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  • Strom Elbe - Taube Elbe

    Strom Elbe - Taube Elbe

    Observations of diversified currents of river Elbe in Magdeburg

    During a working stay in Magdeburg 2020, I observed the different currents of river Elbe flowing around and through the Elbe Island Werder.
    In my studies I focused on the vitality of water with the rough currents and wave formations, reflections, the drift, absorption and further transport. I went to different places and observed the bubbles of the dormant salt spring rising at intervals, how the Strom Elbe and the Old Elbe divide at the tip of the island and continue flowing in very different ways, the drift and calm of Taube (doves) Elbe in the middle of the island, how everything is condtioned and flowing with each other and into each other.
    I developed my reflections further in cyanotypes and drawings.
    On the stationary wall accompanying the way in the sculpture park, these fragments of the river Elbe resonate with the ever-changing vibrancy of the parallel passing river, as well as with possible puddles in the park.

    Since 2022, the enamel panels embedded in the wall are on display in the sculpture park of the Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg.

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  • Echoing Courtyard

    Echoing Courtyard

    Perceptions in the courtyard of the art museum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg

    In the inner courtyard of the art museum Magdeburg, an interior space in the exterior space, inviting to rest and reflection, I sensed noises that were held by the walls or ran along them during my working stay in Magdeburg 2020. I sensed what was happening in this place and what was entering it from outside. I traced the peculiarities of the sounds, the expanses, the overlaps, the volume and the ebbing away.
    Based on my sketches and spatial impressions, I developed photograms that show the liveliness in the 4 directions.

    Since 2022 this photogram series is in the collection of the art museum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg

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  • Topography of Liveliness, Sculpture Park Magdeburg

    Topography of Liveliness, Sculpture Park Magdeburg

    Sensory impressions at different times in October 2020

    I visited the sculpture park several times. I sensed by walking and staying the liveliness in this surrounding: how events appear, what extension they have, floating downwards or upwards, what vibration and energy is emanated, where are connections, overlaps and how does they fade away again.
    Seen from a bird’s eye view, wire shows a web of motion and paths, encounters, junctions, expanses, situations that elements and living beings bring about together and among themselves. Various strengths of wire underline the dynamics of movement – texts complement and create another perspective. A communication with the place arises, a reverberation, a response.

    Since 2022 these wire reliefs are in the collection of the art museum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg

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