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SPACES EMBODIED
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Introduction SPACES EMDODIED
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Introduction SPACES EMBODIED
Welcome to the exhibition SPACES EMBODIED. My name is Olesja Nein and I am the show’s curator. I warmly invite you to walk through the exhibition with me.
From May to October, the Draiflessen Collection is focusing on the theme of architecture in three exhibitions: in this one, and also in TRUE TO SCALE and in MO)NU(MENTS. We want to show how architecture affects our daily lives. We are interested in how ideas about supposedly good or right architecture come about. And we are wondering what our cities and private spaces will look like in the future.
My basic idea for the exhibition SPACES EMBODIED deals with how people and spaces influence each other. On the one hand, we create spaces according to our own ideas or our way of life. On the other hand, spaces—depending on when and where they were built—determine how we live, our behavior, and maybe even our tastes.
I selected eight artists for this exhibition. Their works show how closely we are intertwined with the built environment surrounding us. Physically, because we need this space as protection, and because it gives us a sense of security. But we are also emotionally connected to spaces, quite strongly so. After leaving a space, we might carry it around with us for years as a very personal impression, for example as a painful experience or as a feeling of comfort and safety.
Together we will now discover how the eight artists create relationships between spaces and bodies. Without making it obvious, they reference architecture as our “third skin”—analogous to our clothing as a “second skin.” I find the technical methods the artists work with fascinating. They go beyond established mediums like photography, film, or installation to develop totally new ways of working.
You can look forward to seeing what I mean when we go through the exhibition together.
From May to October, the Draiflessen Collection is focusing on the theme of architecture in three exhibitions: in this one, and also in TRUE TO SCALE and in MO)NU(MENTS. We want to show how architecture affects our daily lives. We are interested in how ideas about supposedly good or right architecture come about. And we are wondering what our cities and private spaces will look like in the future.
My basic idea for the exhibition SPACES EMBODIED deals with how people and spaces influence each other. On the one hand, we create spaces according to our own ideas or our way of life. On the other hand, spaces—depending on when and where they were built—determine how we live, our behavior, and maybe even our tastes.
I selected eight artists for this exhibition. Their works show how closely we are intertwined with the built environment surrounding us. Physically, because we need this space as protection, and because it gives us a sense of security. But we are also emotionally connected to spaces, quite strongly so. After leaving a space, we might carry it around with us for years as a very personal impression, for example as a painful experience or as a feeling of comfort and safety.
Together we will now discover how the eight artists create relationships between spaces and bodies. Without making it obvious, they reference architecture as our “third skin”—analogous to our clothing as a “second skin.” I find the technical methods the artists work with fascinating. They go beyond established mediums like photography, film, or installation to develop totally new ways of working.
You can look forward to seeing what I mean when we go through the exhibition together.