" All the original plans for my exhibition in Bonn vanished into thin air when I entered the archives at Museum Koenig. I was simply overwhelmed by the condition and planetary scale of the collections and the way in which the beauty of the birds and mammals had been displayed. I just listened to them like muses. They have chosen themselves as part of the exhibition. Each specimen has its own story, both in life and in death, which now leads into the ballroom. Here they now stand next to each other, opposite each other or lined up next to each other and, in the course of alchemical references, as it were, carry out the transformation of past living beings into messengers of a sublime afterlife. "
Janet Laurence
Runtime
15.08.2019 - 20.10.2019
Location
Ballroom
Kind
Art exhibition
Janet Laurence is a contemporary installation artist. The media used in her works explore the themes of fragility and loss of our natural world and our diverse relationship to it.
The works reach into the organismic and have a sense of instability and transience and are located at the overlap of art, science, imagination and memory.
With a deep belief in the interconnectedness of all life forms, Laurence produces works in response to specific locations or environments and utilises a variety of materials. Transformation, history and perception are fundamental themes in her exhibition work.
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Contact person
- Head of Exhibition Department, Conception & Management
Phone: +49 228 9122 226
E-Mail: t.gerken@leibniz-lib.de