Ausstellung: Päivikki Kallio - Citylights (12.-22.2.2025)
Eugen-Schöhaar-Strasse 6a 10407 Berlin - zum Stadtplan
Mittwoch 12.02.2025
bis Samstag 22.02.2025 - Anfangszeit: :00 Uhr
Kategorie: Kunst
12.-22.2.2025
Päivikki Kallio - Citylights
Vernissage: Tue 11.2. 7-9 pm
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Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 3-7 pm
Galerie Pleiku
Eugen-Schönhaar-Strasse 6a
10407 Berlin
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The background of the installation Citylights/Lost City, 2023 is based on a phenomenon that I noticed by chance years ago. I wanted to create a thin beam of light and installed an aluminum plate (gobo) in the spotlight with only a small pinhole in the middle. The result was unexpected - not a beam of light, but a pinhole camera image from inside the spotlight became visible on the wall.
This phenomenon is used in the design of the wall made of punch cards. Originally, the results of scientific experiments were encoded on these punch cards. In the installation Citylights, however, the holes are interpreted differently with light. The punch cards act like a pinhole camera, the spotlights show not only the rectangular holes but also the round projections of the spotlights on the wall. The punch card acts like a musical score, reminiscent of punch tapes for mechanical pianos, for example. In the installation, the light sources interpret a "composition" that can be imagined as a new way of recording a scientific process.
Although
the exhibition focuses on the past and contains elements of longing, the overall picture is "reflective nostalgia"*. The punch cards serve as an example of historical awareness, a return to the roots that are still tangible and understandable, but on which this strange world of multiple algorithms is nevertheless based. On an individual level, repeating and turning time permeates everything, which I believe lies at the core of art itself.
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The background of the installation Citylights/Lost City, 2023 is based on a phenomenon I noticed by chance years ago. I wanted to create a thin beam of light and I installed an aluminum plate (gobo) in the spotlight with only a small pinhole in the middle. The result was unexpected – not a line of light at all, but a pinhole photo image from the inside of the spotlight was visible on the wall.
This phenomenon is utilized when composing the wall from punch cards. Originally the results of the scientific experiments have been coded on these punch cards. In the installation Citylights, however, the piercings are interpreted with differently light. The punch cards work like a pinhole camera, the spotlights show not only the rectangular holes but also the round projections of the spotlights onto the wall. The punch card works like a score, which reminds for instance punch bands made for mechanical piano. In the installation, the light sources interpret a "composition", which can be imagined as a new kind of recording of a scientific process.
Although
the exhibition focuses on the past and contains elements of longing, the big picture is "reflective nostalgia"*. The punch cards serve as an example of historical awareness, a return to the roots, which are still tangible and understandable, but on which this strange world of multiple algorithms is nevertheless based. On an individual level, repeating and spinning time infiltrates everything, which I think is in the core of art itself.
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Päivikki Kallio - Citylights
Vernissage: Tue 11.2. 7-9 pm
***
Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 3-7 pm
Galerie Pleiku
Eugen-Schönhaar-Strasse 6a
10407 Berlin
***
The background of the installation Citylights/Lost City, 2023 is based on a phenomenon that I noticed by chance years ago. I wanted to create a thin beam of light and installed an aluminum plate (gobo) in the spotlight with only a small pinhole in the middle. The result was unexpected - not a beam of light, but a pinhole camera image from inside the spotlight became visible on the wall.
This phenomenon is used in the design of the wall made of punch cards. Originally, the results of scientific experiments were encoded on these punch cards. In the installation Citylights, however, the holes are interpreted differently with light. The punch cards act like a pinhole camera, the spotlights show not only the rectangular holes but also the round projections of the spotlights on the wall. The punch card acts like a musical score, reminiscent of punch tapes for mechanical pianos, for example. In the installation, the light sources interpret a "composition" that can be imagined as a new way of recording a scientific process.
Although
the exhibition focuses on the past and contains elements of longing, the overall picture is "reflective nostalgia"*. The punch cards serve as an example of historical awareness, a return to the roots that are still tangible and understandable, but on which this strange world of multiple algorithms is nevertheless based. On an individual level, repeating and turning time permeates everything, which I believe lies at the core of art itself.
***
The background of the installation Citylights/Lost City, 2023 is based on a phenomenon I noticed by chance years ago. I wanted to create a thin beam of light and I installed an aluminum plate (gobo) in the spotlight with only a small pinhole in the middle. The result was unexpected – not a line of light at all, but a pinhole photo image from the inside of the spotlight was visible on the wall.
This phenomenon is utilized when composing the wall from punch cards. Originally the results of the scientific experiments have been coded on these punch cards. In the installation Citylights, however, the piercings are interpreted with differently light. The punch cards work like a pinhole camera, the spotlights show not only the rectangular holes but also the round projections of the spotlights onto the wall. The punch card works like a score, which reminds for instance punch bands made for mechanical piano. In the installation, the light sources interpret a "composition", which can be imagined as a new kind of recording of a scientific process.
Although
the exhibition focuses on the past and contains elements of longing, the big picture is "reflective nostalgia"*. The punch cards serve as an example of historical awareness, a return to the roots, which are still tangible and understandable, but on which this strange world of multiple algorithms is nevertheless based. On an individual level, repeating and spinning time infiltrates everything, which I think is in the core of art itself.
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