M+M stands for the artistic collaboration between Marc Weis, born in 1965, and Martin De Mattia, born in 1963. Exhibitions included Folkwang Museum, Essen; Hamburger Kunsthalle; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Solo exhibitions since 1996 include Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen; Museum of Photography, Berlin; Galerie Walter Storms, Munich.
Selected works: Freitag (2015, KdK 2015); Stachel des Skorpion – Euphorie (2014); SamstagSonntagMontag (2012)
SamstagSonntagMontag
(GER 2012, HD, 9 Min. 22 Sek., deOmeU)
In SaturdaySundayMonday, the same male protagonist appears in different roles, each a new interpretation of key scenes from John Badham\’s \”Saturday Night Fever\”, Jean-Luc Godard\’s \”Le Mépris\” and Stanley Kubrick\’s \”Shining\”, shown as a splitscreen from two perspectives. Depending on the day of the week the mood and personality of the main character change radically.
Dienstag
(GER 2015, HD, 4’14’’, German)
Darsteller: Christopher Luser, Daniela Schulz, Oliver Mallison
World Premiere (Single-Channel-Version)
Two parallel scenes in the Botticelli hair salon. The same customer gets a wet shave in the old Italian tradition, one time from a hairdresser, the other time from a man with opaque facial features. In the first version, the erotic, sensual tension and increasing physical intimacy grow with every contact. The parallel version tells a different story: the potential physical danger that progressively flashes through as the straight razor is sharpened and set on the skin. The dialogue is taken from the film Le mari de la coiffeuse (The Hairdresser’s Wife) by Patrice Leconte.
Freitag
(GER/ LUX 2015, 4’, no dialogue)
German Premiere
Split screen: Night. Music in the style of the 1970s. Two long parallel tracking shots along a row of houses. Nearly identical views through windows. An older and a younger woman each come out of the bathroom, wearing only a towel… A man breaks open the window. He approaches each woman from the rear, lifts a razor. Short, deadly cuts.
