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German artist Katharina Hinsberg's installation titled Mitten, roughly translated as Middle, features a network of red beads hanging in a grid-like formation. Each crimson sphere is aligned with the next, creating an intriguing Matrix similar to Muti Randolph's Deep Screen and somewhat reminiscent of Ana Soler's Causa-Efecto. Similarly, Hinsberg's installation is one that visitors can walk into and experience firsthand.
Mitten is part of a group exhibition called Rasterfahndung, the German word for "dragnet" that alludes to the common theme of grid art. The exhibition, as a whole, focuses on the importance of grids in art, following 1945. The purpose of grids expanded and drastically changed the art world, turning the common visual techniques used in mapping and science into an experimental approach in art. Incorporating parallel, crossing lines into artworks added to the avant-garde and pop art movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. The signature abstractness and repetition of lines and shapes from the movements can be seen in Mitten.
The installation is currently on display, along with the grid-inspired works of dozens of other artists at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart through October 7, 2012.
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Comment by Pinar on August 9, 2012 at 11:35am Your description of your experience actually reminds me of Yayoi Kusama's Fireflies on the Water at the Whitney where only one person is allowed in at a time. It's nearly impossible to get a ticket to that installation. They sell out quick.
Comment by Ellen Quesseleit on August 9, 2012 at 10:58am Absolutely. - But there are only three people allowed in there at a time anyway. (I don't want to imagine the queues outside on weekends.) There also is a almost completely dark room with white strings spanned across the room (again, like a threedimensional coordinate system) - and it's in black light. Looks amazing, too. Unfortunately, I can't find an image. (And I tried to photograph it, but it just doesn't work.)
Comment by Pinar on August 9, 2012 at 9:18am Ellen, what an extraordinary experience to get that whole space to yourself!
Comment by Ellen Quesseleit on August 9, 2012 at 8:07am I've been lucky enough to have been there - and it was my favourite part of the whole exhibition. I was there when the museum was almost empty, so that I had this piece all to myself for 15 minutes or so. It felt as though I had been in a threedimensional coordinate system. Absolutely amazing.
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