Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Art in Public Space: Installation "replica" in the courtyard garden


From the look around the City Hall 19/07/2012:
"From Saturday, 21 July to Sunday 21 October stage, the artist and fashion designer Ayzit Bostan and the photographer and industrial designer Gerhardt Kellermann, the arcades of Munich's Hofgarten. With her installation "replica" which is reminiscent of the fluttering curtains in Piazza San Marco in Venice, they deal with the Italian reminiscences in the Munich architecture.
The art project change Bostan and Kellermann (Munich) temporary public space. Their concept was selected in competition "aspects of design and design in public space" from over 260 submissions - next to "Reconstructing Future," an idea of ​​Dellbrügge and de Moll (Berlin), who 40 years after the Olympic Games in Munich their appearance deal. For the implementation of the two artistic projects, the state capital Munich 230,000 euros from funds for art in public space.
For all art projects in public spaces, which are funded by the Cultural Department, the public is paramount. For "replica" Bostan and Kellermann chose the busy courtyard. You can reach her poetic installation attention of strollers and visitors, tourists and locals, business people, Barpublikum, visitors to the exhibition at the Kunstverein and also those who work adjacent to the arcades. Her eyes - and perhaps her camera - will be addressed in a new way on the 88 arches of the arcades gangs. About four meters long, bright curtains that are attached there to achieve a theatrical effect, and an interplay of light and shade that allow draping, ruffles and co.
"The ability to learn surprising location of new artistic interventions is an essential feature of art in public spaces. Replica 'provides a different perspective on seemingly well-known and familiar as the Munich Hofgarten. That we associate with the art project of a charity campaign for the restoration of the frescoes and arches and the Bavarian Palace Department could help straightforward, is a nice side effect, "said Dr. Hans-Georg Küppers, Cultural Officer, City of Munich.
"Replica" is on Friday 20 July, by 19 clock in the courtyard garden with Councilwoman Ingrid anchors (SPD) on behalf of the Mayor, Arts and Culture, Dr. Hans-Georg Küppers and the President of the Bavarian Administration of State-owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, Bernd Schreiber and the designer Konstantin Grcic opened. Following are the premises of the Kunstverein München, Gallery Road 4, a performance by French sound artist Koudlam.
"Replica" is an art project in public space of the cultural department of Munich, in cooperation with the Munich Residence Administration. Admission is free.

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