The Empty Set
01 Jul - 21 Aug 2011
THE EMPTY SET
An exhibition by Rena Donsbach, Anna Lena Grau, Vanessa Nica Mueller and Sonja Vohland from the artist network “Von dritten Räumen” (“Of third spaces”)
1 July - 21 August, 2011
Movement and contemplation – waiting room and exhibition; silent images of acceleration whooshing through the standstill.
With “The Empty Set” four artists from Hamburg – Rena Donsbach, Anna Lena Grau, Vanessa Nica Mueller and Sonja Vohland – present a spatial situation between movement, contemplation and mise en scène. Like two empty brackets, the large glass windows of the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof prop open the exhibition space: void becoming in-between space, in-between space becoming stage. Illuminated by a spotlight, scattered dust marks the scene of events while the actor remains hidden in the dark. Perceived from the inside out, the windows function like transparent filters melding parts of the surrounding area with the set. Simulation? Lunchtime? Midnight? Lights, camera, action?
Rena Donsbach, Anna Lena Grau, Vanessa Nica Mueller and Sonja Vohland studied at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HfBK). All four artists are members of the artist network “Von dritten Räumen” (“Of third spaces”) which organized an exhibition of the same title at the Kunsthaus Hamburg in March 2010. The network consists of seven women (artists, cultural studies scholars, filmmakers and set designers) who collaborate in various constellations due to their shared interest in notions of space and the different ways in which space can be perceived. The group aims for works of art, literature and research that create situations of complicated certainties and definitions. Starting with collectively posed questions, they particularly explore the latent diversity behind such problems striving to make visible that which has been superseded, rejected or pushed to the margins of perception. In this process, the group aims to constantly push the collaboration itself beyond the boundaries of disciplines and genres.
An exhibition by Rena Donsbach, Anna Lena Grau, Vanessa Nica Mueller and Sonja Vohland from the artist network “Von dritten Räumen” (“Of third spaces”)
1 July - 21 August, 2011
Movement and contemplation – waiting room and exhibition; silent images of acceleration whooshing through the standstill.
With “The Empty Set” four artists from Hamburg – Rena Donsbach, Anna Lena Grau, Vanessa Nica Mueller and Sonja Vohland – present a spatial situation between movement, contemplation and mise en scène. Like two empty brackets, the large glass windows of the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof prop open the exhibition space: void becoming in-between space, in-between space becoming stage. Illuminated by a spotlight, scattered dust marks the scene of events while the actor remains hidden in the dark. Perceived from the inside out, the windows function like transparent filters melding parts of the surrounding area with the set. Simulation? Lunchtime? Midnight? Lights, camera, action?
Rena Donsbach, Anna Lena Grau, Vanessa Nica Mueller and Sonja Vohland studied at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HfBK). All four artists are members of the artist network “Von dritten Räumen” (“Of third spaces”) which organized an exhibition of the same title at the Kunsthaus Hamburg in March 2010. The network consists of seven women (artists, cultural studies scholars, filmmakers and set designers) who collaborate in various constellations due to their shared interest in notions of space and the different ways in which space can be perceived. The group aims for works of art, literature and research that create situations of complicated certainties and definitions. Starting with collectively posed questions, they particularly explore the latent diversity behind such problems striving to make visible that which has been superseded, rejected or pushed to the margins of perception. In this process, the group aims to constantly push the collaboration itself beyond the boundaries of disciplines and genres.