Carolin Kastner Art Fine

Carolin Kastner
Fine
Art
MY
Curtains
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Projection
2016
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The triptychon shows three
s ceneries of curtains which gets
slowly deconstructed to a smudge
of paint; the sorted structures of
home and privacy dissolve and
blur.
Urban
Structures
on Glass
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Spray paint on glass
2015
4 pieces on
530 x 630 x
750 x 620 x
445 x 360 x
650 x 650 x
the ground:
30 mm,
90 mm,
35 mm,
30 mm
Hanging pieces:
»Destructed Blue«, 730 x 700 mm
»Destructed Pink«, 645 x 455 mm
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Ongoing glass serie which reflects
structures of ordinary architecture;
the common grey and plain
s urfaces of buildings get trans
formed into a typology of abstract
compositions out of lines, tonal
values and textures.
Filled Spaces
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Photographic collage
1000 x 700 mm
Paper collage on cardboard
2015
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Aschinger
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Installation
1100 x 3400 x 40 mm
Varnished wood slats
2014
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»Aschinger« is focused on the
signs and the aesthetic ways of
urban transformations and
the loss of historical identity.
The Aschinger Haus at Kurfürsten
damm is one of the few buildings
in that area which is still in its
original shape of 70’s architecture:
The front is grey and riffled,
marks of former usage and
a dv ertisement are recognizable.
A characteristic sign of the buil
ding is the brown silhouette of
a former billboard. The Aschinger
Haus is a thorn in most peoples
side because of its imperfection.
New and modern skyscrapers are
built around the Kurfürstendamm,
modern fronts out of glass and
steel are the common view at the
street. The eyesore of that area
is planned to be replaced by
a modern, exchangeable building.
A characteristic sign of that part
of Berlin would vanish.
The installation »Aschinger«
works with the sign of urban trans
formation and tries to conserve
a bit of the characteristic building:
A part of the brown silhouette is
rebuilt with wooden slats in
a scale 1:2 and is installed in
the middle of the gallery space;
visually adapting the riffled front
of the Aschinger Haus.
The Aschinger House
at Kurfürstendamm
Supermanʼs
Dekonstruktion
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Collage
1000 x 700 mm, 2 pieces
Digital print, wallpaper
2014
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»The desonstruction of Super
man« deals with the aesthetics
of superheros and compares it
with the historical vanguard from
a ncient world. It is focused on
the composition how superheros
are shown and how their surroun
ding is constructed. The involve
ment of wallpaper in the collages
symbolizes its contemporary
r ef erence and the ongoing trivi
ality of heroism.
Superman
macht Pause
(Superman
takes a break)
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Objekt
1500 x 1900 mm
Print on Polyester
2014
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Superman returns home from
his adventures und enjoys
his night off: He takes off his
w orking clothes and starts to
cook. His Superman cape hangs
on the coat hook in the floor.
The cape drips: the significant
colour red drips out of the cape
which makes Superman to the
superhero who he is. The »S« on
Superman‘s cape is hardly visible.
Below the cape a red puddle gets
formed.
I canʼt dance
w ithout you
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700 x 1000 x 8 mm
Crayon on wood
2013
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Whoom!
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Installation
2040 x 1900 x 70 mm
Discarded windows, acrylic paint,
varnished wooden slats
2014
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An examination of semiotics
in comic strips.
No Dears,
No Fuckers
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800 x 900 x 25 mm
Exterior paint on
discarded glass windows
2013
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Ale tak boło
feine
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790 x 1140 x 30 mm
Exterior paint and varnish on
discarded glass windows
2013
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PO robocie
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500 x 700 x 60 mm
Glass in wood
2014
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Abc,
Beijtla
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830 x 580 mm
Print and varnish on MDF
2013
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Ohne Titel
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1000 x 1250 mm
Acrylic paint on chipboard,
cotton wire
2012
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Maybe
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570 x 770 mm
Acryl colour on wood, glass
2012
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Solid way
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2200 x 1300 x 25 mm
Exterior paint and varnish on
discarded glass windows
2012
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Midnight
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1150 x 700 mm
Print and varnish on MDF
2011
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In my room –
in my space
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1930 x 1060 x 25 mm
Exterior paint on
discarded glass windows
2010
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Cats vs. Dogs
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»Dog Gang«, Installation,
Denim jacket (in collaboration with
Achim Boy), golden necklaces
»Wuff«, 1200 x 400 mm,
Print on MDF
2012
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My contribution for »The Dogs«
at the first exhibition of the serie
»Cats vs. Dogs« in Rotterdam;
initiated by Léon Kranenburg and
Chris Versteeg.
