MultiAnima

22.11.2008 - 08.12.2008

Stalke Galleri in Kr. Sonnerup is very proud to present the group show, MultiAnima, curated by Bella Angora, featuring 6 artists from Vienna.

I think, therefore I am? Does the mind define the being, does awareness upgrade the form of existence? Diverse and at the same time interlinked and dependent are six female approaches on expressing, elaborating and researching alternative strategies of being. Coexisting life forms evolve permanently according to individual needs and demanding external influences. In an ever-ongoing process characteristics emerge, modify and reproduce for the benefit of collective survival.

MultiAnima is an experimental area displaying and researching social strategies, questioning traditional behaviours, swapping one system for the other, altering and expanding biological material and discussing various possibilities of animate coexistence on the same level.

Bella Angora, Alexandra Berlinger, Susanne Eybl, Judith Fegerl, Barbara Husar and Debora Sengl held a ten weeks residency in Copenhagen. Living together and coming to terms with each other is reflected upon within the organic development of this exhibition.

Bella Angora's artistic approach to a life without the need to fight is a challenge to herself. The artwork itself becomes influential upon the artist and creates a milieu where cognitive patterns are potentially changed. Bella Angora will show her videoinstallation St.ART from 2008 and drawings.

Alexandra Berlinger disintegrates physical and social principles in order to insert space inbetween - open to conflicts, confrontations and discharge of sclerotic pressures. Alexandra Berlinger will present drawings made during her residency in Copenhagen.

Susanne Eybl's meticulous drawings are redirecting the line of vision to discover mutuality between humans, animals and alternative life forms. Susanne Eybl is currently living in Copenhagen,and has twice exhibited through Stalke.

Judith Fegerl's hybrid objects and systems are developing new skills due to their technological mutation, struggling to meet expectations and find themselves trapped within the autistic process of an infinite calculation. Judith Fegerl will introduce the Danish audience to a floor object as well as a wall object. The artist has just been awarded the Commendatory Award for Fine Arts, Lower Austria 2008, and has also been selected for a 6 months residency in NY. 

Barbara Husar is the owner of a goat flock in the Sinai desert and a cattle herd in Denmark. Her multi-sensual focus broaches the issue of gregariousness, mechanisms of communication and umbilical cords. Husar is creating a tent-installation in front of Stalke Galleri, and will also invite the audience to participate in a performance at the opening.

In drawings, paintings and sculptures Deborah Sengl reveals cross-species camouflage strategies. Skin itself seems to be a shell concealing an alternative identity. Deborah Sengl will be showing her well known drawings Brand Ladies with a special focus on the strongest Danish brands for the group show in Denmark.

The opening will be on Saturday 22. November from 1 – 5 pm. We look forward to welcoming you.

Sam Jedig & Camilla Rohde Madsen

view photo from the opening

 

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