Kleber und Falten

Mixed-Media Installation

2023 – Ongoing

Working with community based archives forms an important part of my artistic research. The struggles assembled in these archives for the right to abortion, childcare, or fair wages remain just as pertinent today. In my solo exhibition Kleber und Falten, I've zoomed in on the physical qualities of these sites of knowledge. In contrast to institutional archives, the precariousness of the content is mirrored in the materiality of the archived items: exposure to sunlight, sweat deposits, or the mix of paper and rubber all contribute to a unique patina. Depleted materials meet the depleted bodies they depict. This intertwining of materials and political battles, along with the my own physical presence in the archive, forms the central theme of the exhibition, which I've translated into an expansive installation. The show was curated by Kira Dell and Laura Seidel.

The ongoing research process has been enabled through several grants such as a residency by Urbane Künste Ruhr in 2021, the Dorothea Schlegel Artist in Residence grant and program by the Excellence Cluster "Temporal Communities" of the Freie Universität Berlin in 2022 as well as the working grant by Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn in 2023. The solo exhibition at Neun Kelche and therefor the production of the series of works has been funded by the Karin and Uwe Hollweg foundation in Bremen.

Installation views by Dorothea Dittrich