Fläche als räumliches Ereignis - flat forests




At the German Museum of Technology, I chanced upon the word Fläche. Discovering that this term signifies fabric granted me an entirely new perception of the plane. In that instant, Fläche ceased to be a mere geometric plane; it became a spatial state composed of intertwined elements. It was then that I first conceived a project to interpret this word spatially. This work, Fläche als räumliches Ereignis, explores the spatiality inherent in the plane. I began by researching the work of other artists who had explored the concept of the plane, and conducted experiments specifically to understand the structural logic of the digital plane, the screen. Through this process, I began to perceive patterns not merely as visual repetitions but as the structural organisation of spatial information within the plane, discovering that space and plane were so intertwined they became indistinguishable. In subsequent research, these spatial patterns began to manifest concretely within the planar structure, appearing as the planar structure itself, imbued with spatial information. Various hybrid patterns were created by associating the grain of natural timber, bearing environmental and biological information, with digitally generated structures within a virtual environment. These patterns evolved into spatial installations placed on the floor, guiding viewers to walk over them and physically and visually interact with crystal spheres placed upon the surface. The aim was to extend the act of viewing a plane into an experience of spatial interaction. The working method was simple and repetitive. Overlay, print, cut, overlay. Through this physical process of construction and deconstruction, the plane came to be understood not as a fixed surface, but as a state continuously formed through entanglement.