Graeme Gilloch and Michael Hall
Tatort Schmargendorf: Harry Gelb Sings the Blues
Exhibition and Book Launch
4 - 9 October 2022
Opening Party: Tuesday 4 October 6 - 9pm
Weekend Opening and Talks:
Saturday 8 October 11am - 6pm
Sunday 9 October 11am - 6pm
School Gallery is pleased to present Tatort Schmargendorf, Harry Gelb Sings the Blues, a collaborative work by Graeme Gilloch and Michael Hall. This project was inspired by Raw Material, a book by German author Jörg Fauser. Photographs taken by Gilloch have been manipulated and developed by Hall. The artworks were then made into a unique bookwork where Gilloch responded to each artwork with a short piece of writing.
Graeme Gilloch is Professor in Sociology at Lancaster University. He works on critical social and cultural theory focussing on the early Frankfurt School; urban experience; and, film and visual studies. His main publications include books such as Myth and Metropolis (1996); Walter Benjamin: Critical Constellations (2002) and Siegfried Kracauer: Our Companion in Misfortune (2015). Tatort Schmargendorf is his third collaboration with Michael Hall following The Arca Project: An Exhibition Inspired by the Work of W.G.Sebald and Zentralpark.
Michael Hall is an artist, writer and curator. He launched School Gallery in 2018 and co-founded Invisible Print Studio in 2013. He has curated a variety of exhibitions and projects since graduating from The Royal College of Art in 2009.
His artworks encapsulate moments - memories, thoughts, things mentioned, watched, listened to and remembered. Random thoughts are paired with images, being overlaid or placed side-by-side, highlighting the workings of a wandering mind. Connections are random and meaning exists as a potential – realised through the experiential reading of the viewer. Melancholy and romance are imbedded in seemingly meaningless work.
Literature is a consistent theme in Michael Hall’s practice and has been a common theme in collaborations with Graeme Gilloch.