still from the video ‘meechfieber’

in the royal room of the central station / platform 21, milan
nov 09 - dec 05, 2004
organized by fondazione nicola trussardi
http://www.fondazionenicolatrussardi.com

this is john bock’s first solo show in an italian institution.
animated by a kaleidoscopic profusion of objects, materials,
fabrics and bizarre coloured prosthetics, john bock’s films
and videos take their first inspiration from reality, altering it
through magnification or deformation.
the elements and ideas composing our daily life become an
endless parade of clowns, puppets, circus animals and
acrobats. - half mad scientist, half buster keaton -
john bock, the philosopher of chaos, has built through his
installations, performances and videos a playful world,
where everything seems to be at the same time connected
and dispersed - a universe founded on a dramatically
personal (dis)order. he exhibited a series of videos and
film installations that both condense and enlarge his
performance pieces into an endless tour de force of
narratives and permanent digressions.