Drawinghell 3

If an artist receives a Werkbeitrag (work contribution) in visual arts from the city of St.Gallen, he or she can exhibit at Archi­tek­turforum Ostschweiz the following year.

Drawinghell is a drawing installation and an overextension for me every time. It always emerges with the situation on the scene. This time, it deals with the topic of forced displacement.

I work on large surfaces covering entire walls and try to push the boundaries of classic drawing. The abstract painting action bridges over to linear, comic-like sequences and illustrating elements. These are complemented by writing and language. That way, a story arises in the room, which completely envelops the observer. In my work, I trust in the moment, react associatively and take what emerges from it further. I treat the large paper and fabric panels like sketchbooks and thus, topical issues of content and personal feelings manifest themselves. The process character of my work becomes apparent in various respects. Sometimes, the installations emerge on the scene, where I include the existing space and the circumstances, or they are drawing actions where my work is a performance in front of an audience and keeps growing. At other times, videos document the development and the deconstruction of the installations and hint at the fact that the work is not finished after a position.

• «Songs for the Sirens» Performance inside Drawinghell, 6 hours of singing and painting as part of Museumsnacht St.Gallen, September 2015

   

• Photos: Herbert Weber, Marcus Gossolt, Lika Nüssli

• Kulturförderung Stadt St.Gallen

• Einführung von Kristin Schmidt