German artist duo REICHRICHTER talks about contemporary idea of living - Noodls
The Institute of Creative Industries and Design (ICID) at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, invited REICHRICHTER, the artist duo from Cologne, Germany, consists of Rebekka Reich and Marcus Vila Richter to give a talk on concept and aesthetic form in contemporary art and architecture on June 26.
The idea of social space is inseparable from the space where people are living, according to REICHRICHTER.
“Architecture then becomes an archive of the social form,” said Marcus Vila Richter, “and individualization of the building facade is almost becoming an object of social research.”
During their stay in Taiwan, REICHRICHTER tried to figure out how for example the houses changed over time and what changes the occupants made to the building.
With an artistic focus on the idea of “living,” they will create work on personal experiences of 6-month-stay in artist residencies in Taiwan. Their solo exhibition is scheduled to open at NCKU Art Center next October, according to Professor Ming Turner who invited REICHRICHTER to NCKU.
In the talk, they also emphasized the relationship between contemporary art and architecture is one where a concept is strongly connected to the urban construction. The building should be viewed as materialized concept.
Marcus Vila Richter said, “We are not real academics, but more working artist. In modern day art, the conceptual part is quite important. You need to know something about philosophy and other fields to keep track.”
“We are interested in the intersection between subjective and collective in urban environments. The urban is an archive of social form, social usage, according to Rebekka Reich.
She added, “The things you observe are put there by the citizens. We call it 'social space', thereby following the definition of French philosopher Jacques Rancière.”
Rebekka Reich explained the term abstraction and said, “This word comes from the Latin word 'abstrahere', meaning to pull away from something. For example, from the complex reality, an abstract is pulled and this is formed into an idea. Money is therefore an abstraction in that we don't exchange a sofa for a computer, but use money as a mediator.”
As for space, REICHRICHTER provided interesting thought about the abstraction of space. Often, the space is defined by sight, but this is a misconception.
“It is not the eye that quantifies the space, but the ear. This is why so many exhibitions fail, because the ear is ignored, resulting in acoustically unpleasant art spaces,” according to Marcus Vila Richter.
We consider ourselves as post-conceptional artists using all kinds of forms, such as video, audio, drawing, print, object, ready-made, art-book and text in order to treat one conceptional gist. Directing our focus on space is our unique way of articulating our silent critique, according to REICHRICHTER.
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The idea of social space is inseparable from the space where people are living, according to REICHRICHTER.
“Architecture then becomes an archive of the social form,” said Marcus Vila Richter, “and individualization of the building facade is almost becoming an object of social research.”
During their stay in Taiwan, REICHRICHTER tried to figure out how for example the houses changed over time and what changes the occupants made to the building.
With an artistic focus on the idea of “living,” they will create work on personal experiences of 6-month-stay in artist residencies in Taiwan. Their solo exhibition is scheduled to open at NCKU Art Center next October, according to Professor Ming Turner who invited REICHRICHTER to NCKU.
In the talk, they also emphasized the relationship between contemporary art and architecture is one where a concept is strongly connected to the urban construction. The building should be viewed as materialized concept.
Marcus Vila Richter said, “We are not real academics, but more working artist. In modern day art, the conceptual part is quite important. You need to know something about philosophy and other fields to keep track.”
“We are interested in the intersection between subjective and collective in urban environments. The urban is an archive of social form, social usage, according to Rebekka Reich.
She added, “The things you observe are put there by the citizens. We call it 'social space', thereby following the definition of French philosopher Jacques Rancière.”
Rebekka Reich explained the term abstraction and said, “This word comes from the Latin word 'abstrahere', meaning to pull away from something. For example, from the complex reality, an abstract is pulled and this is formed into an idea. Money is therefore an abstraction in that we don't exchange a sofa for a computer, but use money as a mediator.”
As for space, REICHRICHTER provided interesting thought about the abstraction of space. Often, the space is defined by sight, but this is a misconception.
“It is not the eye that quantifies the space, but the ear. This is why so many exhibitions fail, because the ear is ignored, resulting in acoustically unpleasant art spaces,” according to Marcus Vila Richter.
We consider ourselves as post-conceptional artists using all kinds of forms, such as video, audio, drawing, print, object, ready-made, art-book and text in order to treat one conceptional gist. Directing our focus on space is our unique way of articulating our silent critique, according to REICHRICHTER.
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