Shifting Spaces 

Series of Installations exploration Form,
Void, the Seen and Unseen

Ongoing since 2005  

This series of glass installations explores
the dynamic interplay of space, transparency
and reflection. Each piece examines the
tension between physical presence and 
conceptual absence, where the visible
constantly shifts and transforms. The glass,
with its ability to capture and distort light,
creates a continuous interaction between
the viewer and their environment.

Some works, marked with black ink, 
introduce opacity, deepening the space
with layers of contrast, while others use
transparency to dissolve the boundaries
between the artwork and its surroundings.
Or the interplay of light and shadow adds a
third dimension to the work, where the
shadow itself becomes an integral part
of the spatial experience, further blurring
the line between the material and the
immaterial.

These works invite viewers to engage with
the space in new ways, altering their perception
of both the artwork and the space. They provoke
a contemplative dialogue between form and void,
material and immaterial, light and reflection,
encouraging the viewer to reconsider their
relationship with the shifting environment
they inhabit.

Lacunas — die Leerraumkörper

Installation exhibited at

Statement Swiss Art, Zürich CH 2016 
EGC Art Museum, Bornholm DK 2012
13th Architecture Biennale, Venice I 2012

The subject of the Lacunas revolves around
volumes, layers and empty spaces that human
beings’ create to regenerate life. The combining
of six surfaces of identical size into a volume
generates a three-dimensional form; building up
an exciting tension and subtle liveliness through
transparency, reflections and lightness. Within
each volume created three empty spaces, ‘the
void’, which deliberately exudes a surreal un-
touchability.

The mystique of this work is evoked through,
and with, its association to the material glass;
defining the space in concrete terms whilst
simultaneously allowing the entire surround-
ings to be perceived.

«The visible, that which exists, lends the work
its form. The invisible, the void, lends it essence
and meaning.» [Lao Tse, 6th century]

Art Review Magazin #21
Description Handout
Catalogue EGC 2012

Glasklar? 

3rd December 2011 — 28th May 2012

Site specific Installation «Illusion Sculpture»
Gewerbemuseum Winterthur CH

The exhibition is dedicated to this aston-
ishingly contradictory material glass, which
despite its seemingly straightforward
appearance, is highly complex in its
composition and processing. The exhibition
presents both historical and contemporary
examples from architecture, art and design,
as well as high-tech applications in fields
such as optics, lighting and medical
technology.

The Illusion Sculpture works engages
with the concept of the illusionary space that
has thrived within our exploited capitalist
system. It reflects on the idea of dependency
in the age of electronics—where optical illusions
are at the forefront. If electricity were to be
reduced or even cut off, the 'third dimension'
or the highly developed contemporary viewpoint
would appear entirely different.

Curated by Claudia Cattania and Markus Rigert
Photographed by Lorenz Ehrimann