Jane and Louise Wilson: Stasi City
At The Met Fifth Avenue
September 18, 2018–March 31, 2019
Jane and Louise Wilson's (British, born 1967) Stasi City (1997) is widely considered one of the most important works of video art of the last half century, advancing the medium to a newly theatrical and immersive experience. Filmed during a fellowship in Berlin in 1996, this four-channel video installation is a dizzying tour of the former headquarters of the East German secret police (Staatssicherheit) housed behind a nondescript row of buildings in the former East Berlin.
Jane and Louise Wilson: Stasi City accompanies the exhibition Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy, on view at The Met Breuer from September 18, 2018, through January 6, 2019.
Jane and Louise Wilson. Stasi City (detail), 1997. Four-channel digital video, transferred from Super 16mm film; color, sound, 4 min., 57 sec. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Harvey Sawikin and Andrea Krantz Gift and Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2016. Image © Jane and Louise Wilson, courtesy 303 Gallery, New York
