In a Cave of One’s Own (part of the ongoing Series “Walking Through the Maze”)
In einer eigenen Höhle (Teil der laufenden Serie «Der Gang durch den Irrgarten»)
In the group exhibition “über natürliche kräfte”, curated by Damian Christinger
Opening Sat 17 June 2023 at 14:00h
Sat 03 June - Sun 27 August 2023
Opening hours: Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun 13:30h-16:30h
CULARTA – atelier e gallaria, Laax, Switzerland
The work is part of a series taking as its starting point Walter Benjamin’s psychogeographic practices of the urban flâneur “botanising on the asphalt,” which for me is a metaphor for the poetic surface of the inorganic and the natural world that mutually entangle, unfolding a pattern. Walking and exploring the surroundings, I collected traces, giving the material a direct sense and context. The flâneur is a rather male figure, an intellectual dandy whose urban strolls takes him downtown. I appropriate it as a female roaming the suburban environment of Zurich using clay to document my encounter with found objects instead of a notebook or camera. I ask myself how a ball of clay can be thrown into daily life.
Dimitrina Sevova, In a Cave of One’s Own (part of the ongoing Series “Walking Through the Maze”), 2023. Installation view at CULARTA, Laax. Photo courtesy of the artist
Laax lockt mit Kunst, Bündner Tagblatt, 28 June 2023 (in German), p. 1. Kunst, die innere und äussere Welten verbindet, Bündner Tagblatt, 28 June 2023 (in German), p. 13. On p. 13, installation view of Dimitrina Sevova, In a Cave of One’s Own (part of the ongoing Series “Walking Through the Maze”), 2023.
What forces are at work in and around us? Do similar forces that apply to our planet or even the universe also operate within us?
Art has always been a mirror and reflection of these questions. Long inclined to the metaphysical, it seemingly switched sides in the modern era and stood for enlightenment and rationality. Contemporary art, on the other hand, is again more interested in the harmony of nature and culture, the reciprocal relationship between inner and outer worlds, the supposedly supernatural and the scientifically justifiable. Are there miracles after all? Or at least marvels?
Welche Kräfte wirken in und um uns? Wirken ähnliche Kräfte, die für unseren Planeten oder gar das Universum gelten, auch in uns?
Die Kunst war immer ein Spiegel und eine Reflektion dieser Fragen. Lange eher dem Metaphysischen zugeneigt, wechselte sie scheinbar in der Moderne die Seite und stand für Aufklärung und Ratio. Die zeitgenössische Kunst hingegen spürt wieder mehr dem Gleichklang von Natur und Kultur, der wechselseitigen Beziehung zwischen inneren und äusseren Welten, von vermeintlich Übernatürlichem und wissenschaftlich Begründbarem nach. Gibt es doch Wunder? Oder zumindest Wunderbares?
Documentation of the installation on Instagram.
Dokumentation der Installation auf Instagram.