Die Erde schreibt ihre Geschichte mit einer Hand und löscht sie mit der anderen wieder aus. Keine digitale Visualisierung wird jemals darstellen können, wie ein Element, die Erdkruste oder unsere Atmosphäre entstanden sind. Wir müssen es uns vorstellen und scheitern daran. Twan Geissberger hat die Serie „inverted landscapes“ mit dem Wunsch begonnen, menschengemachte Steine und […]
porcelaine bowls, ⌀ 8,5 cm, height 5 cm
»how to be you« Due to the pandemic, I couldn’t exhibit my diploma works (yet). I still want to show my diploma text, as it has marked an important step in understanding myself and my work.
This is an exhibition I curated together with Birgit Glocker in a former juvenile prison. We invited 17 artists to transform the cells. To view exhibition shots, click here. To view the cell I transformed, click here.
Installation I did for the exhibition »Verspielte Zeit« in a former juvenile prison in Kirchberg am Wagram. A bowl is an object that one makes to hold something that one deems important. In its most primal form, two folded hands and later materiali- zed in wood, stone, clay or metal, it is of enormous cultural significance. The […]
»O«, is a series where the other turns into a projection surface for one’s own (mental) states. The title refers to the oval of the face, as well as to the onomatopoetic sound that one makes, when surprised or struck by emotion, »Oh« The image, whether it is a face or not, is me, a […]
These paintings have been a continuation of my past exploration of colors and nature. The leaf-gesture has accompanied me for the past year, finding it’s way into almost all my drawings and paintings.
The writing through material club (Dunja Krcek and Christina Kehrer) organized a short-term symposium with the beautiful title “unfinished sympathies” where we could bring all the clutter that we collected the past year and finish it there. We worked on plastics, old bills, used copying-paper and cloth and exchanged our favorite poetry and art-writing for […]
Twan Geissberger 