Brigitte Kowanz, Relations, 2021

2021

Medium

Neon, mirror, aluminum, lacquer and cable

Edition

Ex. 1/3

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-156107

Brigitte Kowanz‘ installation Relations (2021) consists of nine white neon light rings with inscribed Morse codes, which seemingly float in front of a large-format mirror-glass wall. Referring to the nine letters of the title of the work "Relations", each of the nine individual rings represents a letter in Morse Code. The light segments connect with each other in a self-referential manner, with the size and diameter of the rings predetermined by the letters. Cables run between them and the floor like a three-dimensional drawing, serving as a metaphor for connection and networking. The mirror wall acts as a multiplier and reproduces the circles of light into infinity: Relations is essentially characterized by this spatial expansion, in which the real space meets and connects with virtual, mirrored spaces. This creates “transitions, transformations and reflections of reflections, nested spaces with their own openings”, in which viewers are challenged to participate by their won reflection and become a further element of a seemingly limitless installation.