SERUM

by Steffen Jopp , Thimo Franke


Opening: 28/10/2022 18:00

On view till: 18/11/2022


 

open every Saturday from 16-18h and by appointment

 

"So etwas hatte er außerhalb der Zone noch nie erlebt. Und in der Zone war es nur zwei oder drei Mal passiert. Es war, als befände er sich in einer anderen Welt. Eine Millionen Gerüche strömten auf ihn ein - scharfe, süße, metallische, sanfte, gefährliche, so grob wie Pflastersteine, so zart und und komplex wie Uhrenmechanismen, so groß wie ein Haus und so winzig wie ein Staubkorn. Die Luft wurde hart, sie entwickelte Kanten, Oberflächen und Ecken, als wäre der Raum gefüllt mit riesigen, steifen Ballons, glitschigen Pyramiden, gigantischen stacheligen Kristallen, und er musste sich durch all das hindurchdrängen, seinen Weg in einem Traum durch einen Trödelladen voller alter, hässlicher Möbel ... Es dauerte nur eine Sekunde. Er öffnete die Augen, und alles war weg. Es war keine andere Welt gewesen - es war diese Welt, die ihm eine neue, unbekannte Seite zeigte. Sie offenbarte sich ihm für eine Sekunde und verschwand dann, bevor er Zeit hatte, sie zu begreifen." (Aus "Picknick am Wegesrand" von Arkadi und Boris Strugazki)

 

Für ihre künstlerische Artikulation verwenden Thimo Franke und Steffen Jopp artifiziell organisch strukturierte Objekte. Die in einer flüchtig essenzhaften Morphologie verschmolzenen Häuser, Spiegel, Schilde, Masken, Haare, Gesichtern, Würmer und Raketentriebwerke, bilden als Biozönose einen Zustand in Wechselwirkung zum menschlichen Körper.

 

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“He had never experienced anything like this before outside the Zone. And it had happened in the Zone only two or three times. It was as though he were in a different world. A million odors cascaded in on him at once—sharp, sweet, metallic, gentle, dangerous ones, as crude as cobblestones, as delicate and complex as watch mechanisms, as huge as a house and as tiny as a dust particle. The air became hard, it developed edges, surfaces, and corners, like space was filled with huge, stiff balloons, slippery pyramids, gigantic prickly crystals, and he had to push his way through it all, making his way in a dream through a junk store stuffed with ancient ugly furniture … It lasted a second. He opened his eyes, and everything was gone. It hadn't been a different world—it was this world turning a new, unknown side to him. This side was revealed to him for a second and then disappeared, before he had time to figure it out.” (From "Roadside Picnic" by Arkadi and Boris Strugazki)

 

For their artistic articulation, Thimo Franke and Steffen Jopp use artificially organic structured objects. The houses, mirrors, shields, masks, hairs, faces, worms and rocket engines, fused in a fleeting essence-like morphology, creating as a biocoenosis a state in interaction with the human body.

 

 

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022 Studio For Artistic Research Steffen Jopp Thimo Franke Düsseldorf

SERUM by THIMO FRANKE + STEFFEN JOPP - Installation view - 28.10.2022