Peter Mertes Stipendium

in: Installation » 2013

Peter Mertes Sti­pen­di­um | Bon­ner Kun­stver­ein 
8. Septem­ber - 10. Novem­ber 2013

Images by Simon Vogel | Julia Wallstab

The space-re­lated in­stall­a­tions are de­veloped through per­form­at­ive ges­tures in the space.
A simple, red plastic-swing with 8m long ropes floats in a tilted angle in the space. Under the swing a car­pet of sod grass moves up the wall. Little mech­an­ized pup­pet-eyes are watch­ing the whole space. Two movies re­late to the per­form­at­ive ges­ture. In the first "Schaukeln" next to the eyes, you see me meas­ur­ing the space with the swing; on the other "Rie­sens­ch­ritt" you see me mov­ing the  frame­work of the Kun­stver­ein.
In the box in the middle of the space an in­stall­a­tion of stones floats in the left corner. Like a kind of cru­ci­fix­ion. The video "Stone­spine" shows the former use of those stones. They were at­tached to my back and clat­ter. In the middle of the space a 150 kg pile of sand holds the ar­ti­fi­cial eye which looks out of the box. Op­pos­ite of the sand-pile the two last videos "Foliert" and "Wasserklatsch" are shown.

Cata­logue pub­lished by STRZELECKI BOOKS | Co­logne | 2013 |
with texts from Christina Végh and Julia Scher.