"Exhibition at Frauenmuseum Bonn" - 2014
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The Frauenmuseum Bonn (Women's Museum in Bonn) honors Gabriele Münter with the exhibition "Die Blaue Reiterin und ihr Freundeskreis". held from December 14, 2014 to March 8, 2015 at Frauenmuseum Bonn, Im Krausfeld 10. |
"Vernissage / Opening of Exhibition" - Frauenmuseum Bonn
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Marianne Pitzen (director of the Frauenmuseum Bonn) welcomed artists and guests. Dr. Claudia Lücking-Michel (member of the Deutsche Bundestag) gave the welcoming speech. The introduction to the exhibition was given by Susanne Meier-Faust, M.A. (art historian, art broker and curator). |
"Press tour" - Frauenmuseum Bonn
During the press tour, we explained our works.
Coverage in Bonner Generalanzeiger of Dec. 17, 2014.
"Exhibition - Frauenmuseum Bonn" - 2014
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"Da-gewesen - Spuren einer Lebensgemeinschaft" (Traces of a Long-Term Relationship) to the public for the first time. |
They leave traces in our soul, in our behavior and influence the way we act; traces that we pass on to the next generation, our children and the people around us, our environment. |
"Hennefer Kunsttage" (Hennef Art Days) - 2014
Article from Rhein-Sieg Rundschau, published on October 27, 2014:
THE WORLD OF COLOR
Representing the preciousness of color, its beauty and wealth requires high artistic knowledge and skills.
Charlotte Esch has applied all her skills, all she has learned over years in order to transform this wealth of color into a joyful sea of color, to put it on canvas with an expert's ease.
"Look" she seems to say, how much I love color, how much I want to show it to you, how the world of my colors conveys my emotions – spontaneous and authentic.
Rosemarie Bassi
EUROPÄISCHES KULTURZENTRUM
Galerie Rosemarie Bassi
Invitation to Hennef Art Days and side events during the art week.
"ERROR", Initiative Kunst Hennef - 2014
I have picked the cactus because its barren nature and the spines it grows to defend itself enable me to convey my message in a very simple and concise form.
In this project, the word "error" refers to the positive (true) and negative (false) mental and emotional states of our everyday life. With seeming maliciousness, the cactus searches to protect itself using its spines; the words I used are pairs of opposites and, like the cactus, man often protects himself using seemingly malicious behavior.
These words are intended to make people think and to help us put our judgment into perspective.
Empathy - Coldness
Helpfulness - Mobbing
Help - Selfishness
Integration - Rejection
Tolerance - Hostility
"Verschlüsselter Alltag" (Encoded Everyday Life) - 2014
In this new world of global dimensions, the invisible can be made visible; and everyday phenomena can be experienced via the QR prints I have created using hand-made wood prints.Lisa Bille, my instructor at the University of Bonn introduced me to the 'high-pressure' technique that I used in this project.
The idea was to cut QR codes in wood, one code for each object – and as many as possible.
It was so exciting; I could hardly wait to start working in the morning and only in the evening did I notice that we were way past noon. When I resurfaced the next time, it was already late at night. I was so fascinated by the idea of using an ancient technique to create codes of our digital hi-tech world that I forgot almost everything else.
QR codes are symbols, patterns that cannot be 'decoded' at first or second sight, seemingly not at all.
Creating a QR code on a PC is very simple. Everybody can do it in a few minutes using one of many free online services.
The key messages of my work:
- time arc: an ancient technique is applied to hi-tech code
- everyday objects are concealed behind secret symbols
- you need a key to read them, similar to a code that is legible only for the initiated
- it is a spatial separation of real and digital worlds
- my QR code is always up to date
- for elderly people who cannot cope with new technologies, life becomes very difficult. I see the QR code only as an example of other digital media. If you do not master them, you stand in front of the teller or vending machine, unable to obtain for example the money or ticket you want – many things become unattainable.
- will food be available only via digital means in the future?
- will doctors still need our medical file in the future, or will they just 'scan' us?
- What will our life look like in 20 or 30 years?
When the wood blocks were ready, I printed them on wallpaper – 8 metres of QR codes.
By decoding the code using an appropriate device (smartphone, tablet, scanner), you find the everyday objects. I had taken pictures of these objects or created corresponding wood blocks and taken pictures of these.
However, this is not an inflexible system. When decoding a specific code the second time, visitors will find another everyday object. The codes are continuously and randomly assigned to everyday objects – similar to moving images.
With this project I have entered a new and exciting world.
-VERSCHLÜSSELTER ALLTAG-
trifft Vergangenes auf die Zukunft,
Alltägliches wird zum Erlebnis,
dem wir plötzlich eine ganz besondere Beachtung widmen.
Charlotte Esch öffnet Türen zu einer neuen virtuellen Welt, einem globalen
Kosmos, der in unserer Zeit immer mehr Bedeutung erlangt.
Die Künstlerin verwendet zu ihrer Aussage u.a. die Symbolik des Holzschnitts.
Die Konfrontation dieser uralten Technik mit der neuen undurchsichtigen,
noch zu erschließenden digitalen Welt, birgt einen besonderen Reiz.
Neugierde, noch Unbekanntes zu entdecken,
Geheimnisse zu erfahren, sich aktuelle Welten erschließen, Verdecktes sichtbar machen,
all diese Punkte werden in diesem Projekt berührt,
so werden uralte Bedürfnisse der Menschen geweckt und angesprochen, sich mit diesen Themen zu befassen.
Um Einsicht in das Werk zu erhalten, benötigt man einen Schlüssel, um die
dahinter virtuell versteckten, von der Künstlerin gestalteten
Alltagsgegenstände, erleben und sehen zu können.
So trifft Vergangenes auf die Zukunft,
Alltägliches rückt in das Zentrum unserer Beachtung,
dem wir dadurch plötzlich einen ganz besonderen Stellenwert geben.
Charlotte Esch zeigt uns in ihrer entstandenen Arbeit die Aktualität dieses Projektes,
das uns Künstlerisches und digitale Welten erschließt.
"Klar schauen das LEBEN der sichtbaren und unsichtbaren Welt: das ist die
große Wurzel, das ist die große Lehre."
Dschuang Dsi, Das wahre Buch vom südlichen Blütenland
Rosemarie Bassi
EUROPÄISCHES KULTURZENTRUM
Galerie Rosemarie Bassi