Jana Kerima Stolzer & Lex Rütten

We grow, grow and grow, we’re gonna be alright and this is our show

von Jana Kerima Stolzer, Lex Rütten

208 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book, which is published to accompany the eponymous multimedia exhibition at HMKV Dortmund, presents a radical change of perspective. It looks at the world from the point of view of non-human organisms, to which we generally do not attribute consciousness. Kerima Stolzer and Lex Rütten give a voice to these beings and things: they express themselves through the seven fictional characters Micro, Xtract, Pionea, Azolla, Symbiotechnica, Extinct, and Hydra. With their help, the artists speculate about past, present and future symbioses between microorganisms, plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, and technical objects. They explore new kinds of cycles and alliances in nature – in the age of the Anthropocene and far beyond.
In colorful, comic-like video, VR, and sound installations, visitors encounter these fictional creatures whose tininess and childlike singing trigger the viewer’s protective instinct and sympathy. Aside from a photo documentation of the exhibition, this volume contains a new essay by Salome Rodeck as well as short encyclopedic texts or text excerpts on the seven characters.

• Reihe: HMKV / Ausstellungsmagazin
• ISBN: 9783987410482
• Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.04.2023
• Genre: Kunst
• Verlag: Verlag Kettler
• Fotos von: Jannis Wiebusch
• Unterstützt von: Kathleen Ansorg
• Übersetzung: Sarah Jane Aberásturi
• Beiträge von: Inke Arns
• Unterstützt von: Inke Arns, Johann Brandstetter, Josef H. Reichholf, Jörn Etzold, Christiane Heibach, Bernd Heinrich, Bernhard Kegel, Lynn Margulis, Salome Rodeck, Ludger Weß, Martin Conze, Natascha Kurek, Jessica Piechotta, Cornelius Ferber