“Read me in the stars”-an installation to be viewed under the open sky- is in the making at Antje-Konservatorium, a place for the documentation and recovery of find objects. The entrance at Antje Øklesund, resembling a “ruin painting” engulfed in vegetation and melancholy, is to become even more scenic with the several meters high arrangement of verdure and found furniture put together by installation artist Natalia Irina Roman. I arrived there on a late and peaceful afternoon, took a tour inside Antje Øklesund, and watched Natalia and her two friends/assistants working on the installation. I will draw here about three objects that caught my eye-inside Antje-and the bits and pieces of Natalia’s work process. Upcoming-one update from the opening on 3rd of Oktober.
Partners in this reportage: Natalia Irina Roman, visual artist, https://www.berlinerpool.de/profile/view/natalia-irina-roman
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a thank you to Jochen Werner, Filmkurator
1. Inside Antje Øklesund
The most striking object, on a wall above the stage, a clock with bended hands:
Near the bar, a heater with color traces:
And a carpet, so worn out, it almost looked like being encrusted in the floor:
2. Outside- on the building set of “Read me in the stars”
A “must” gesture Natalia did- several times during work:
Found furniture+ladders+chairs+climbing plants+wood pole- this is how I first saw the installation:
The plants- ready to go in:
One of Natalia’s assistants bowed really close to one of them:
The other was up on the scaffolds:
And the dialog went on like this:
On one of the crumbled walls, a silent graffiti:
Major skill in installing:
Result:
Technical finesse:
Three working phases- indefinite rotation:
Another basic technical ingredient:
“Read me in the stars”- not in a white cube, but among motioned vegetation:
And as the night came and I left, the big trees above us:
3. Opening night- 3rd October 2015
Disco ball light effects, hanging ivy, dark sky- on a vertical, open-ended alignment. Finalized work:
