You asked me to post a few pictures from the exhibition and I would like to start with a picture of the Nebbiensches Gartenhaus, a neoclassical summer house located in a park in Frankfurt. This is the venue where you can still see views | interrupted, the exhibition by Sonja Ackermann, Christian Rocas and me.

The Soundtrack

But before I show you some more pictures, I would like to introduce you to the soundtrack that I recorded for the exhibition with my band mockART.

We – the visual artists involved in the project – all made a picture on the same themes. So we – mockART in this case – took the same themes and converted them into music for the exhibition. Two of the tracks I like to introduce to you here:

You can still get the album at the exhibition, but if you cannot attend, you can also buy it on Bandcamp as CD and download. You can also stream it on the most common streaming platforms, like Spotify or iTunes.

The Setup

Now that you are in the mood musically, I will show you a few pictures I took on my mobile phone (therefore they are a bit on the low quality side. But let me assure you, that what you perceive as dirt really is a shadow!), right before the opening.

You probably remember some of the pictures, that I have already posted here. You can also see some of the paintings by Sonja Ackermann as well as some of the photographs taken by Christian Rocas.

You might wonder about the lines you see that connect the pictures with each other. As we really wanted our artworks to connect with each other, we decided to hang them in a way that they fit together as an ensemble. Therefore the pictures are not sorted by artist or theme. We created the grey line that goes around the room. From the grey line, coloured lines go straight up to the pictures and indicate the theme. We also selected traffic signs that were assigned to the themes as well as signs that indicate which artist created which one of the artworks.

We distributed cards (see above) with a table that indicates the meaning of the traffic signs and the colours. Also we included the table as a poster in the exhibition and connected it to the grey line that goes around the room.

It may sound a bit complicated, but we noticed that the visitors are really having fun with the system. It allows them to explore the exhibition in different ways and experience it individually.

If you like to be part of that experience, you can still visit the exhibition. It is running till September, 18th.

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views | interrupted

different perspectives of urban space

rabirius | sonja ackermann | christian rocas

September 2 – 18, 2022 | Wednesday – Sunday, 12pm – 6pm

Opening: September 1, 2022, 7pm

Nebbiensches Gartenhaus | In the park of Bockenheimer Anlage

60322 Frankfurt am Main | Germany

We move through urban space, but we perceive it differently. What catches the eye of one person is overlooked by another. Some details only become clear to us when we direct our gaze to them.

We can never fully grasp urban space. Time and again, a building blocks our view. In order to see what lies behind it, we have to move to the other side, where, in turn, another building takes away our view.

The parts of the urban space that we cannot perceive, we can imagine. However, each person brings different experiences, so we fill the voids differently.

We have come together as artists to portray, respond to, and think further about our different perspectives of urban space. We want to find out what we see when our view is blocked. To do this, Sonja Ackermann, Christian Rocas and I create artworks on the same themes that relate to each other and allow us to look beyond the barriers.

We also extended our gaze in aural realms and therefore I created a soundtrack with my band mockART that revolves around the same themes as our artworks. The soundtrack will premier at the opening, but we can already give you a peak through the white window, which is now half open now.

We would be really happy to welcome you all at the exhibition which is hosted at a vintage summer house located in a park in the centre of Frankfurt.

Click here to see the German Version.

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More and more people move to the cities. They get bigger. More crowded. More stressful.

Therefore it is important to escape to the countryside – at least for a short while – to enjoy open space, fresh air, slow pace and stunning views.

My photographic work deals a lot with opposites. Three years ago, I explored Urban Life at Switchboard. Now, returning with a new exhibition, it is time to get out of the city and explore the countryside.

land.escape focuses on open spaces that you only find in the countryside. From the dark woods, over sunny planes to the open sea, I will illustrate the beauty of nature and its mood swings caused by changes of light.

You are invited to meet me at the opening at 7:00 pm on June 6^th, at  Switchboard, Alte Gasse 36, 60313 Frankfurt, Germany. The pictures will be shown till August 1^st.

I’m looking forward to meet you there.

For German text, please visit my Facebook Page.

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Our cities are changing. On one hand modern structures are build, on the other hand the historic centres are reconstructed. Modernity meets nostalgia. Out cites are also a place where different people live together in a narrow space without having many points of contact. As a result, subcultures start to emerge that can influence each other, or build up their very own worlds.

These contrast are also absorbed by art that creates new forms of expression, or looks back at the olden days. It is influenced by many subcultures and converts them to its own language. The artist can change, deform and distort urban life.

If you follow my blog you know I visited several cities and travelled from Frankfurt via Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, Madrid and Skopje to Istanbul, Batumi and Almaty. The new exhibition shows these cities, their inhabitants and the urban life how I have seen it. From the outside and the inside. On a personal level, or as a tourist. Estranged, misplaced, broken and newly assembled.

The exhibition starts on July 28th, at Switchboard, Alte Gasse 36, 60313 Frankfurt, Germany. The pictures will be shown till late October.

I’d be happy to meet you at the opening at 7pm.

There also is an event page on Facebook with the text in German.

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But you will know that, you have seen them here, right?

But you haven’t seen the pictures blown up – so you will experience them in a whole new light.

The opening will take place Friday, December 5th, 2014. It is part of “Kleiner Salon“ – a program with music, texts and theatrical scenes.

I’m looking forward to meet you there.

For more information, please take a look at the attached flyer (in German).

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