Fog Dog

2k film, stereo, color. plastic chairs. walls painted Pantone 168c.
Screen proportion: 1:1,85
Screen size: Min 450 x 243 cm Max 600 x 323 cm
47’37’’

Seismic Movements, Dhaka Art Summit, 2020

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané’s first narrative film brings us into a community of human and inhuman inhabitants of Charukala, the Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, designed by Muzharul Islam in 1953–55.

Mixing fiction and contemplation, this work explores the past and future spectres that haunt present-day Bangladesh from the viewpoint of the stray dogs who live in and among its shared spaces. While life revolves around the art school for the protagonists in this film, the horrors of climactic and political violence elsewhere in the world appear and speak to the interconnectedness of seemingly disparate contexts.

Employing sculpture, installation, film, holograms, and drawing, Steegmann invites the viewer to critically reflect on how the divide between culture and nature is perceived while exploring their constructed interstices. Echoing his interest in biological systems, specifically Brazilian rainforests, Steegmann’s works often introduce elements from nature into exhibition spaces.

installation views at Esther Schipper, Berlin

Photography: Andrea Rossetti