Welle / Wave

2008, 310 roof laths,
each 381 x 4 x 1,5 cm
Installation view, Winds and Windings,
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2008

Photo: Uwe Walter

The sculpture's form was created by the increasing and decreasing curvature of the roof laths - all of which had the same length - as a reflection of the ceiling's arches.

Swing

2008, video projector, DVD player, steel cable;
DVD, colour, without sound, 2.30 min, loop

A video projector suspended on a steel cable, caused to swing slightly by its own fan, projects the video of a circling buzzard

The movement of the projection of the bird circling in the sky was intertwined with the movement of the handheld camera and the movements of the video projector, which was kept in constant motion by its own fan as well as by the air turbulence caused by visitors. The overlapping movements point to the fundamental interdependence of objects with their viewers as well as the conditions under which they are recorded and played back.

Paper of Light

2008, stretched paper, 3,88 x 21,52 m

The paper was pasted in strips across the entire window wall, including over the window recesses, where it was stretched taut like a drum. Daylight illuminated the window opening in constantly shifting levels of brightness and shades of colour, depending on the time of day and the weather. Consequently, the atmosphere in the room changed continuously.

Sitzgruppe / Suite

2008, Rattan, 100 x 70 x 60 cm

Rattan furniture, softened with water, dismantled and strung together again

Rattan furniture is made entirely - both the thicker frame and the woven seating surfaces - from the wood of the rattan palm, a climbing plant whose shoots can grow up to 200 meters long. In the sculptures, the frames of the furniture are compressed and wrapped into cocoon-like objects by the vine-like nature of the plant.