"Dawn"

A constant `space metamorphosis´ in cooperation with the painter Ko Rüchardt
Polyethylene sheet, air

Munich 2006

Every half hour a former bank hall turns into a white room. An exhibition of portraits turns into an empty space that only consists of it´s own boundaries.
Ko´s painting is involved with interpersonal relations, the pictures give the space the quality of a social environment. The visitor can watch the exhibition only from outside through the windows and experiences a metamorphosis: The floor starts to rise, an enormous cushion of air elevates, creeps up the walls and fills the space entirely. The exhibition disappears, the space is casted from inside. The paintings remain as bold reliefs on the walls of an empty and petrified white room.
A very large air cushion of black and white Poliethylen sheet was tailored exactly to the dimensions of the space and inflated with a strong blower. After 30 minutes it automatically switched into reverse and pumped the air out again. The air cushion collapsed and the exhibition came back to life. This constant change of the space´s appearance went on for 2 weeks.