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Exhibition // On The Edge

May 31, 2015

We are delighted to announce the first Satellite Salon exhibition!

 

 

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During the summer of 2015, Satellite Salon presented its first exhibition project, ON THE EDGE, at the stunning eighteenth century Tieranatomisches Theater at the Humboldt University, Berlin. We invited seven artists – all participants of our salon evenings – to produce new work in dialogue with objects from the university’s scientific collections. Our artists, Annie Cattrell, Simon Faithfull, Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Lucy Powell, Andrea Roe, Nicole Schuck and Wolf von Kries, created exciting films, sculptures, installations and drawings in response to a diverse range of collections from the departments of Biology, Anatomy, Geography, Mathematics, Physics and Media which included models, maps, specimens, plants and the collection spaces themselves.

Following a highly successful opening night, our collaborators and previous salon evening guests, Jochen Hennig (Hermann von Helmholz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik at the university) and Felix Sattler (curator at the Tieranatomishches Theater) were instrumental in organising the exhibition symposium held on 17 June 2015. We thank our esteemed speakers: Prof. Dr Horst Bredekamp; Prof. Dr. Gerhard Scholtz; Prof. Dr Reggine Hengge; artists Nicole Schuck and Beat Brogle; Dr Petra Lange-Berndt; Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schäffner; Prof. Dr Anke te Heesen, and Anna-Sophie Springer.

tat1508_042Annie Cattrell, Back to Life, life-size sculpture, resin, thread, installation view (2015). Courtesy the artist. Photo: Thomas Bruns

tat1508_038Annie Cattrell, installation view. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Thomas Bruns

from-within-iAnnie Cattrell, From Within I, photogram on archival paper, 2003. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Peter Cattrell

1124-pinus-contorta-bigSimon Faithfull, #1124 Pinus Contorta, digital drawing, laser etched glass (2015). © Simon Faithfull
1126-syringa-reticulata-bigSimon Faithfull, #1126 Syringa Reticulata, digital drawing, laser etched glass (2015). © Simon Faithfull

humbolt1-small-300dpiSimon Faithfull, installation view (2015). Courtesy the artist. Photo: Clémentine ‘L’Heryenat

unnamed-4Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Among Trees, Clones and Cultivars, installation view (2015). © Agnes Meyer-Brandis, VG Bildkunst

unnamed-2Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Among Trees, Clones and Cultivars, installation view (2015). © Agnes Meyer-Brandis, VG Bildkunst

agnesmeyer-brandis_amanita_smAgnes Meyer-Brandis, Measuring Amanita Mushroom Emissions, SMEAR forest research station, Hyytiälä, FI (2014) © Agnes Meyer-Brandis, VG Bildkunst 2015

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Lucy Powell, We Shall Now Discuss Love, single channel video installation, installation view, (2015). Photo: Thomas Bruns

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Lucy Powell, We Shall Now Discuss Love, single channel video installation, still (2015). Courtesy the artist

blood2Lucy Powell, We Shall Now Discuss Love, single channel video installation, still (2015). Courtesy the artist.

kfti-2 Andrea Roe, Knowing from the Inside, sterling silver etched cuff, 2015. Photo: © Andrea Roe

glovesAndrea Roe, Human Creatureliness, gloves, ink, cutting mat, silkscreen, 2015. Photo: © Andrea Roe

worm-formationsAndrea Roe, Worm Formations, mixed media, installation view, 2015. Photo: © Andrea Roe

tat1508_013_nicoleNicole Schuck, Scheusslich schöne Wissenschaft, installation view. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Thomas Bruns

nicole_3smNicole Schuck, Von Thieren auff der erde und in wasseren ir wonung habend, video 13 min. loop, (still); animation: Beat Brogle, 2015. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Felix Sattler

9404_superorg1_15smNicole Schuck, Superorganismus, pencil on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm, 2015. Photo: © Nicole Schuck

_dsc1830Wolf von Kries, Steine ohne besonderen Wert (detail). Photo: © Wolf von Kries

rohschnitt-00_12_23_06-standbild003Wolf von Kries, Der Raum der Dinge, single channel video installation (still), 2015. © Wolf von Kries

rohschnitt_copy-00_28_18_12-standbild022Wolf von Kries, Der Raum der Dinge, single channel video installation (still), 2015. © Wolf von Kries

The exhibition and symposium were made possible by the generosity of the Schering Stiftung, the Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, British Council Germany, Edinburgh University, De Montfort University, and the Hermann von Helmholz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik and Excellence Cluster ‘Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory’ at the Humboldt University. We wholeheartedly thank them as well as the custodians of the university collections who gave us their time and expertise.

 

 

 

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