The works of sculptor Lisa Seebach (*1981) unfold a dystopian world that leads from measurable reality into an imaginary reality. Hand drawings form the starting point, which the artist places in the space as structures made of steel and balances between materiality and dematerialization with ceramic counterweights. In Seebach's installations, objects and visitors alike become actors in a poetic and enigmatic staging.
The art installation becomes a space for action in which the sculptures act as signs. The individual objects move between potential threat and possible escape from dystopia. These can be interpreted individually on the basis of subjective experiences, but are firmly anchored in our shared present. Whether pandemics, climate crisis or the increase in conflicts and wars - the expectation of an apocalyptic world seems to be growing. But Seebach does not provide any direction, as her offers are fragile and fleeting. Every attempt to gain an overview fails and so it is left to the visitors themselves to develop their own fictional narrative.
Lisa Seebach (*1981 in Cologne, DE) currently lives and works in Potsdam. She studied at the Braunschweig University of Art and completed her diploma in Fine Arts with Prof. Raimund Kummer, Prof. Corinna Schnitt and Prof. Candice Breitz in 2013. She then became a master student of Prof. Thomas Rentmeister in 2014. Her work has already been awarded several prestigious scholarships and prizes. These include a work scholarship and a project scholarship from the Stiftung Kunstfonds as well as the New York Scholarship from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Lower Saxony Sparkassenstiftung at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York, USA.
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