Kai Richter

As a scholarship holder of the Lichtenberg Studio I first bring my artistic rules and experiences with me. How to apply these to the Lichtenberg district? It has always been my motivation to extract thoughts and insights from the visual world that I could not think before. Which cannot be experienced through language or numbers. Just as I normally encounter an exhibition space, I have encountered Lichtenberg.

At first I understood the district as space. On foot and by bicycle. A number of construction sites could not be overlooked. Architectural occurrences, new or old grown. An unfamiliar quarry. Objects scattered around the room. Partly suitable, most of it unsuitable. Everyday material, seen objects. How far do the objects reach to be exhibited?

It turned out that some concrete casting was possible. Castings that only find their form in Lichtenberg, in the district itself. Directly on site, outside. Just as the district visibly fluctuates between old and new, the casts capture currently defined situations, they will change. Snapshots.

I was able to find some metal sheets. Forgotten parts, exposed to the weather and time. Not to little noticed, but still there. On site. Forgotten junk, forgotten functions? Possibilities. Or, by changing the context, still suitable for exhibition? Telling a story about yourself. For a long time they stayed in Lichtenberg and long ago gave up their function.

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February, 2020