Past Residents
Toulu Hassani
Toulu Hassani’s work moves along the boundaries of painting. To arrive at her images she uses various methods and materials such as oil paint, wood, epoxy resin and rawhide. Through the material the attention is focused on that which is to be seen. The reduction allows this to come to the foreground and convey its own (essential) contents. It is a question of challenging perception and the illusion behind structures and surfaces.
Toulu Hassani (born 1984 in Ahwaz, Iran) studied at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig and Facultad de Bellas Artes Valencia. Her works have been featured in various exhibitions including: Vom Hier und Jetz, Kunstverein Hannover, 2013: Conditions Change, HBK, Braunschweig and La Bonne Horse, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Bonner Kunstverein,. In 2012 Hassani received a fellowship from the Federal State of Niedersachsen and in 2013 a grant from the Kunstverein Hannover.
Toulu Hassani, Untitled, 2013, Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Toulu Hassani, Untitled, 2013, Burnt wood, shellac, 16 1/2 x 12 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Toulu Hassani, Untitled, 2013, Rawhide, wood, fabric, 30 1/3 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Toulu Hassani, Untitled, 2012, Oil on canvas, 11 4/5 x 8 1/5 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Toulu Hassani, Untitled, 2013, Rawhide, wood, cord, 40 x 33 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2014: KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Axel Töpfer
Axel Töpfer uses photographs, text and objects to construct imaginary events through an extension of narrative space. The work is structured so that the viewer performs the movement to assemble each story out of its parts. Töpfer continuously searches for instruments of inspiration such as: a late completion about space on Fotodinamismo Futurista by Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Secret Notes by Josef Albers and On Dimension Zero or Why Structural Cinema is Narrative by George Maciunas. He believes magic can be achieved through stuttering and repetition.
Axel Töpfer (born 1977 in Königs Wusterhausen) is Director of the Laboratory for Visibility Hy Brasil since 2012, Co-founder of the network Videoklub (2004) and a member of zeitgenossen since 2000. He studied media art, photography and typography at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig and sculpture and film at Akademie der Bildenden Künste Vienna. Töpfer works on the island of Hy Brasil and is living in Ulthar.
Axel Töpfer, Mitsubishi Dock Yard Nagasaki, 2010, Installation of 81 postcards. Courtesy of the artist and Photomuseum Braunschweig.
Axel Töpfer, To Say I am still alive i wonder if you are, 2008, Installation of 51 postcards. Courtesy of the artist and Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig.
Axel Töpfer, Lieses Haus Horcht, 2013, Narrative Installation. Courtesy of the artist and Wolkenhof Murrhardt.
Axel Töpfer, Neko Yashiki, 2012, Narrative Installation and Nishinomiya Funasaka Biennale. Courtesy of the artist.
Axel Töpfer, A Landrara, 2013, Structural narrative of 8 pictures. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Germany
Sven Sachsalber
Sven Sachsalber’s autobiographic work mostly takes the shape of photos or videos, in which the performative and the sculptural play a key element. Often funny, often serious and sometimes both, his works have a universal poetic element that does not need much explanation
Sven Sachsalber (born 1987 in Silandro) studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art from 2010 to 2012. Since 2009 he has lived in London. Sachsalber is Co-Founder of Winterprojects in London together with Mathis Gasser. His work was recently shown at Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam; Dienstgebäude, Zürich and Limoncello Gallery, London. In 2014, Sachsalber will present a solo exhibition at the Museion Project Room, Bolzano.
Sven Sachsalber, Self portrait (blonde), 2013.
Sven Sachsalber, Self portrait with dead fox, 2013.
Sven Sachsalber, Crying 4, 2012.
Sven Sachsalber, Samsoni, 2012, 24 hour performance.
Sven Sachsalber, Bologna, 2011, Performance.
