WACHEN
Exhibition description
WACHEN For the upcoming exhibition at Literaturhaus St. Jakobi (September 2025 to June 2026) we are looking for three artists, who want to display their works dealing with the theme of ‘waking’. The theme is part of the topic trilogy ‘sleeping, waking, dreaming’ of Literaturhaus St. Jakobi. https://kunstraum53.de/wachen/
Artist statement
Through an empty circle—a deliberate void—and the textured space surrounding it, I try to evoke the feeling of being both magnified and minimized at once, shifting across dimensions and distances while exploring the foundations of presence. My work grows through mark-making and shading, building atmospheric depth that suggests both vastness and intimacy. By limiting elements and resisting overt explanation, I invite viewers into an open-ended space where perception is fluid and meaning remains unresolved. Here, negative space is as active as the marks themselves; the absence at the center becomes a quiet site of contemplation. This reduction allows for an experience that is more felt than interpreted, where stillness and movement quietly coexist. My work is less about representation and more about creating a contemplative encounter with being itself.
