Carolin Kastner Graphic Design

Carolin Kastner
Graphic
Design
Ruth Murray
»Apricot Jam:
Paintings
2009–2015«
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148 x 210 mm, 40 pages,
coloured paper, 4C, cold glue binding
Published in 2015 in Rotterdam.
Edition of 40 books
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»Apricot Jam« is a c ollection of
work created by Ruth Murray
b etween 2009–2015. This book
was a collabor ative project
between artists Ruth Murray
and C arolin Kastner. The pair
met during a residency period
at Kaus Australis in Rotterdam
and the book has combined
their respective experience,
b ackground and tastes.
The book features around
20 key paintings, a longside an
introductory text by artist and
s cholar J acopo B enci (The British
School at Rome). Shape
shifters
The painterly work of Ruth Murray bewilders the beholder with
its paradoxes. It has a dreamy appearance, yet dark implications;
its imagery has candy colours and ice cream textures but at the same
time it can also evoke more disturbing substances; her scenes, quite
often set in interiors, have an atmosphere of childlike candour but
also the mystery and malice of adolescence.
A striking element in Ruth’s paintings is the plasticity of its forms and
figures, always in the course of metamorphosing into something else,
and seemingly made of soft and ductile materials. Ruth ventures boldly
into a bizarre world where everything seems to change shape, a world
populated by elfin girls, sometimes engaging in ordinary activities
such as playing instruments, but more often inexplicably covered with
stuffed animals, surrounded by an excess of audiovisual gadgets, household appliances, porcelain kittens, in strange rooms lined with tin foil or
oozing sticky white substances; even in the outdoors scenes, in sunlight,
in nature, the girls’ attires and actions, even when playful, remain as
mysterious as the puzzling objects around them.
Ruth’s iconography is developed from stories, images, places and
faces that originate in the everyday; but she also makes use of elements
from visual languages over the centuries and across the boundaries
between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture; the sharp focus of her images, partly
derived from photographic sources, reminds one of certain Symbolist
and Surrealist painters. The seemingly naturalistic aspect of her images
is contradicted and complicated by their saturated palette, and
suspended, eerie atmosphere.
Several aspects in Ruth’s works may call to mind the films of
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and tradition; also, much closer to the present, children’s fantasy television
and, as she puts it, ‘the bizarre and gothic material the British particularly
love to weave into the domestic’.
During a recent artist’s residency in the Netherlands, Ruth visited
the Mauritshuis in The Hague, where she came across the painting
Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels (c. 1615) by Dutch artist
Clara Peeters (c. 1580/90 – c. 1621). The original German name of
the pretzel – Brezel – refers to its shape, reminiscent of crossed arms
(from the Latin ‘brac[c]hia’, arms). Supposedly, this humble bread was
invented in the early Middle Ages by monks as a symbol of folded arms
in prayer, and given to children as a reward for learning their prayers.
‘It struck me as incongruous to see this contemporary snack in
a seventeenth-century painting’, says Ruth, who started to use the pretzel
shape as a physical element, replicated in different colours and arranged
in rows over a large area to accompany a painting. The repeated pretzel
becomes, in Ruth’s words, ‘absurdly totemic’, while the painting in the
centre is bizarrely enshrined. ‘My aim was to very loosely imbue an odd,
contemporary mystical significance into this otherwise tacky object.’
At the same time, Ruth has been working on a series of paintings
in which the arms and legs of young girls are squelching in muddy water.
Here, figure and nature merge, and the form of human limbs returns to
the formless. These images refer – in the quiet – to myths of creation
in which human beings are moulded from mud.
Ruth’s imagery, however pleasant it may be to the eye, deals with
uncanny issues; and vice versa. Her work accounts for the sense of
horror vacui and ‘overfull’ of the twenty-first century, yet it is also
imbued with a mixture of curiosity, wonder, and mischief.
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Jacopo Benci
Jan Švankmajer; but she blends and transforms a number of different
sources, some being quintessentially British, grounded in folk mythology
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Bananas
each 30 x 40cm
oil on canvas
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Ruth Murray
»Apricot Jam:
Paintings
2009–2015«
Aus dem
Antiquariat
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210 x 277 mm, 68 pages,
4C, cold glue binding
2016
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Since 2012 I support the
a ntiquarian journal »Aus dem
A ntiquariat« in layout and
graphic design. The journal,
which is a product from the
G erman P ublishers & Books ellers
Assoc iation (Börsenverein des
Deutschen Buchhandels) and
deals about the current interests
and tendencies in the antiquarian
genre, owns a long history
with several changes in the last
50 years.
