OPEN, 2022
Wall object, wood, lacquer, magnet
Dimensions (H x W x D): 6.8 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm
Edition in 2 sizes of 5 each (+EA)
Lot number 29
Minimum bid: 200,- EUR / estimated price 400,- to 600,- EUR
Susanne Lorenz
- The idea of swimming directly in the Spree is wonderful and is reminiscent of the lively practice in Swiss rivers. If this were possible in Berlin, the river would finally become a real experience in our city. Fortunately, developments and wishes are now also moving in this direction in other European cities, building on the traditions of the river baths that were still widespread in the 19th century and then had to be closed at the beginning of the 20th century due to pollution. The prerequisite for river bathing is always to improve the water quality of the rivers - what better and more enjoyable combination of ecology and an urban experience from a river perspective is conceivable? (This text has been automatically translated with DeepL.)
- Susanne Lorenz
- Susanne Lorenz works intermedially with a focus on objects, sculptures and installations. The mostly large-format works are created for temporary exhibitions or as permanent installations in indoor and outdoor spaces. Susanne Lorenz's artistic works demonstrate a spatial and interdisciplinary approach and draw cultural-historical, scientific, social, architectural and landscape analogies to current observations and uses. This results in site-specific works on very different thematic and spatial contexts, focussing on water and movement. In 2002, in collaboration with AMP Arquitectos and Gil Wilk, she designed the Badeschiff as a floating swimming pool in the Spree for the con_con exhibition in Berlin's Osthafen, which, originally planned as a temporary site-specific installation with reference to the tradition of river baths in the 19th century, has been in operation at the same location since 2004. www.susanne-lorenz.de (This text has been automatically translated with DeepL.)
