courtesy Michael Fuchs GalleryArt & PhotographyNewsCate Blanchett stars in a new video installation by Marco BrambillaThe Four Temperaments is also available to download as an augmented reality artworkShareLink copied ✔️September 11, 2020Art & PhotographyNewsTextThom Waite Besides an acclaimed career on the stage and silver screen, Cate Blanchett has starred in a series of art installations over the years, notably reciting 13 famous art manifestos, or taking on the role of an orgasming spider. The latest artist to tap the actress for a new installation is the video artist Marco Brambilla. Titled The Four Temperaments, Brambilla’s artwork sees the actress perform four distinct character types based on “Temperaments” delineated by the Greek philosopher, Galen: Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholic, and Phlegmatic (represented by the colours yellow, red, blue, and green, respectively). The sanguine, according to Galen, “speak the language of people and fun”, while the choleric speak the language of “power and control”, the phlegmatic of “calm and harmony”, and the melancholic of “perfection and order”. Showing off her versatility as an actor in Brambilla’s video and sound installation, Blanchett inhabits the four characters in simultaneous images, addressing the viewer directly with the words “I love you” or, as the three and a half minute film progresses, “I don’t love you”. The effect, as the statements interact and overlap, is overwhelming, showing how emotional undertones can shift and change with the slightest modulation. While The Four Temperaments premieres at Berlin’s Michael Fuchs Gallery September 11, it’s also available to download as an augmented reality artwork via the Acute Art app. The app additionally hosts Marina Abramović’s Rising, plus other AR artworks by Olafur Eliasson, Ai Weiwei, Mark Leckey, Anish Kapoor, and more. Recently, Marco Brambilla has also worked on Marina Abramović’s new opera, 7 Deaths of Maria Callas (a production that Abramović discussed in a recent conversation with Dazed) while Blanchett has been cast in Guillermo Del Toro’s upcoming adaptation of Pinnochio, alongside Tilda Swinton. The Four Temperaments is playing at Michael Fuchs Gallery in Berlin until November 14, 2020. courtesy Michael Fuchs GalleryExpand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe Renaissance meets sci-fi in Isaac Julien’s new cinematic installationArt Basel Paris: 7 emerging artists to have on your radarInside Tyler Mitchell’s new blockbuster exhibition in ParisAn insider’s portrait of life as a young male modelRay Ban MetaIn pictures: Jefferson Hack launches new exhibition with exclusive eventArt to see this week if you’re not going to Frieze 2025Here’s what not to miss at Frieze 2025Portraits of sex workers just before a ‘charged encounter’Captivating photos of queer glamour in 70s New YorkThis erotic photobook archives a decade of queer intimacyGuen Fiore’s tender portraits of girls in the flux of adolescenceCowboys! Eagles! Death! Georg Baselitz’s prints tell a shocking life story