Monolithic Systems | Mannheimer Kunstverein 2006

At the center of the exhibition is a spatial installation – a non-walkable, monolith-like large floor form of sifted eroded granite sand originating from a quarry in the nearby Odenwald. The shape of this virtual monolith is superimposed by a laser projection – the outer contour of the sand field. A 27-part photo series shows complementary soft-drawn, digitally printed aerial photographs of the geographic line connecting the exhibition site and the quarry in Lichtenberg. In addition, there are photographic works in the gallery and stone works in the sculpture courtyard. Kitzbihler allows the forms and stones their very own shape, which he carefully accentuates rather than extensively manipulates. The respect that one senses in the works for the material used is effortlessly transferred to the viewer – in the case of the stones, it is the history of the earth’s history that is stored in them: growth and decay – processes of change that the artist puts in relation to the being of man. The immense time spans that these stones travel through within their geological cycles are preserved in their composition and structure.

Fig. 01 + 02: Room installation “Virtual Monolith”. projectlink: /sculpture/installations/virtueller-monolith-2006-mannheimer
Fig. 03: Ferrum II
fig. 04: dan tien 2005