OPEN UP

»The tape is rhythmically austere and yet full of wit. Different doors and views open up, and reality and video manipulation become difficult to distinguish. New levels continiously super-impose themselves and cancel each other out. Musical rhythms and the possibilities of video are rigorously investigated with a sort of strict playfulness.»
(jury 5th Marler Video-Kunst-Preis 1992)

«Open doors, closed doors, half doors, swing doors, revolving doors, cupboard doors, hatches, cat doors, roll-down shutters, roller blinds, venetian blinds: Volker SCHREINER comes straight to the point when he urges us to speak frankly and to open the door of our hearts. Schreiner's own openness provides only a mournful view across rain-drenched roofing tiles. Is video art an open door? Or is it enough that the doors are jammed wide open for once so that a fresh breeze can blow through rusty studios and dusty galleries? Would it be possible to reach a higher plan if poverty-stricken artists were not constantly faced with closed doors when they go to apply for a subsidy? Should the governement have a sturdy foot in the door or not? Or do video-artists drift from one genre to another just as perfidiously as unfaithful spouses do in a farce full of slamming doors? Every artist shuts up like a clam with so many questions.»
(catalogue 10th World Wide Video Festival, Kijkhuis, Den Haag, 1992)