My spaces
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Photographic collage
1000 x 700 mm, 4 pieces
Digital print on Alu DiBond
2010
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Four pictures complement
each other and create v isual space
by layering planes of images.
Details are shifted and irritate
the original motif, s upplement
itself with foreign material and
use mimicry.
The transformed p hotographies
are excerpts of my private
p hotocollection.
Haus im Haus
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Installation in public space
2 x 2,5 x 2 m
Wooden slats
2010
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The shape of a house gets drafted
inside of an abandoned fabric hall;
the outline of almost 4qm d efines
one space inside the fabric space
creating some human and d omestic
sense. The installation belongs to
preliminary studies for the issue
»House/ Housing and its semiotic«:
What is its significance and roll
in contemporary society? What
can it be, what can it afford for us?
The scaffold was left in the f abric
hall. After three weeks it was
d estroyed.
Around me
and you
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Installation in public space
6 x 2,7 x 2 m
Wood, plaster board, plaster,
w indows, plants, curtains
2010
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The installation »Around me and
you« is constructed in a vacant
showroom in Offenbach that has
been empty and neglected for
a long time. It is a reproduction
of the ground floor of a house
facade. The concrete size and
look is based on a research of
15 buildings in the neighbourhood.
Besides of authentic facade the
core of the installation consists
of a specific light rhythm: Every
evening at 18.30 o‘clock the light
gets on in the living room; half an
hour later the light gets on in the
kitchen too; before midnight the
little lamp in the living room gets
off and the housef loor becomes
dark.
The light rhythm shows a t ypical
sequence of the beginning and
the ending of everyday‘s life
which is based on a research of
108 appartements of a highrise
in Offenbach.
The installation simulates daily life
in vacancy.
View behind
the installation
Reconstructed front
inside of the shop
by daylight
o.T.
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Concept and organisation of
e xhibition series +
Exhibition catalogue, 330 x 450 mm,
36 pages, 3 pieces
2010
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»o.T.« was an intermedia exhibi
tion project taking place in the
Central Station of Offenbach for
three weeks. In this period the
space got integrated by inter
disciplinary actions from graphic
designer Melanie Achilles, film
maker Eva Münnich and installa
tion artist Carolin Kastner. Every
week ended with an event of pre
senting the results of the collabo
ration and getting interactive with
the visitors for further exchange
and further performance.
Additional to the exhibition s eries
»o.T.« there was a project docu
mentation constructed by a former
installation from one e xhibition
night. The elements of the
installation got deconstructed and
overprinted with new issues.
The exhibition catalogue was
constructed by the former instal
lation »Pong« and was used for
documenting the process of the
project. At the end there was an
exhibition catalogue out of three
pieces – every piece presented one
week of interaction. The catalogue
was presented at the last night of
the project.
On top: The origin installation which became the exhibition
c atalogue.
Second step: Paper rolls were printed and hung for the second
event as a different kind of installation.
Within three weeks among other things we created
a confetti spitting volcano, played badminton, made
roller-skating monkeys and deconstructed gambling
machines to luminous installations.
The project was formed by the continuous process of
interaction between the three artists and the visitors.
Place
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Installation in public space
6 x 1,3 x 1,17 m (Scale 1:8)
Wooden slats
2009
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»Place« ist an adaption of the
c onstruction of billboards and
its typography. The installation
stands within its self-r eferential
sense for a revision of the
p romises of the superficial and
shinny advertisment.
Examples of billboards and its construction
My Dear
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Installation in public space
7 x 2,7 m
Varnished and eroded metal wall
2008
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In the harbour area of Offenbach
the words MY DEAR are eroding
on a metal wall. The letters were
grinded in the already eroded
and galled metal wall with a flex
tool. The words MY DEAR are still
eroding till its complete modifica
tion to former marks of erosion.
