{"id":4344,"date":"2016-07-19T19:59:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T23:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2018-05-21T11:09:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T15:09:20","slug":"erik-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/erik-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5835\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4344-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/eriksmith.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/eriksmith.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/eriksmith.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4362 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ES_web.jpeg?resize=256%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ES_web\" width=\"256\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ES_web.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ES_web.jpeg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>Evolving out of the physical exploring, salvaging and excavating of urban contexts, artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eriksmith.de\/\">Erik Smith\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0(US)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">recent work<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0seeks to bring to light<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">latent or concealed\u00a0features of the built environment<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">and give tangible form to the uncanny in revealing things not\u00a0readily\u00a0visible but always felt to be present.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Selected solo exhibitions include\u00a0de Appel Contemporary Arts Centre, Amsterdam NL; Errant Bodies, Berlin DE; Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum, Berlin;\u00a0DimensionsVariable, Miami FL;\u00a0Kapinos Galerie, Berlin;\u00a0Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA. His work has also been presented in numerous group exhibitions internationally including\u00a0SculptureCenter, LIC, NY;\u00a0BBB centre d\u2019art, Toulouse, FR;\u00a0Arsenic, Lausanne CH; Pierogi, Leipzig; Magnus M\u00fcller Gallery, Berlin. Upcoming shows include Counterpath, Denver, CO and Fragmenta, Malta.\u00a0Smith studied comparative literature and art in the US and Italy and has lived and worked in Berlin, Germany since 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Referenced in the interview are two\u00a0Berlin\u00a0projects: Test Dig No. 1 (2012), the unearthing of a fully intact, 19th-century spiral staircase embedded under the former Death Strip of the Berlin Wall; and Titanic (2014-16), a current work-in-progress that began with the\u00a0physical salvaging of a large-scale wooden shelf from an underground bunker site in Berlin-Mitte. In the 19th century the location was home\u00a0to a\u00a0theatre famed for performances of\u00a0Offenbach\u2019s Orpheus in the Underworld<\/span><span class=\"s3\">; today the newly opened Titanic hotel\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">occupies the site<\/span><span class=\"s3\">. Smith\u2019s project installation features<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0sound\/noise collages of\u00a0multiple Orpheus in the Underworld 78s and techno records created by\u00a0modifying turntables to play at ultra-slow speeds, recalling detonations and other abstract soundscapes.\u00a0Sample <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/titanicbrln\">tracks can be\u00a0heard here<\/a>.<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">For more information on these and other projects go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eriksmith.de\/\"><span class=\"s6\">www.eriksmith.de<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4363\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4363 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Titanic_2.jpeg?resize=696%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Titanic_2\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Titanic_2.jpeg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Titanic_2.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Titanic_2.jpeg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Titanic (2014-16), image of bunker prior to demolition, Berlin-Mitte, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4411\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4411 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Titanic_1.jpg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Titanic_1\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Titanic_1.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Titanic_1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Titanic_1.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Titanic (2014-16), work in progress, studio view, Berlin, bunker shelf, turntables, records, \u201cacoustic&#8221; panels, speakers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/eriksmith.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listEvolving out of the physical exploring, salvaging and excavating of urban contexts, artist Erik Smith\u2019s\u00a0(US)\u00a0recent work\u00a0seeks to bring to light\u00a0latent or concealed\u00a0features of the built environment\u00a0and give tangible form to the uncanny in revealing things not\u00a0readily\u00a0visible but always felt to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[83,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-4344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artists","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-germany"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Titanic_1-1.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47FRq-184","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4344"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5860,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions\/5860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}