LOCATION
Erlöserkirche
THE BODY OF LIGHT
Immersive environment
Die mehrteilige Laserinstallation ist eine ortsspezfische Intervention mit Linienlasern und Spieglsystemen. Die architektonische Kubatur des Kirchenraums wird zum Koordinatensystem für System aus roten-leuchtenden Linien und Flächen, zum Teil statisch und zum Teil dynamisch angelegt. Der Kircheninnenraum wird zu einem leuchtenden Körper. The elementary fields of tension between the visibility and invisibility of light, between color and light, between materiality and immateriality are the working material of Margareta Hesse. With a strictly constructivist approach, she develops a poetic and sensual pictorial space.
MARGARETA HESSE
From diaphanous objects to immersive spaces: since the end of the 1990s, she has been developing diaphanous objects, which she calls “translucides”. The characteristic material are surfaces made of semi-transparent polyester in order to thematize the changeability of color impressions in changing light situations. She has been integrating physical light into her works since 2008. She works exclusively with red laser light in graphic systems, mostly site-specific.
“My installations are aimed at the reactions of the viewers. Without the viewers’ reactions, they are worthless. I would answer this question a bit differently when it comes to exhibiting paintings. In that case, I can imagine a solitary dialogue with my paintings. But in general, I’m most interested in how the public reacts …” Link to interview
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Essen (de), MARKTKIRCHE
2023 Unna (de), ZENTRUM FÜR INTERNATIONALE LICHTKUNST
2022 Gelsenkirchen (de), GOLDSTÜCKE Licht Kunst Projekte
2022 Berlin (de), BÖHMISCHE BRAUEREI
2021 Berlin (de), UMSPANNWERK
2020 Mantua (it), INTERNATIONALE LICHTKUNSTBIENNALE
2018 Lissabon (pt), RESERVATÓRIO DA PATRIARCAL
2018 Hildesheim (de), LICHTUNGEN Internationale Licht Kunst Biennale
2017 Berlin (de), KOMMUNALE GALERIE
2016 Tunis (tn), INTERFERENCE Internationales Licht Kunst Projekt
2014 Celle (de), KUNSTMUSEUM
STUDIES
1995 — 2022 Dortmund (de), Fachhochschule: Professorship
BIO
She lives in Berlin (de)
1956 Born in Duderstadt (de)
LINKS
margareta-hesse.de
@margaretahesse
vimeo.com
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