Drink a bottle of my courage swim in my skin // this space is intentionally left blank
The joint exhibition by Matthias Krauß and Alexandra Reichart was shown at the Kunsthafen in Cologne in October 2021.
It explores the boundary between the longing for closeness and the impossibility of touch and intimacy.
Moving sculptures deal with much longed-for closeness and the moment when closeness becomes unpleasant and unbearable or separation becomes unavoidable.
The room invites visitors into a strangely human and at the same time artificial world.
Large, raw latex surfaces that turn towards and away from the audience create a connection between the visitor and the space.
A finger writes possible love letters on a typewriter, alone and automatically, which repeatedly digress into the absurd and frightening. They are written by no one to no one. What remains is a bland emptiness and distance.
The theme of ‘closeness’ is deeply anchored in the artists’ works and takes on an even deeper meaning due to the pandemic. Of particular interest is the question of how dealing with closeness during the Covid pandemic has a retrospective effect and how it affects us as a society in the long term.
Music for Light Bulbs:
Concert by Bernhard Hollinger in the exhibition