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| Archiv für Techniken und Arbeitsmaterialien zeitgenössischer Künstler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Kratz, untitled, sculpture, 2008, real-time update every minute via network camera 01 |
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Thomas Kratz, untitled, sculpture, 2008, real-time update every minute via network camera 02 |
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Photo: Andrea Sappert
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| Günther Förg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * 1954, Fuessen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lives and works in Freiburg, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Munich and Colombier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Kratz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * 1972, Waiblingen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lives and works in Berlin and London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| exhibition view: Thomas Kratz, untitled, painting, 2010, Günther Förg, untitled, wall painting, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Günther Förg, untitled, wall painting (detail), 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Kratz, untitled, sculpture, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Kratz, untitled, sculpture (detail), 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about behindthewindow.de
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| behindthewindow.de
ist eine Idee von Erich Gantzert-Castrillo. Sie macht ein sonst
unauffälliges Schaufenster zu einem Kommunikationsinstrument zwischen
unterschiedlichen Informationswelten, die üblicherweise getrennt und
voneinander unabhängig wahrgenommen werden. Es integriert eine Arbeit
des Künstlers Thomas Kratz. Dessen kleines Rasenstück auf der
Fensterbank erinnert daran, dass Medienkonsumenten immer auf eigene und
unmittelbare, oft auch physische Erfahrungen zurückgreifen müssen, um
das Gesehene und Gehörte zu verstehen. Die einander berührenden
gläsernen Oberflächen machen die Konstruiertheit und Fragilität der
vermittelten Informationsebenen deutlich. Sie benötigen ein bewusstes
und waches Publikum, das sie verknüpft und verständlich macht. behindthewindow.de
kann somit als eine Erdung komplexer und immaterieller Eindrücke
verstanden werden. Konzeptueller Bestandteil von „behindthewindow.de“
ist auch eine Wandmalerei von Günther Förg. Zwei intensiv orange und
grün leuchtende Farbfelder versetzen den Innenraum in einen
Spannungszustand und erzeugen auf Grund ihrer fassadenhaften Wirkung
und ihrer extrovertierten Ausstrahlung ein Wechselspiel von Innen und
Außen.
behindthewindow.de verweist auch auf das Internet-Projekt artemak – ein Archiv für Techniken und Arbeitsmaterialien zeitgenössischer Künstler, das 1974 von Erich Gantzert-Castrillo gegründet wurde und von ihm gemeinsam mit Elisabeth Bushart bearbeitet wird. Auch artemak.de zeigt, dass Kunst stets geerdet ist. Sie entsteht niemals autonom und gründet sich immer auf den individuellen Umgang mit Vorgefundenem. artemak beinhaltet Gespräche mit zeitgenössischen Künstlern über deren Denk- und Arbeitsweisen und macht deutlich, dass Kunst und Alltag keine Gegensätze darstellen. artemak.de ist ein nicht-kommerzielles Informationsportal, das allen Interessenten zur Verfügung steht. artemak.de kann ab Sommer 2011 besucht werden. |
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| behindthewindow.de is a shop window in the Munich district of Westend – and, at the same time, a platform for international information. Acting as a kind of membrane, the project links the realities of street-life to virtual space. It provides insights and views: into the seemingly borderless cosmos of global news being transmitted from the small monitor; into the concrete work taking place in the room behind the shop window; and into an artistic process. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| behindthewindow.de is the idea of Erich Gantzert-Castrillo. It turns an otherwise inconspicuous shop window into an instrument of communication between different worlds of information that are normally perceived as separate and independent of one another. The little patch of grass on the windowsill reminds the onlooker that media consumers always have to rely on their own, immediate – and frequently physical – experience in order to understand what they see and hear. The glass surfaces touching one other serve to expose the construed and fragile nature of the levels of information being broadcast. They require an aware and alert audience capable of establishing linkages and so making them comprehensible. In that sense behindthewindow.de can be understood as the earthing of complex and immaterial impressions. The conceptual component of behindthewindow.de is a mural painting by Günther Förg. Two intensive, luminously orange and green fields of colour generate creative tension within the room and – thanks to the impact of their shop-front-like appearance and extrovert image – produce an interplay between the interior and exterior. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| behindthewindow.de also refers to the internet project artemak.de – an archive of techniques and work materials employed by contemporary artists. Erich Gantzert-Castrillo founded it in 1974 and manages it together with Elisabeth Bushart. „artemak“ also shows us that art is constantly earthed. It is never created autonomously. Instead, it is always based on what the artist experiences in his/her individual environment. artemak establishes a forum for conversations and discussions with contemporary artists about the way they think and work. It demonstrates that art and everyday life are not opposed to each other. artemak.de is a non-commercial, information portal which is available to anyone interested. You can visit artemak.de from summer 2011 onwards. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Text: Bernhart Schwenk, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
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Translation: Carol Carl
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| *1960, Wiesbaden, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| artemak.de – ein Archiv für Techniken und Arbeitsmaterialien zeitgenössischer Künstler, das 1974 von Erich Gantzert-Castrillo gegründet wurde und von ihm gemeinsam mit Elisabeth Bushart bearbeitet wird. Auch artemak.de zeigt, dass Kunst stets geerdet ist. Sie entsteht niemals autonom und gründet sich immer auf den individuellen Umgang mit Vorgefundenem. artemak.de beinhaltet Gespräche mit zeitgenössischen Künstlern über deren Denk- und Arbeitsweisen und macht deutlich, dass Kunst und Alltag keine Gegensätze darstellen. artemak.de ist ein nicht-kommerzielles Informationsportal, das allen Interessenten zur Verfügung steht. artemak.de kann ab Sommer 2011 besucht werden. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artemak.de - an archive of techniques and work materials employed by contemporary artists. Erich Gantzert-Castrillo founded it in 1974 and manages it together with Elisabeth Bushart. artemak.de also shows us that art is constantly earthed. It is never created autonomously. Instead, it is always based on what the artist experiences in his/her individual environment. artemak.de establishes a forum for conversations and discussions with contemporary artists about the way they think and work. It demonstrates that art and everyday life are not opposed to each other. artemak.de is a non-commercial, information portal which is available to anyone interested. You can visit artemak.de from summer 2011 onwards. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Elisabeth Bushart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Stuttgart, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Erich Gantzert-Castrillo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *1940, Burgos, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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