Virtueller Monolith 2006, Mannheimer Kunstverein

Virtueller Monolith 2006, Mannheimer Kunstverein
decomposite Granitsand, Laser-Scanningsystem | 9,5 x 8 m
Many Thanks for the support of: Z-LASER Optoelektronik GmbH, Freiburg and HB-Laserkomponenten GmbH, Schwäbisch-Gmünd

Fig.1: "Void Place", quarry Lichtenberg, taking out the granitesand for the installation
Fig.2-5: Sights on the installation as parts of the exhibition
Fig.6: Shine 2008 | 5-part photography serial | limited Edition: 12 | size each picture: 33 x 48 cm | download of the complete series down below

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.

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Shine 2008 | 5-part photography serial | limited Edition: 12 | size each picture: 33 x 48 cm
shine_Serie_komplansicht.pdf