There is No
THERE IS NO consists of five prints on the floor of the former Wandelhalle in Bad Tölz. The hall was originally built next to a well where iodine rich water had once been extracted. Visitors were supposed to drink the iodine rich water as they entered the hall and then wander around in it so that the iodine would disperse itself throughout the body. Later, it became apparent that the iodine did not possess the expected healing effects — the whole hall then became superfluous. Today, the space — HALLE SÜD TÖLZ — is run by the artist collective Galerie für Landschaftskunst.
100 meters long, the hall poses challenges as an exhibition space since it does not have a single wall or any other form of surface that could divide up the space.
After my work, SCHNITT DURCH DEN TIEFEREN GRUND EINER FALTENMOLASSE, in the BRUNNEN FÜR ALLE exhibition, I received an invitation to further develop that approach and intervene on the entire space of the hall. The starting point was the first image that I printed onto the floor — then, four other images followed. Working with the space was central for me. It seemed pointless to fight the size and hermetic symmetry of the space. Instead, I decided to generously distribute the images throughout the space in a rhythm that allowed each distinct piece to subtly fall out of the numbness of the space — and in doing so, achieve a form of movement that shifted spatial perception.
The colors of each subsequent image became successively more intense and darker. Through the application of the color, a slight arch became visible on the surface of the entire floor and the colors reflected into the space.