The intention of the redesign in
2016 is to make an update in
v isual and in content way as well.
The new journal diverses from the
former sober form and offers the
reader more aspects and side in
formations of the topics. B eside of
a new cover d esign which forces a
new concept of advertisments, the
inside of the journal gets coloured
and gives a more intense focus on
the rare images. A new squarely
format and softer paper gives the
journal an association of biblio
graphic quality and the appreciati
on of a more high-class product.
For a better visual orientation
b etween the different columns
the textes are layouted in a
c omb ination of grotesk and serif
type. The new layout gives the
o pportunity to integrate side
informations and to highlight
interesting thoughts and ideas
for the reader.
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Aus dem
Antiquariat
For realizing the idea of a biblio
graphic collection of rare textes
and images, the journal changes
its colour each issue and makes
every issue remarkable.
Former Cover
before the redesign
tip Berlin
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new issues, 216 x 290 mm, 164 pages
old issues, 203 x 290 mm, 164 pages
2012 – 2015
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Tip Berlin is a weekly city m agazine
about Berlin, its trends and its
c ultural life.
In 2015 we redesigned the ma
gazine by using new typography,
new information elements and
more personal tipps and columns.
Beside of the print magazine
there was a digital version available
as well.
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tip Berlin
Publications
for tip Berlin
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tip Extra, 100x 145 mm, 36 pages
tip Beilage, 194 x 260 mm, 32 pages
2012 – 2015
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Tip Berlin published other
M agazines beside of the w eekly
main magazine. These two
M ini-Zines were added to the
main magazine and gave e xtra
tipps in and around Berlin .
Publications
for tip Berlin
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HKW, 100 x 145 mm, 16 pages
2013 – 2014
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The booklet presents the y early
program of HKW (Haus der
K ulturen der Welt, Berlin) and
is published in collaboration
with tip Berlin.
Publications
for tip Berlin /
zitty
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»Glücklich«,
192 x 260 mm, 148 pages
2015
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»Glüchlich (Happy)« is a special
edition published by tip Berlin and
Zitty, the two city magazines in
Berlin. This edition is about the
mindfulness movement showing
where and how to relax in busy
Berlin. It includes interviews,
reports and fact sheets about
b ecoming happy.
Publications
for tip Berlin /
zitty
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»Vintage in Berlin«,
117 x 168 mm, 160 pages
2015
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»Vintage in Berlin« is the first
issue of the booklet serie
»Berlins Beste« of tip Berlin and
Zitty. This booklet consists of
the 150 best adresses in Berlin
for getting everything about
v intage: design-clothing, records,
v intage bikes, antiquarian kid toys
or furniture.
Outside
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Artist book, 148 x 210 mm,
110 pages, 1C digital print,
japanese binding
2015
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Collection of urban cut-outs for
redefining spaces
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Outside
Embracing
full and empty
space
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Artist book, 200 x 285 mm, 80 pages,
4C digital print, open binding
2010
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The topic of the book is described
by its title »Embracing full and
empty space«; a research about
inhabited and vacant space.
Besides of showing our definiton
of (living) space in an abstract
and graphical way, the topic is
v isually accompanied by a series
of p hotos about unused a reas in
Offenbach am Main. The neg
lection of urban areas grows
although once being useful and
owning personal stories and
m emories
In »Embracing full and empty
space« the photos of unused
areas get opposed to its former
entries in the land register which
partly shows the stories b ehind
the rotten areas. Moments of
d evelopment and destruction draft
a new view of urban space.
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Embracing
full and empty
space
D econstruction
as t heoretical
base for
i nterdisciplinary action
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190 x 245 mm, 92 pages,
1C digital print, cold glue binding
2010
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My thesis about the idea of
d econstruction as a theoretical
base for interdisciplinary actions.
This book consists of the
r eflection of Jaques Derrida's
literature theory, the a rchitectural
interpretation of the idea of
d ec onstruction and its change
of a new definition of urban space.
