Andreas Zybach
dal 20/6/2008 al 25/7/2008
Segnalato da
20/6/2008
Andreas Zybach
Johann Konig, Berlin
Seedcopyfoam. The artist presents a walk-in structure, composed of colour aluminium bars, fabric elements and carrots. The installation will take place in the outer as well as in the inner space of the gallery, and is designed using the form-building principle of mixing liquids and air, causing it to transform during the course of the exhibition.
We are pleased to present Andreas Zybach's third solo exhibition at Johann König.
Zybach will be showing a walk-in structure, composed of colour aluminium bars,
fabric elements and carrots. The installation will take place in the outer as well
as in the inner space of the gallery.
The structure is designed using the form-building principle of mixing liquids and
air, causing it to transform during the course of the exhibition. Fabric surfaces
further cut down the structure into sections, creating multiple different spaces.
Stamped on the fabric are passages of reports about different projects which have
been dedicated to the archiving of seeds. The most ambitious of these projects
conserve their extensive collection of seeds in spaces especially designed for them,
in order to protect them from damage and so to cultivate the best comprehensive copy
of the original plant world possible. The spectrum of initiatives goes all the way
from private associations up to collaborations between several states.
One of the most common methods for seed conservation employed is the withdrawal of
liquid. During the exhibition, desiccating carrots will be holding the construction
together, functioning as flexible elements that join the guy wires. Throughout the
withering process, the tension between the wires will change, thus causing the whole
installation to alter its form successively without any external influence. New
architectural situations develop while former ones disintegrate.
In his work, Andreas Zybach looks into questions which play a role in scientific
investigation and engineering. In reference to the development of new forms of
seeing, these areas are of great relevance, as they allow for new models, standards
and forms of authority, through which social relationships can be changed and new
possibilities for self-reflection and the perception of our environment can be
opened. Zybach translates the scientific language of forms, which is often based on
pragmatic analysis, into artistic models. This affirmation both questions and
challenges pre-existing forms of knowledge.
Andreas Zybach (*1975, Olten, Switzerland) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at
the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Zürich and at the Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main
with Thomas Bayrle. His works have been exhibited at the Schirn Kunsthalle in
Frankfurt/Main as well as in P.S.1 MoMA, New York, among other places. Last year, he
obtained the Manor Kunstpreis award, which was followed by an exhibition of his work
in Aargauischen Kunsthaus and the publication of a catalogue.
Opening June 21st, 6 to 9 p.m.
Johann Konig
Dessauer Strasse 6-7 - Berlin
Free admission