Sunday, May 15th, 3422














Sunday, May 15th, 3422
Kunstverein Wagenhalle Stuttgart
Kunstverein Wagenhalle Stuttgart
Fotografie: Frank Kleinbach + ETAGE
Nacht II

NACHT II / Collage
Galerie im Helferhaus, Backnang
Galerie im Helferhaus, Backnang
hallo Halle




hallo Halle
ETAGE
Embroidered foil
Collage
Chair / marble, steel, wig
ETAGE
Embroidered foil
Collage
Chair / marble, steel, wig
hallo Halle
Folie bestickt
Collage
Stühle / Marmor, Stahl, Perücke
Studio Kunstverein Wagenhalle
Folie bestickt
Collage
Stühle / Marmor, Stahl, Perücke
Studio Kunstverein Wagenhalle
Different parts from different directions



Different parts from different directions
Fire I, Carbon on paper, framed
9999, Poster, framed
9999, Video 1:53 min, looped
M.K., Decembre, 31, 2215, 20 x 58 x 25 cm, Lead and tin casting
Time Frame, Steel frame, engraved steel sleeves, lacquered wood
Fire I, Carbon on paper, framed
9999, Poster, framed
9999, Video 1:53 min, looped
M.K., Decembre, 31, 2215, 20 x 58 x 25 cm, Lead and tin casting
Time Frame, Steel frame, engraved steel sleeves, lacquered wood
Different parts from different directions
Fire I, Kohlezeichnung gerahmt
9999, Plakat gerahmt
9999, Video 1:53 min, geloopt
M.K., Decembre, 31, 2215, 20 x 58 x 25 cm, Blei-, Zinnguss
Time Frame, Stahlgestell, Stahlhülsen graviert, Holz lackiert
Fire I, Kohlezeichnung gerahmt
9999, Plakat gerahmt
9999, Video 1:53 min, geloopt
M.K., Decembre, 31, 2215, 20 x 58 x 25 cm, Blei-, Zinnguss
Time Frame, Stahlgestell, Stahlhülsen graviert, Holz lackiert
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
von zeit zu zeit







Achilles, der verwundbare Held der griechischen Mythologie, führt ein in die Arbeitsweise des Künstlerkollektivs ETAGE. ETAGE betreibt Ausgrabungen an Orten in der Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft, birgt Spuren künstlicher Intelligenzen und konfrontiert uns mit der eigenen Begrenztheit. So definiert ETAGE eine neue, um künstlerische Methoden erweiterte Form von Archäologie. Das Video „Ethnorobotik“ wirft einen melancholischen Blick auf eine Kultur, die eine Getrenntheit des Körpers mit sich bringt. In einer technisch und anatomischen Bildsprache wird hier die Welt vermessen. Zwei Hände, neugierig forschend, behutsam tastend, der eigenen, übermenschlich gepunkteten Superkräfte gewahr, und doch nicht von der Stelle kommend. Die Hand als Verweis auf den ganzen Leib. ETAGE führt die Variationen um den fragmentierten Körper auf zwei Sockeln fort. Je eine fachgerecht abmontierte Hand präsentiert uns einen Stein und einen Knochen - Ausgrabungsstücke losgelöst aus der Geschichte. Die Zeit krümmt sich unter einem Kalenderblatt von September 9999 - ein Spiel mit dem Unvorstellbaren. Daneben Johann Gotthard von Müllers Achilles - er öffnet und schließt den Kreis.
Judith Hülsmann
from time to time
ETAGE
Ethno-robotics, video,
2:44 min. looped
o. T., hand, bone, stone
september 9999, graphic
/
Johann Gotthard von Müller
Bust of Achilles
Engraving and etching, 1806
von zeit zu zeit
Ethnorobotik, Video, 2:44 min. geloopt
o. T., Hände, Knochen, Stein
september 9999, Grafik
/
Johann Gotthard von Müller
Büste des Achilles
Kupferstich und Radierung, 1806
Galerie im Helferhaus
ETAGE
Ethno-robotics, video,
2:44 min. looped
o. T., hand, bone, stone
september 9999, graphic
/
Johann Gotthard von Müller
Bust of Achilles
Engraving and etching, 1806
von zeit zu zeit
Ethnorobotik, Video, 2:44 min. geloopt
o. T., Hände, Knochen, Stein
september 9999, Grafik
/
Johann Gotthard von Müller
Büste des Achilles
Kupferstich und Radierung, 1806
Galerie im Helferhaus
9999






9999
ETAGE
Video/Sound/Scent
Installation
ETAGE
Video/Sound/Scent
Installation
Video/Sound/Duftinstallation
Kunstverein Neuhausen
Re/





Re/
ETAGE
Video/Scent/Air
Installation
ETAGE
Video/Scent/Air
Installation
Video/Duft/Klimainstallation
TAUT I TEMPORARY ARTISTS UTOPIA TOOL
IDO


IDO
Castor Lubjak / ETAGE
Video, 8:08 min., (excerpt)
6 Costumes, 6 Flags
PRÄSENZ, KRITIK, UTOPIE, Württembergischer Kunstverein
Castor Lubjak / ETAGE
Video, 8:08 min., (excerpt)
6 Costumes, 6 Flags
PRÄSENZ, KRITIK, UTOPIE, Württembergischer Kunstverein
hello, world

hello, world
Lilli Federer / ETAGE
Video, 4:29 min., dummy, mini projector
Künstler der Wagenhalle, Kulturverein Zehntscheuer e.V., Rottenburg am Neckar
Lilli Federer / ETAGE
Video, 4:29 min., dummy, mini projector
Künstler der Wagenhalle, Kulturverein Zehntscheuer e.V., Rottenburg am Neckar
All Quiet

