".
Alcohology Travel - a travel agency specialized in Alcohology Tourism offering information about : Great Distillation Routes, transport, overtnight stays, places to visit, pubs, restaurants and other services.
Alcohology Website - a www.address open to visitors interested in the following files and crosslinks: Alcohology History, Alcohology Arts & Literature, Alcohology Design, Alco-hology Aesthetic, Alcohology Therapy.
A project by Dan Mihaltianu.