(Virtueller) Raum & Objekt

At the exhibition from September 1, 2018 to June 2, 2019

Christian Großardt visualizes an abstract means of creating art, presenting it, and making it almost tangible – entirely within virtual space.

From a pool of several approaches to creating virtual objects, Großardt decided upon an exclusively mathematical one (based on formulas and equations). The leitmotif, which repeatedly appears in the stereoscopic 360° video, serves as an alien, mathematical object created in virtual space.

The question of whether a specifically defined environment is required for the presentation of this particular art object is juxtaposed with the cube-like three-dimensional mathematical object created in this work and a complete lack of a discrete space. The central object, which is located within a black void, can be perceived and experienced as such, both in its external qualities and in its internal, immanent space. Elements spatially confining the object, such as walls, floor, and ceiling, are superfluous.

The cube is both an object of study and a site for exploration, enabling the recipient, using a head-mounted display, an idiosyncratic means of becoming immersed in the experience and of experiencing the central object.