Theresa
Schubert // Growing Geometries - Evolving Forms

somnipherous observatory, LightJet-print
on alu dibond, 2012
Exhibition
runs: 29 August 20 September, 2015
Opening: 28 August, 2015 8PM
Artist Talk: 20 September, 2015, 3PM
"In her experimental
setups, Theresa Schubert condenses the most simple organisms to
highly complex philosophical questions. In the artistic research
project Growing Geometries I - tattooing mushrooms, fungi
generate their growth by processing organic material. Together with
the treatment of the mushroom with tattoo needles, their natural
growth creates a closer proximity to that of mankind than to that
of plants. A natural phenomenon is translated into a moment of critical
analysis of processes of growth with the simplest of means. Theresa
Schubert's tattooed mushroom are fruits of a deeper lying mesh whose
growth can take any shape or form based on devitalized organic material
causing revitalization." (Kerstin Godschalk, curator HB55 Kunstfabrik
Berlin)
The exhibited works have been developed
as part of her PhD research at the Bauhaus University Weimar. In
the words of Theresa Schubert: "The works want to challenge
common understandings of creativity and emphasize a posthuman view
on the world and its creatures. Common ground is the intervention
on membranes. A membrane appears in both the exterior and interior
of living beings; in the case of a cell membrane it is part of the
smallest building block of life, but it also separates two different
states. Further, it is an investigation into the aesthetics and
mechanisms of natural growths processes."
The artist Theresa Schubert conducts research at the intersection
of art, biology, and technology. She has studied Media Arts &
Design at the Bauhaus University Weimar. Her artistic practice combines
various media such as audiovisual installations, photography or
work on paper which deals with the phenomena of nature not only
as a source of inspiration, but as a material and critical process.
By means of transdisciplinary methods, such as the re-enactment
of scientific experiments, biohacking, theoretical analysis and
collaborative practices, her work deals with the themes of self-organization,
computational geometry and morphology. The starting point for her
experiments are simple organisms that arranged in setups have the
opportunity to grow and develop - always under the control of the
artist - sometimes in interaction with people and visitors.
Theresa Schubert's work has been exhibited internationally. Venues
include; Ars Electronica, Linz, KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Berlin, ARGE Kultur Salzburg, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Electro
Fringe Festival Australia, Istanbul Biennial, European Media Art
Festival and KIBLA Maribor. Recently, the journals Antennae, Wired
and Art in Berlin have reported on her work.
art-in-berlin.de
published 1 September, 2015 by Inge Pett, Magic Mushrooms - Theresa
Schubert bei Art Laboratory Berlin
Supported by:

Media
partner:
Our
2015 programme is made possible in part by a generous gift from
Michael Schröder.

Growing Geometries, installation view, 2015

Growing
geometries,
(detail) 2015

'from
square to circle' and
'rotational geometry' from
the series
Growing Geometries, Lambda
Prints, 2015

Growing
Kolmogorov-Uspensky Machines,
pencil and watercolour onpaper, Petri dish with Physarum polycephalum,
2014
somniferous
Observatory,
Light Jet Prints on Alu-Dibond, framed, 2011-13
bodymetries,
interactive installation, 2013-14
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