THE BLOB „Nothing
can stop it!“,
2008
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A worldwide invasion of blob sculptures is the fictitious setting
for my research project. On the basis of this exaggerated horror
scenario I am analyzing critically the spaces marked for art and
the expansion of a globalized art industry. Starting point of the
research is the horror movie "The Blob" from 1958, in
which a gelatinous, anthropophagous mass from outer space is expanding
and growing permanently. The movie plot is ironically translated
to the expansion of the art industry: The blob is escaping from
the museum into public spaces and remote areas. Similar to a virus,
which is transported through art tourists from Biennal to Biennal,
the mass is spreading all over the globe. The "Blob" is
signifying a prototypical sculpture or an abstract accumulation
of material. While conquering spaces it can take on different forms,
sizes, styles and shapes through its fictitious life. The global
expansion of this sculpture gets beyond control, turning into a
bizarre situation. This is the basis for my critical reflection
of the existing criteria for artistic production, which consist
partly out of theoretical research and several sculptural works.
The series contains educational material about the global art industry,
for example a globe, on which the international biennals of the
last two years are marked. "Oh, my god, it's a Blob!"
shows a sample of the blob, which demonstrate the life of the bubbling
and sputtering mass. In „Blob-Machine“
a red foam mass comes out of a white museum pedestal and spreads
into the room while solidifying to a sculpture. The video „Attack
of the Blob“ reproduces the panic scene in the 1958 movie
and translates is to the front of a museum: visitors are trying
to escape screaming and filled with fear out of the building. In
"Return of the Blob" the
red mass enters a gallery space through a ventilation system and
splashes down on the floor.
The publication "Nothing
can stop it!" tries to contextualize and complete the sculptural
works with theoretical texts by Claudia Reiche, Thomas Reitmair
and Dietmar Rübel, a contribution by Oliver Pietsch, and short
stories, which develop the blob scenario further, by Nancy Hightower,
Karen Moulding and Barbara te Kock.
„Oh, my god, it‘s a Blob“, 2008
exhibition view kunstraum muenchen
Wood, bass speaker, latex, corn starch, water, food coloring, frequency
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