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daVId frIed

1962 born in new york city, ny, usA
living and exhibiting around europe

david Fried presents recent works that deal with fundamental relationships and their potential recom-
bination. exploring our diverse and labile environment, comprised of individuals - so called sovereign entities
entwined in a network that is constantly changing, these works speak of inter-dependent life, whereby the
periphery becomes the centre.
His acoustically stimulated interactive sculptures “sOs - self Organizing still-Life” are compelling by their
symbolically provocative simplicity, creating a live complex visual experience as the viewer is moved to forge
perspectives on relationships, life and the universe of thought. Audible sound is transformed into waves that
stimulate each of the stone spheres silently into motion, rearranging themselves in continually new patterns
of elegantly fluid choreography. some kiss, some spin off alone, while others race head-on only to meet with
a soft embrace- or swerve around one another, often changing the path and destiny of each other without
physical contact. The resulting choreography is live and directly initiated by its environment. When sound is no
longer dedected, the spheres come to rest in ever different consellations.
Fried’s photographic works reveal relationships as delicate temporal architecture, emerging when the pri-
mary elements of life- water and air- get together. reflecting further on the human condition, these images that
resemble living cells called “In Bed with Lucy and dolly” take us on a biomorphical journey “from the Cambrian
sea to the artificial womb”. (Prof. dr. nOrBerT BOLz)

sElF OrGaNIzING sTIll lIFE, -aCOUsTICallY sTIMUlaTEd INTEraCTIVE sCUlpTUrE- Cs1, 2001 grAnite, solid
cAst-stone sPheres, MicroPhone sensor, Mixed MediA. 52 x 62 x 15 cM. / 20½ x 24½ x 6 in. 
sElF OrGaNIzING sTIll lIFE, -aCoUstICaLLy stIMULated INteraCtIVe sCULPtUre- BG4, 2001 grAnite, solid cAst-
stone sPheres, MicroPhone sensor, Mixed MediA 132 x 102 x 15 cM. / 52 x 40 x 6 in. View Kunst-MuseuM würzburg 
sElF OrGaNIzING sTIll lIFE, -aCOUsTICallY sTIMUlaTEd INTEraCTIVE sCUlpTUrE- CEll, 2001 quArtz, solid
cAst-stone sPheres, MicroPhone sensor, Mixed MediA 102 x 77 x 15 cM. / 40 x 30 x 6 in. 
 IN BEd wITH lUCY aNd dOllY, 2001 nondigitAl c-Print on diAsec, eAch 130 x 100 cM. / 51 x 39 in.
View FranK O.gehry building düsseldOrF.

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