Stephan Blumenschein
The practice of artist Stephan Blumenschein looks at the histories, ideologies and fantasies surrounding institutional spaces. He does so by thinking through the relations of spaces/rooms within buildings as well as their outside. (Re)performing social hierarchies constellations of spaces form the framework for where and how (in)visibility and participation is produced and granted to whom.
Upon arrival and during our stay; leaving, leaving and leaving again
P////AKT Amsterdam, NL 05.0911.10.2020
Starting from the simple observation that there are commonly no doors within exhibitions (spaces) this exhibition looks at the idea of our undisturbed movements through exhibitions relating it to notions of mobility and accessibility, the relation of the architecture/organization of the modern exhibition space and white, colonial entitlement.
Asking in return: Can an interruption of our movement – a pause – be poetic, supportive or social?
A response by writer Janine Armin which was part of the exhibition text and digital invitation.
Sheresponse.mp3.
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Automated plexiglass sliding door, silkscreen print, railing, a wall across the exhibition space installed in the entrance area
Second automated plexiglass sliding door (in sync with the first), silkscreen print, railing, same wall installed in the entrance area
View through and across the different rooms installed in the exhibition space: entrance area, sliding door, almost empty main space (3d prints), standard interior door, hallway, interior door, listening room
Hallway, 2 standard interior doors leading into the almost empty main space and the listen room; door to the storage space
Sound absorbers (60x100cm), foam wrapped in fabric held by a string
A collection of 11 chairs from friends and the home audio set setup
3d printed text object mounted with bent metal tubes (150x140x10mm)
3d printed text object mounted with bent metal tubes (350x30x7mm)
Full a/v registration of the performative reading “the boat ride” as part of the exhibition taking place on limited days throughout the exhibition period. Those days the boat left every 25 min.
- Exhibition dramaturg, editor and writer:
Janine Armin
- Graphic Design by:
Bram van den Berg
- Performers:
- Full video documentation by:
Baham Görkem Yalim (footage and editing)
- Boat ride performance documentation by:
- Seatings by:
Clara Amaral, Nicola Arthen, Franz und Annemarie Blumenschein, Bastian Gachet, Leonie Kuipers, Simon Lindell, Stefan Rois, Finbar van Wijk, Maia Sorensen and Mirko Lazovic, Nienke Vijlbrief and Rob van de Werdt, Flora Woudstra
- Photographs by: