Past Residents
Past Resident2013: KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Anja Kempe
In her site-specific installations, videos and video installations, Anja Kempe deals with the unknown of physical space and the potential of movement. She develops architectural extensions that augment space. Her dynamic images of space act as expansive choreographies for the viewer. Her latest works deal with the body itself. She brings together the individual memory of the body and the collective memory of individual movements.
Anja Kempe (born 1973) was educated at the Karlsruhe University of Art and Design and at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne. She has exhibited internationally in group shows and solo exhibitions including at z33, Hasselt; Ars Electronica Campus, Linz; Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart; Museum Schloss Moyland; Kunstverein Leipzig; NGBK Berlin; Interfood Vitrine, Aachen; Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin; Art Cologne and Young Artist Project, Daegu. Kempe lives and works in Leipzig where she teaches at the Academy of Visual Arts.
Anja Kempe, Stairway, 2006, Paper, cardboard, wood, acrylic paint. Courtesy of the artist.
Anja Kempe, Dissociation, 2002, Four weighing cells, four wide-angle projectors, balance software. Courtesy of the artist.
Anja Kempe, Inscription, 2007, Aluminum bar, coaly gum, infrared lamps, nightshot camera, monitor, overlay software. Courtesy of the artist.
Anja Kempe.
Anja Kempe, Diagonal, 2008, Tape. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2013: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
I-Chen Kuo
I-Chen Kuo works primarily on interactive units, single-channel videos and performance art. Drawn by the ever-shifting relationship between humans and the environment, his pieces play on the comfort and suffocation produced by our immediate surroundings and re-interpret the dependence and anxiety of modern-day dwellers towards institutional cages. In 2005, Kuo became the youngest artist ever to represent Taiwan in the Venice Biennial; his works have since been shown in various international exhibitions.
I-Chen Kuo, Aurora-Eclipse, 2009-2011, Audio installation with 11 speakers. Courtesy of the artist.
I-Chen Kuo, Invade, 2004-2013, Video installation. Courtesy of the artist.
I-Chen Kuo, Lose Contact, 2005, Single-channel video, 7:30 min. Courtesy of the artist.
I-Chen Kuo, Shadow of Light, 2013, Single-channel HD video, 20:00 min. Courtesy of the artist.
I-Chen Kuo, Survivor Project 41°N, 74°W, 2007, Digital print, 129 4/5 x 47 1/5 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Taiwan
Past Resident2014: Hasselblad Foundation
Savas Boyraz
Savas Boyraz focuses on portrait photography, documentary and fiction narratives. His work straddles the gap between nation state and cultural linguistic entities; he tries to shed light on the overlooked and omitted corners of societies and their history. Intertwining performance, photography and moving image in his works, Boyraz blurs the line between art and political activism.
Savas Boyraz (born 1980) lives and works in Sweden. He worked with Mezopotamya Cinema Collective, Istanbul between 1998 and 2006 and graduated from the Photography Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2009. He completed his Master’s Degree at University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Paulien Oltheten and Savas Boyraz
December 3, 2013
Savas Boyraz. Courtesy of the artist.
Savas Boyraz. Courtesy of the artist.
Savas Boyraz. Courtesy of the artist.
Savas Boyraz. Courtesy of the artist.
Savas Boyraz. Courtesy of the artist.
