In the videowork, Handmade three different catastrophic weather scenarios are being re-enacted using models. Eva Meyer-Keller refers to this process as 'choreographic arts and crafts'. With playful precision, she uses household objects and materials such as a mixer, a hairdryer, salt and water to simulate states of emergency caused by climate change.
The scenarios are played out in an aquarium placed on a rotating disk. The glass of the aquarium reflects the room, the camera, tripod and the hands of Eva Meyer-Keller and her helpers, so that the viewer sees both the extreme weather event and its means of production simultaneously. One also recognizes the 'behind-the scenes' sound e.g. of a hairdryer, albeit filtered so as to leave more space for association.

Video: Eva Meyer-Keller
thanks to: Sofia Hultén, Mubi Müller, Rhonda Repotente, Rico Repotente, Tommy Schneefuß, Martina Schumacher.

Places:
Jet, Berlin, group exhibition curated by Vera Tollmann, February - March 2007 www.j-e-t.org

Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Kalla dagar - videoutställning på fasaden, December 2007 - January 2008 www.bonnierskonsthall.se

Katastrophenalarm, group show in NGBK, Berlin, March - May 2008 ngbk.de

Burning Ice, Kaaistudios, Brussels, January 2009 www.kaaitheater.be

NRLA, New Moves International, Glasgow, February 2009 www.newmoves.co.uk

souvenirs from the earth, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Mai 2009 www.souvenirsfromtheearth.com

Futuresonic, Manchester, May 2009 www.futuresonic.com

Perfect Performance Festival, Dansens Hus, Stockholm, October 2009 www.perfectperformance.se

Okno Festival, Kana Teatr, Szczecin, Poland, November 2009, www.kana.art.pl