Hardcore
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Poster, 420 x 594 cm, 2009
Flyer, 235 x 135 cm, 2009
Catalogue, 190 x 260 mm,
16 pages, 2009
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Visual design for the soloshow
»Hardcore« of Xenia Lesniewski
in 1822-Forum, Frankfurt am Main.
Divers Posters
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»Decay«, 500 x 700 mm,
4C digital print, 2015 (in contribut ion of blank-poster; published in
kon magazine)
»dig DAB«, 500 x 700 mm,
4C digital print, 2015 (for the
c ollaborative e xhibition with
Ruth Murray in the offspace
»gallerie G allery« in Rotterdam)
»625 Jahre Universität Heidelberg«,
420 x 594 mm, offset print with silver,
2011 (published in »Jahresbericht
2010 Universität Heidelberg«)
»o.T.«, 297 x 420 mm, offset print,
2010 (serie of poster-flyers for an
intermedial exhibtition project in
c ollaboration with Melanie Achilles)
»Cats lost in space«, 594 x 420 mm,
offset print with silver, 2012 (anima
tion movie by Eva Münnich)
»Smells like a nother baby«,
297 x 420 mm, 4C digital print, 2015
(poster serie for a 90ies party in
Clubkeller in Frankfurt am Main)
»Verder bouwen (Weiter bauen)«,
420 x 594 mm, offset print, 2009
(workshop for dutch and german
architects in Cologne)
»Passengers meets Kaus Band
Event«, 297 x 420 mm, riso print,
2015 (group exhibition by residencies
at Kaus Australis, Rotterdam)
»When life was easy«,
420 x 580 mm, 4C digital print, 2008
»Kann denn sieben Sünde sein?«,
297 x 420 mm, 4 C digital print, 2012
(theatershow made by seniors)
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GoetheUniversity
Frankfurt
am Main I
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HRZ (Hochschulrechenzentrum) /
Corporate Identity,
information architecture
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HRZ is the coordination center
of computer technology at the
U niversity of Frankfurt and pro
vides several computer and
server services for students and
scientists.
For getting to know this service
of the university HRZ started an
information campagne consisting
of an information stand visualized
in the shape of a tetris game.
In the context of a g eneral
W ebsite-Relaunch of the
U niversity the website of the
centre HRZ got a new visual
conception and a new information
architecture.
GoetheUniversity
Frankfurt
am Main II
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OLAT / Poster, flyer, internet b
anner,
screen design, information and
w orkshop material
Methodenzentrum / Poster, flyer,
internet banner, organigram
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For an information event there were special give-aways and merchandising designed.
As a result of joining the new platform the contributor gets a certificate.
For introducing the new
E -Learning-Tool OLAT of the
G oethe-University a campagne
was arranged communic ating
the new platform and its v isual
identity.
The Methodenzentrum is a
new part of the methodical
s ociology study at the
Goethe-University which got
introduced by an o pening event
with several information materials.
The organigram of the new center
showing structure and idea behind the
new institution.
On an opening event the new centre
was explained and introduced.
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Max Mustermann
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Logos, Business cards,
Website design
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Schlossstraße 31
D - 63065 Offenbach am Main
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Fax +49 - 69 - 150 44 88 79
Mobil +49 - 179 - 40 95 839
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Schlossstraße 31
D - 63065 Offenbach am Main
Fon +49 - 69 - 150 44 88 71
Fax +49 - 69 - 150 44 88 79
Mobil +49 - 179 - 40 95 839
[email protected]
www.hfmakademie.de
Schlossstraße 31
D - 63065 Offenbach am Main
Fon +49 - 69 - 150 44 88 71
Fax +49 - 69 - 150 44 88 79
Mobil +49 - 179 - 40 95 839
[email protected]
www.hfmakademie.de
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Mobil +49 - 179 - 40 95 839
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Exhibition
proposal for
Topographie
of Terrors
Computersimulation
of the exhibitionroom
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Exhibitiondesign
2013
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View above the exhibition for declaring the leading
system and the different exhibition elements
Proposal for a touring exhibition
of the Topographie des Terrors
about the war correspondent
»Hans Bayer« (pseudonym for the
pitch).
The idea of the exhibitiondesign
is to show the two different sites
of Hans Bayer: the public one and
the personal one. Both sites are
built up in different room arrange
ments and are divided in colour
and typography.