The soundtrack is a found footage composition made exclusively with original sounds from the classic war movie „All Quiet on the Western Front“ by Lewis Milestone, based on the novel of the same title by Erich Maria Remarque from 1930. Sounds, such as whistling and exploding of bullets, drumfire, artillery shells, machine gunfire, knocking, silence, and drum rolls and trumpets from the opening credits. All these sound fragments are modified, transformed, digitally altered and re-arranged.
Samplings, loops, clusters and drones are commonly used elements of contemporary music. It is no wonder that the entrancing and hypnotising beat of techno music is reminiscent of military battle. Constant explosions, rythmic machine gunfire, whistling shells, slowed down trumpets and sudden silence are woven into this sound tapestry, a symphony which oscillates, in the broadest sense, between electronic music and an elegy.
Samplings, loops, clusters and drones are commonly used elements of contemporary music. It is no wonder that the entrancing and hypnotising beat of techno music is reminiscent of military battle. Constant explosions, rythmic machine gunfire, whistling shells, slowed down trumpets and sudden silence are woven into this sound tapestry, a symphony which oscillates, in the broadest sense, between electronic music and an elegy.
All Quiet
ETAGE
Soundtrack, 5:35 Min.
mirrorball (damaged), motor, spotlight, construction site
Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century,
Baltic Branch of the National Centre for Contempory Art, Kaliningrad, Russia
ETAGE
Soundtrack, 5:35 Min.
mirrorball (damaged), motor, spotlight, construction site
Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century,
Baltic Branch of the National Centre for Contempory Art, Kaliningrad, Russia
Struktur
und
Orakel
und
Orakel







Struktur und Orakel
ETAGE
pewter/lead casts, carpets, paper
older than jesus, PALERMO GALERIE, Stuttgart
ETAGE
pewter/lead casts, carpets, paper
older than jesus, PALERMO GALERIE, Stuttgart
Woerltronic
Fossil
Fossil




Woertronic Fossil
ETAGE
found footage sound, audio exciter, ceramic
S.COOP / Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart
Lose Band / Galerie der Stadt Offenburg
ETAGE
found footage sound, audio exciter, ceramic
S.COOP / Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart
Lose Band / Galerie der Stadt Offenburg
the garden


Surrounded by a ladder suspended from the ceiling, two female figures face each other. One of the figures wears a pseudo-futuristic uniform dress and a woollen mask covering her entire head. The other, a tattooed female Homo Habilis, carries a bone and a stone as weapons. These figures project 130 individual clips onto a planetary sphere, the central visual canvas. The ladder and its rungs symbolise the direction of the travel of time, fencing in the war activity and restricting it to the garden.
The clips show scenes from historical documentaries of the First World War, cartoons and science fiction films as well as silent movie title cards from a silent fairy tale movie from 1918. They are projected randomly, following the ETAGE concept where date and timelines run forwards and backwards, stopping briefly in different places. The result is a cluster of historical events, innovations, misplaced enthusiasm and constant destruction, impacting on an emotional level and creating parallels with the past, the present and projections of the future.
The rapid succession of clips, arranged in a continuous loop, appear as a never ending spiral or a constantly spinning carousel of silent film. The power of the images and the mix of visual information challenge the perception of reality and fiction in the context of historical events.
The clips show scenes from historical documentaries of the First World War, cartoons and science fiction films as well as silent movie title cards from a silent fairy tale movie from 1918. They are projected randomly, following the ETAGE concept where date and timelines run forwards and backwards, stopping briefly in different places. The result is a cluster of historical events, innovations, misplaced enthusiasm and constant destruction, impacting on an emotional level and creating parallels with the past, the present and projections of the future.
The rapid succession of clips, arranged in a continuous loop, appear as a never ending spiral or a constantly spinning carousel of silent film. The power of the images and the mix of visual information challenge the perception of reality and fiction in the context of historical events.
the garden
ETAGE
Installation, ladder, dummies, costumes, bone, stone, ball, mini pojectors
Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century,
Quartier21 International, MuseumsQuartier Wien
ETAGE
Installation, ladder, dummies, costumes, bone, stone, ball, mini pojectors
Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century,
Quartier21 International, MuseumsQuartier Wien


Spaceship fragment


Spaceship fragment
Aki Salo / ETAGE
ceramic, flowers, plastic bottle
DELUX / Konschthaus, Luxembourg
Aki Salo / ETAGE
ceramic, flowers, plastic bottle
DELUX / Konschthaus, Luxembourg
Re
Re
Edgar Berg / ETAGE
10:05 min (excerpt)
Endlosschleife 2041, Württembergsicher Kunstverein, Stuttgart
Edgar Berg / ETAGE
10:05 min (excerpt)
Endlosschleife 2041, Württembergsicher Kunstverein, Stuttgart
Memories
of
the
Future
of
the
Future







MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE
ETAGE, Installation
GALERIE MOLLINÈ, Stuttgart
ETAGE, Installation
GALERIE MOLLINÈ, Stuttgart
Fotografie: Holger Münch
Die ETAGE
zu Gast
im Gästezimmer
zu Gast
im Gästezimmer









Die ETAGE zu Gast im Gästezimmer
ETAGE, wallpaper, video
Gästezimmer e.V., Stuttgart
ETAGE, wallpaper, video
Gästezimmer e.V., Stuttgart
ETAGE
–
2142
until
today
–
2142
until
today









ETAGE – 2142 until today
ETAGE, Installation
Städtische Galerie im Kornhaus, Kirchheim/Teck
ETAGE, Installation
Städtische Galerie im Kornhaus, Kirchheim/Teck