The project was born in response to the passing of an unaccompanied homeless individual in 2018, a person without known family or friends. Her death was cataloged—reduced to data archived in newsrooms and on digital servers. Yet, if this data remains untouched, and her memory fades into obscurity, does her existence persist? She lingers and remains unseen—a paradoxical state of both presence and absence. Within the digital void, she exists as a spectral trace, haunting the silence, waiting to be rediscovered, forever closed in on herself.
Such is the nature of ghosts—the living create them. We resurrect the departed in our own ways, through rituals, texts, and the intangible recipes of memory. We read, we create, we consume, and through this, we invite the dead to inhabit us once more. This project is an assemblage of fragments—an exploration of the processes through which we become haunted by the past.
„I see“ „with my voice“ beschäftigt sich mit Themen wie Transformation, Gestaltwandel und Materialität durch ein Zusammenspiel von literarischen Fragmenten und entliehenen Stimmen. Das Ergebnis ist eine nicht-lineare, fluide Erzählung, die die flüchtige Natur von Visionen, Träumen und Metamorphosen einfängt.
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“I see” “with my voice” engages with themes of transformation,
shapeshifting, and materiality through an interplay of literary
fragments and borrowed voices, resulting in a non-linear, fluid
narrative that encapsulates the ephemeral nature of visions,
dreams, and metamorphoses.
This project draws substantial inspiration from Alice Notley's
The Descent of Alette, a transformative odyssey that employs
rhythmic spoken language to explore continuous change.
Alongside Notley’s influence, the works of Hildegard von Bingen,
a 12th-century mystic, and the visionary narratives from the
biblical book of Ezekiel, serve as foundational texts that inform
the thematic and structural framework of this piece.
The text is presented as an audio recording, whispered as a 20 minute loop.
Visitors can listen to the piece when pressing their ear against the tents walls.
My objects are performers, maybe even imposters: frozen in a state of change or mimicry. My objects are performers, maybe even imposters: frozen in a state of change or mimicry.
They are skillfull imitators, but you can tell something is off.
Moving along this crack between the believable and the not quite right, I like to engage
with different realities and states of being. The artificial, almost real-life fakeness of their with different realities and states of being. The artificial, almost real-life fakeness of their
surfaces set the stage for my narrative of transformation, imitation and shapeshifting.
1. A wooden house crafted from smooth denim. Made by sanding the grain of wood
onto the denim fabric
2. Heavy fog covering the floor that could be perceived as dew, mixed with a light subtle
smoke of Incense burning.
The fragrance envokes sacred, holy feelings with its warm, resinous smell with peppery The fragrance envokes sacred, holy feelings with its warm, resinous smell with peppery
undertones.
3. 100 cherries made from a thick mixture of honey and almonds. The heavy sweetness
of the stoneless candy-imposter meant to linger in the visitors mouth as it is tasted. of the stoneless candy-imposter meant to linger in the visitors mouth as it is tasted.
A thin gelatine film – imitating the coolnes of cherry skin as it touches the lips A thin gelatine film – imitating the coolnes of cherry skin as it touches the lips
The installation is accompanied by a small reader containing the three part text to be taken The installation is accompanied by a small reader containing the three part text to be taken
home and serve as a keep sake or document of the fleeting spoken text.
The reader is bound with one simple staple. It does not have a beginning or end, but The reader is bound with one simple staple. It does not have a beginning or end, but
rather works like a gif. No cover or back. Just like wheels turning endlessly in a nonlinear rather works like a gif. No cover or back. Just like wheels turning endlessly in a nonlinear
storytelling.
Vom 13. bis 23. Februar 2025 wird die Karlsruher Innenstadt zur Bühne für die Graduiertenausstellung „25 Grad“ der Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe. Rund 30 Absolvent:innen präsentieren ihre Abschlussarbeiten und machen ihre Werke einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Der Titel „25 Grad“ symbolisiert den Zeitpunkt des Übergangs vom Hochschulabschluss in die Professionalität.
Eröffnet wird die Ausstellung am 13. Februar um 17 Uhr im Erdgeschoss der Postgalerie Karlsruhe mit einer Vernissage, die Begegnungen zwischen den Absolvent:innen und dem Publikum anregt und den Startpunkt für ein vielseitiges Programm bildet. Insgesamt wird es zwei Ausstellungsorte geben: neben zweier ehemaliger Ladenflächen im EG der Postgalerie Karlsruhe, wird auch der Badische Kunstverein in der Waldstraße 3, im Karlsruher Zentrum zum Ausstellungsraum. Die Ausstellungsorte werden durch einen gemeinsamen Spaziergang am selben Abend des 13.2.25 aktiviert. Ein vielfältiges Programm aus Screenings, Kolloquien und Workshops während der gesamten Ausstellungslaufzeit, lädt dazu ein, mit den Künstler:innen und Designer:innen in den Austausch zu treten. Den Abschluss markiert die Finissage am 23. Februar.
Die Ausstellung zeigt erneut die interdisziplinäre Qualität, die das Studium an der HfG Karlsruhe prägt. Die gezeigten Arbeiten reflektieren die enge Zusammenarbeit zwischen und in unterschiedlichen Fachrichtungen und verdeutlichen, wie stark die Studierenden nicht nur von den Lehrenden, sondern auch voneinander lernen und sich gegenseitig inspirieren. Diese Einflüsse, die fachliche Grenzen überschreiten, ,werden in einem begleitenden Magazin vorgestellt, das einen tiefen Einblick in die Arbeitsweisen und -prozesse der Ausstellenden gibt.
Weitere Informationen zu den Standorten, Ausstellenden und Programmpunkten folgen hier sowie auf der Instagram-Seite der Graduiertenshow unter @grad.hfg.
From 13 to 23 February 2025, Karlsruhe city centre will become the stage for the ‘25 Grad’ graduate exhibition at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. Around 30 graduates will present their final theses and make their work accessible to the general public. The title ‘25 degrees’ symbolises the time of transition from graduation to professionalism.
The exhibition will open on 13 February at 5 p.m. on the ground floor of the Postgalerie Karlsruhe with a vernissage that will encourage encounters between the graduates and the public and form the starting point for a varied programme. In addition to a former shop space in the Postgalerie Karlsruhe, the exhibition space of the Badischer Kunstverein at Waldstraße 3 in the centre of Karlsruhe will also be used. The exhibition venues will be activated by a joint walk on the same evening of February 13, 2025. A varied programme of screenings, colloquia and workshops throughout the duration of the exhibition invites visitors to enter into an exchange with the artists and designers. The finissage on 23 February marks the end of the exhibition.
The exhibition once again demonstrates the interdisciplinary quality that characterises studies at the HfG Karlsruhe. The works on display reflect the close co-operation between and within different disciplines and illustrate the extent to which students not only learn from their teachers, but also from each other and inspire each other. These influences, which transcend disciplinary boundaries, are presented in an accompanying magazine that provides an in-depth insight into the exhibitors' working methods and processes.
Further information on the locations, exhibitors and programme items will follow here and on the Graduate Show's Instagram page at @grad.hfg.
Opening, February 13, 2025 at 5pm at Postgalerie Karlsruhe / Kaiserstraße 217 / 76133 Karlsruhe
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In this interview, the graduate presents his work. The video is part of a series of interviews with various graduates that the HfG produced in 2018.