Projects
Art-in-Architecture – Art in Public Space
Most of these works were created as part of commissioned projects for art in architecture, Art in Public Space They were developed in close collaboration with architects, urban planners, institutions and Städten entwickelt.
Some of the projects have been realized, while others are still in various competition and development phases – however, often already in the final round of the competitions
Here you can see a selection of conceptual sketches, project developments and design studies.
DIALOG
Concept Let’s talk Two marble armchairs, veiled with cloths, stand facing each other. The space between them: a respectful distance or an insurmountable divide? A symbol of a dialogue frozen in place. The sculptures, different in form, embody the uniqueness of the individual. The cloths cover the chairs: signs of stagnation, abandonment, protection from light and dust. A shroud of the past. What is precious needs protection. Dialogue, an intangible good to which everyone is entitled.
CLOUD
A cloud sculpted from marble rises in the entrance area of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in Bonn. CLOUD interprets a thundercloud and unites opposites: lightness and weight, sky and earth – the field of tension that defines the ECMWF. During the day, the cloud appears as a sculpture. At night, it transforms when the binary code begins to glow and the …
Trône
An inflatable marble armchair floats in an oval water basin. A trône. The edges of the basin slope gently. The “plastic chair” trône stands in a large pool of water. In front of the trône, within the basin, there is a stone positioned just below the water surface to make it easier to climb onto the trône. At the edge of the basin, there is a chrome steel tap that serves as …
LET‘S TALK
The work Let’s talk visualises the theme of peace. War through armed force does not bring peace. The only path to peace is to talk to one another. Let’s talk is an invitation to enter into dialogue and to seek solutions in situations of conflict. A tension arises between the visual appearance of the sculpture and reality: the chairs pushed up to the table are not movable – they are fixed in the stone.
More Than a Formality
Concept – Situation In front of the new administrative building on Staubeggstrasse, white, purist marble forms stand among the trees. Seen up close, they reveal themselves as a group of individually shaped boulders – each with a mirror-smooth, polished surface. Inside the building, the same forms appear as white stones embedded in the floor – the two-dimensional counterpart to the sculptural stones outside. The pebbles accompany the path from outside to inside …
AFAIR
DECOLONIAL MEMORIAL An oversized marble shopping bag stands in front of the Berlin Global Village building, inscribed with the work’s title AFAIR. An everyday paper shopping bag, filled with something ordinary, becomes the container of our prosperity — a prosperity built on colonial power structures, which continue to resonate in a postcolonial context. The work provokes a confrontation with awareness of power relations, forgetting and suppression, and responsibility. In our fast-paced times, harsh realities are often ignored, hidden behind attractive labels in order to consume and to enjoy...
The Essential
Concept – Appearance A marble sculpture in the shape of several coat hangers hangs from a metal frame. Without clothes. The scenario is reminiscent of a situation inside a wardrobe. The coat hangers hang on a tall metal structure. Meaning The sculpture THE ESSENTIAL is a metaphor for the inner human being – the psyche, the soul, the essence. The invisible, normally concealed by the body and clothing, is symbolically revealed through the sequence of coat hangers. It …