Ati Maier

SpaceRider Cycle

January 23 – May 30, 2021Guesthouse, Jackson Hole

Opening Saturday, January 23, 2021, with a special performance by Benyaro

4:45 pm ~ films begin at 5 pm sharp (1 hour duration)

Photo of a total solar eclipse: a black disc with a bright ring of light on a black sky. Play filmLoads the player from Vimeo
Premiere of “The Hole”, 2021
Documentary of the Solar Eclipse and the SpaceRider Performance at the Rodeo Grounds in Jackson Hole in 2017.
Watch on Vimeo

Camille Obering Fine Art is delighted to present Ati Maier's "SpaceRider" Cycle at Guesthouse; 4 short films and 1 short documentary. Ati Maier’s SpaceRider speaks to humanity's insatiable desire to pioneer and explore. The significance of SpaceRider lies in the social discourse, which the films engender. Simply put: the films deal with everything from metaphysics to community to cultural identity to memory and its effect on our perception of time. These ideas have particular relevance as we find ourselves on the cusp of private space exploration exploding in the near future. The SpaceRider allows us to examine our exploration of planet Earth, our history, discoveries made, colonization, man's accomplishments and failures, and the natural world from which we sustain ourselves. The films are set in Wyoming, New York City, North Dakota, and Berlin. Maier wrote, directed and performed in all films as the SpaceRider.

Credits

  • Directed and performed by Ati Maier
  • DOP Timo Seidel
  • Edit Timo Seidel
  • Composer Benyaro

Documents

  • CATALOGUE

    THE SPACERIDER CYCLE 2020 CATALOGUE, PUBLISHED BY THE STAEDTISCHE GALLERY WOLFSBURG ESSAYS BY SUSANNE PFLEGER, ATI MAIER, GREGORY VOLK, BRIAN CHIDESTER, MATTHEW DAY JACKSON INTERVIEWS WITH MARVIN GOINGS AND CHARLY NEWHOLY FROM THE LAKOTA NATION.

The four films

  1. Film still: a tiny figure in a white helmet on a horse on a rocky, red-brown desert under a pink sky. SpaceRider 1 The Map Is Not The Territory vimeo.com/371421009
  2. Photo: the Space Rider on a white and brown horse in Times Square at night, with a Lisbon laurel badge reading Official Selection at the lower right. SpaceRider 2 The Placeless Place vimeo.com/371422288
  3. Film still at night: a child raises both arms beside the seated Space Rider with a glowing, round helmet. SpaceRider 3 Prophecy Of The Encounter vimeo.com/371419280
  4. Film still: the Space Rider on a white horse, very small, in front of the wide arc and two towers of the Berlin Olympic Stadium under a gray sky. SpaceRider 4 The Nearest Faraway Place vimeo.com/382776728

Still prints

All Film Stills are available as Prints in a Edition of 3 in size 20 x 30 inches at Camille Obering Fine Arts.

  • Still Print 1 from The Map Is Not The Territory, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 1 from The Map Is Not The Territory Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 2 from The Map Is Not The Territory, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 2 from The Map Is Not The Territory Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 3 from The Map Is Not The Territory, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 3 from The Map Is Not The Territory Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 4 from The Map Is Not The Territory, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 4 from The Map Is Not The Territory Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 1 from The Placeless Place, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 1 from The Placeless Place Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 2 from The Placeless Place, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 2 from The Placeless Place Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 3 from The Placeless Place, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 3 from The Placeless Place Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 4 from The Placeless Place, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 4 from The Placeless Place Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 1 from Prophecy Of The Encounter, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 1 from Prophecy Of The Encounter Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 2 from Prophecy Of The Encounter, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 2 from Prophecy Of The Encounter Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 3 from Prophecy Of The Encounter, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 3 from Prophecy Of The Encounter Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 4 from Prophecy Of The Encounter, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 4 from Prophecy Of The Encounter Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 1 from The Nearest Faraway Place, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 1 from The Nearest Faraway Place Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 2 from The Nearest Faraway Place, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 2 from The Nearest Faraway Place Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 3 from The Nearest Faraway Place, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 3 from The Nearest Faraway Place Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
  • Still Print 4 from The Nearest Faraway Place, Print, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches
    Still Print 4 from The Nearest Faraway Place Print, edition of 3
    20 x 30 inches
No.TitleMediumDimensionsYear
1 Still Print 1 from The Map Is Not The Territory Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
2 Still Print 2 from The Map Is Not The Territory Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
3 Still Print 3 from The Map Is Not The Territory Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
4 Still Print 4 from The Map Is Not The Territory Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
5 Still Print 1 from The Placeless Place Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
6 Still Print 2 from The Placeless Place Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
7 Still Print 3 from The Placeless Place Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
8 Still Print 4 from The Placeless Place Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
9 Still Print 1 from Prophecy Of The Encounter Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
10 Still Print 2 from Prophecy Of The Encounter Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
11 Still Print 3 from Prophecy Of The Encounter Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
12 Still Print 4 from Prophecy Of The Encounter Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
13 Still Print 1 from The Nearest Faraway Place Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
14 Still Print 2 from The Nearest Faraway Place Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
15 Still Print 3 from The Nearest Faraway Place Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches
16 Still Print 4 from The Nearest Faraway Place Print, edition of 3 20 x 30 inches

Impressions of the Opening

SPACERIDER has landed

  • Photo: a snow-covered mountain range at sunset under a pink and gray sky.
  • Photo at dusk: people gather around a fire on a wooden terrace in the snow, in front of a building with an open side.
  • Photo: a gallery room with a large projection of a rodeo arena on the wall, and a person bending at a microphone stand.
  • Photo: people sit around a fire on a terrace at dusk, and a projection inside the room shows green bronze horses of a chariot sculpture.
  • Photo: people sit around a fire on a terrace at dusk, and a projection inside the room shows a concrete wall and a white horse.
  • Photo at dusk: a group of people in winter clothes and masks stand and sit around fire pits on a wooden deck.
  • Photo: a gallery interior with a projection of a lit city street, next to an open terrace with a fire and people.
  • Photo: three people seen from behind watch a projection of colorful, animated shapes.
  • Photo in two parts: a gallery room lit in orange with an image of the Earth on the wall, and a fire on a terrace at dusk with a seated person.
  • Installation view: one larger round-cornered work in the center of a white wall, surrounded by eight small works.
  • Installation view: one larger, densely patterned round-cornered work in the center of a white wall, surrounded by seven small works.
  • Photo: a flag with a blue and white star pattern on a pole in snow, with mountains and bare bushes behind.