The personal layer of the exhibi
tion proclaims quotes and ex
cerpts of Hans Bayer's diary and
his biography. This layer symbo
lized Hans Bayer's passion of
w riting exposed by a abstraction
of a paper line that is the guiding
line through the 4 chaptered show.
The public line publishes opposi
tionally all published textes of
Hans Bayer and general informa
tions of the »Propagandakompa
nie« and their role in World War II.
This information is symbolized by
common advertisment construc
tions. The visuals are adapted
by daily adds of public space.
Cardboard modell of the
exhibition in scale 1:50
On both layers are special media
intended like media station, sound
station, showcases and a reading
station.
from left till right:
Showcase for original photos / Showcase for Hans Bayer's diary /
Sound station with an interview of Hans Bayer's daughter / Reading
station with facsimiles / Media station with filmstills of the daily
newsshow »Deutsche Wochenschau« / Paperline of chapter 4
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Exhibition
proposal for
Topographie
of Terrors
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Beside of the exhibition design
I suggested a visual concept for
different communication media
like exhibition catalogue, invitation
and banner.
The key image and the visuali
zation is adapted on the exhibition
idea to show two different layers
of meaning and personalties.
Hans
Hans
Bayer
Bayer
Kriegsberichter
im Z weiten Weltkrieg
war correspondent
in the second world War
Concept of
a Foyer at
Frankfurt LAB
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Spatial design
2012
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Visual concept for the foyer
at Frankfurt LAB (Laboratory of
Contemporary Artistic Expression)
The foyer at Frankfurt LAB,
a public institution for experimen
tal performance and dance art, is
used by day for workshops and by
night as an entrance hall before
performances and theatre shows
get started. The main elements
for a new identity of the foyer at
Frankfurt LAB are the two perfor
mance halls in the theatre space;
its aesthetic and its materials is
to be used as visual base for the
foyer presenting as a remix of
the surrounded space. The walls
of the foyer systematical show a
reproduction of the walls of the
performance hall no. 1 and no. 2
made by a collage of polygones.
The bar pretends to be the main
source of light with its big lightbox
on both sides. It is printed with
the pattern of polygones as the
walls and is framed in aluminium
which remarks the stages in the
halls. Because of the m ulitfunction
of the space every element of the
inferior has to be flexible to move;
so the counter of the c loakroom,
the tables and benches are
d esigned as folded furniture or
equipped with rolls underneath.
Modell in scale of 1 : 20
Walls of the showhalls that are used as visual
reference for the walls in the foyer.
Simulation of the wall collage
Studies
Job experiences
2015 |July till March 2016|
Residency at Kaus Australis, Rotterdam
Graphic designer / Freelancer for s everal
c lients like »Börsenverein des deutschen
B uchhandels«, Raufeld Medien (Berlin),
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and
for private clients
2013–2014
Studies in Landscape Architecture at TU Berlin
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«
2006
|June till August| Studies abroad in Barcelona.
Continuation of the photoproject »Interventions
in abandoned space«
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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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Curriculum
Vitae
2012
|till now| Art direction for the magazine
»Aus dem Antiquariat« of MVB,
Frankfurt am Main
2012–2015
Layout and graphic design for the
city m agazines »tip Berlin« and »Zitty« /
Print- and App-Version
|January till April 2012| Spatial design
for the theater LAB / Forsythe Company,
Frankfurt am Main
2011–2012
Layout and graphic design for the magazine
»Börsenblatt« of MVB, Frankfurt am Main
2010
|October till April 2012| Graphic design and
public relations for HRZ, Goethe University in
Frankfurt am Main
|May till July| Graphic design for the office of
architecture and events J azzunique,
Frankfurt am Main
2009
|April| Spatial design for Stadtwerke Offenbach
Holding GmbH, O ffenbach am Main
2007
|July till December| Graphic designer in the
advertisment agency M.A.D. Communication,
Offenbach am Main
|March| Illustration jobs for the advertisment
agency HiltGriesbaum, Offenbach am Main
2006
|till 2009| Graphic design for the graphic studio
StandardRad., Frankfurt am Main
|October till June 2007| Team-assistent and
office-management in the a dvertisment agency
Hilt Griesbaum, Offenbach am Main
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carolin
kastner
Schoklandsestraat 13a,
3083 PB Rotterdam
+ 6 44 87 18 64
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