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3. Proforma, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (1996)
Clamp was included in the solo-exhibition of Franz West called 'Proforma'. Its first venue was the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien 20er Haus in Vienna, March 16 – May 19, 1996. The artist assisted the installation of the Clamp. The Clamp still contained two benches and two white tables, but no working telephones. The tables with 'Telephone Sculptures' as well as 'Rondell' were placed outside the Clamp. ’Plato’s sun’ was hung in the interior of the Clamp, the 'Plakatenentwurf' (poster design) was displayed on the outside of one of the walls of Clamp above a bench.
The Clamp is situated around the artist’s former studio floor. ’Papille’ is positioned on a particularly painterly spot in the middle of the Clamp. The floor is surrounded by four walls with one door-sized opening. The walls differed from the first time the work was installed. They now consist of freely assembled fibreboards of different sizes, some of them painted black, some white, some covered with pages from the phonebook from Vienna. Some area’s are papered with the yellow pages, others with white.
As mentioned above, no telephone set was part of the Clamp. The copies of the text provided for the public differed from the earlier installation as well: the telephones were not mentioned anymore.
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