Nice view!
This site-specific Installation shows the view out of the artist’s studio in Gaußstrasse Hamburg. The old factory windows have been covered with clear display film, on which the previously photographed view out of the window was printed. The printed film shows what the outside the world was like at a certain point in time and from a specific point of view..
Positioning oneself exactly in the place where the photograph was taken, finding the right spot, the right distance, angle and height the right point of view, allows one to make the real outside world and the translucent photographed image match. Thus, moving around and changing the perspective, lead to superimposing, overlapping and distortion. This work addresses thoughts on perspective, point of view, and how our perception of the world changes, when we change our position to it.
At the beginning of the installation the viewer was able to match the printed version of the view with the real view out of the window after a while the real view was changing. The seasons changed from summer to fall where the outside trees lost their leaves but the printed ones didn’t. The winter covered everything in snow. Trees started growing bigger than on the mounted prints. After a while the landscape behind the window changed rapidly, it became a construction site. The diggers came, the old factory halls were taken down. It ended up being a big sandpit. Much later the printed version of the former view also started to change. The colours faded and the film slowly started to wrinkle at the edges…
Material:
Window, displayfilm, transparent adhesive tape.
Nice View 2025 Galerie Watson
Nice View 2025
Nice View 2025
Seethrough: Reflections on Glass, Exhibition: 22.05.2025 - 06.09.2025 Gallery Watson
This site-specific installation presents the view through three glazed doors of Gallery Watsons in early spring. The glazing is covered with a transparent display film onto which a previously photographed version of the same view has been printed. The printed image captures the world at a specific moment in time.At the beginning of the installation, viewers can align the printed image with the actual view outside. To do so, they must position themselves precisely where the photograph was originally taken—finding the correct spot, distance, angle, and height to merge the real and the translucent image.As viewers move, this alignment dissolves into superimposition, overlap, and distortion.The printed surfaces cast shadows onto the gallery floor, visually drawing the outside into the exhibition space.In contrast to Nice View at the artist’s studio, the gallery’s glazed doors are located at ground level, facing the pavement. The installation can therefore be experienced from both inside and outside.From the exterior, viewers encounter not only the installation itself but also a framed view from inside looking out. From a distance, the doors appear to mirror the surroundings—yet they do not reflect the viewer. Instead, viewers observe a fragment of the very space they occupy, suggesting an additional dimension.Over time, the real view changes: the seasons shift from spring to late summer, the trees outside turn green, while the printed image remains unchanged. The light also transforms as the sun rises higher in the sky.This work reflects on perspective, point of view, and the ways in which perception shifts as one’s position changes.
Material:
Window, displayfilm, transparent adhesive tape.