The installation is a homage to
the harbour of Offenbach that was
an important place for the city‘s
industry and spent identity and
perspective to a lot of citizens.
Now vacancy dominates this area
which gets more and more rotten;
it is planned to tear down what is
left and to build up a new district.
Interventions
in Abandoned
Space
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Photographical documentation of
installations in private and public
space
700 x 500 mm
2006–2009
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Studies
Exhibitions
2015 |July till March 2016|
Residency at Kaus Australis, Rotterdam
2016
»Open Studios«, Borgerstraat,
Rotterdam (G,C)
2013–2014
Studies in Landscape Architecture at TU Berlin
2015
»Multi Solo Size Matters«,
Tetem Kunstruimte, Enschede (G)
2010 |October| Master in Art /
Dipl. Des. at Prof. Heiner Blum
Issue of thesis: Deconstructivism /
Deconstruction as t heoretical base of
interdisciplinary
2003–2010
Studies in Visual Communication at University
of Art and D
esign, HfG Offenbach
Experimental 3-Dimensional Concepts and
Typography
2009 |April till August|
Studies abroad in Rotterdam,
project work at graphic design studio
»Studio Léon&Loes«
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Publications
2015 [kon] #2: Decay, published by Pia Lobodzinski
& Julia Hell, M ünchen
2ha magazine, ISSN 2009-6135,
edited by Michael Hayes, Dublin
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Projects
»[kɔn] No. 2 Verfall«, poster-exhibition,
E instein-Kultur, Munich (G,C)
»dig DAB«, exhibition with Ruth Murray,
galerie Gallery | De Nieuwe Ruimte,
Rotterdam (G)
»Passengers«, Kaus Australis,
Rotterdam (G)
»Anonymus Drawings 2015«,
Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten,
Berlin (G)
»The Offenbach Manifest«,
Das Gift, Berlin (G)
»WERK³«, WW48 Studio, Berlin (G)
2014
»Art goes Charity«, benefit auction,
B ockenheimer Landstraße, Frankfurt (G, C)
2009
»Split to Splinter«, exhibition with Erik Pfeiffer,
Hafen 2, Offenbach (G)
»Kunst Privat«,
Stadtwerke Offenbach Holding, Offenbach (G)
2008
»Festival Junger Talente 08«,
harbour area, Offenbach (G, C)
»Anders in Gesellschaft«, poster exhibition,
Galerie Café Krull, Berlin (G)
2007
»Brückenschlag«,
Arabella Sheraton Hotel, Offenbach (G, C)
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»Heimatbild«, konnektor – Forum für Künste,
Hannover (G)
»Lost space«, João Cocteau, Berlin (G,C)
2013
»Überbleibsel«, konnektor – Forum für Künste,
Hannover (G)
2012
»Multiplicity 2«, 129gallery, Berlin (G)
»transform OF«, Hessen Design e.V.,
D armstadt (G)
2010
»o.T.«, series of exhibitions with
Melanie Achilles and Eva Münnich,
Centralstation Offenbach
2011
»JungArt Berlin«, Alte Münze, Berlin (G, C)
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»Graffiti in Hanau«,
Remisengalerie, Hanau (G)
»Die Super-Kantine«,
48 Hours Neukölln, Berlin (G)
2012
|January till April 2012| Spatial design
for the theater LAB / Forsythe Company,
Frankfurt am Main
2006
|June till August| Studies abroad in Barcelona.
Continuation of the photoproject »Interventions
in abandoned space
2010
»Junge Kunst mit Zukunft«,
benefit auction of Ernst&Young,
MAK Frankfurt (G)
Curriculum
Vitae
»Cats vs. Dogs«, Opperclaes.Gallery,
R otterdam (G)
»Goût Of«, Sheraton Offenbach Hotel,
O ffenbach (G, C)
»Psst...die geschlossene Gesellschaft lädt ein«,
UrbanArt Gallerie, Aschaffenburg (G, C)
carolin
kastner
Schoklandsestraat 13a,
3083 PB Rotterdam
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