"My work revolves around the intertwining of time, space and movement. Memory and trauma play a central role as well as the idea of pausing to perceive oneself. It is about an accelerated time where the physical space is inexorably fading.
The phenomenon of falling and folding runs through all my works and stands metaphorically for a kind of post-traumatic compression of space and time, the collapse of here and there, of now and then. Constructed splinters and corners, triangles and spaces seem like fragments violently blown out – by unlimited progression, by the pressure of time.
Space is limited and expandable. Through the rythm of unfolding and enfolding I aim to capture a moment in time that encompasses both: the connotation of a lost gaze and a new way of seeing – an unfolding process as a movement towards diversity and potential." Katja Strunz
Katja Strunz, (*1970, Germany) lives and works in Berlin.
Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions at venues such as the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin, Camden Arts Centre in London, the Museum Haus Esters in Krefeld. She participated in the 30th. Sao Paulo Biennale; the 55th. Carnegie International in Pittsburgh and in numerous group exhibitions at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich; Guangong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Kunsthalle Basel; among others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCPmFNbJUY
Collective Trauma Summit 2022, Katja Strunz im Gespräch mit Thomas Hübl: "Falling and Folding / Grounding The Ghost Of Disembodied Information"
"Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist", sagt Ludwig Wittgenstein. "Und alles, was der Fall sein kann", ergänzt Anton Zeilinger.
Barbara Kuon (auth.): “Katja Strunz. Construction of decay“, Contemporary Fine Arts (Ed.), 100 pages, Köln 2009.
Barbara Kuon (Aut.): „Katja Strunz. Einbruchstellen“, Contemporary Fine Arts (Hg.), 100 Seiten, Köln 2009.
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