Evelina Rajca
Anästhetiker
26 April–7 July, 2013
Hours: Monday–Saturday 11am–6pm,
closed public holidays
Admission is free
Schering Stiftung (Ernst Schering Foundation)
Unter den Linden 32-34
10117 Berlin
info [at] scheringstiftung.de
In her exhibition Anästhetiker, the The Hague- and Cologne-based German artist Evelina Rajca (b. 1984) shows experimentally to what extent the density and aggregate state of matter influences the presumed presence or absence of options for action. “Anästhetiker”—a neologism coined from “aesthete” and “anaesthetic”—is a complex mixed-media installation specifically created for the project space of the Ernst Schering Foundation.
In a two-channel video projection, specifically created for the project space of the Ernst Schering Foundation, Rajca presents an experiment with solid carbon dioxide (CO2), which doubles as a compositional sound study. Solid carbon dioxide, also known as “dry ice,” does not naturally occur on earth. As it changes from solid into gaseous form, there develops a gas cushion around the carbon dioxide, which, when pressed against a suitable resonating body made of metal, generates extraordinary vibrations. This results in a variety of sounds—cries, sighs, calls of delight and of horror—that are based on different parameters such as volume, surface structure, and temperature of the materials and thus can be deliberately modulated by the artist.
As part of the exhibition, visitors can experience the generation of sounds on site on Sunday, July 7, at 3pm. The artist will start at the Ernst Schering Foundation and move through Berlin’s urban space with an orchestra, creating a dry ice symphony.
Following this event, at 4pm, the project space of the Ernst Schering Foundation will be hosting an artist’s talk with Evelina Rajca, Dr. Karin Harrasser (Linz University of Arts and Industrial Design), and guests on the poetry and durability of matter.
For more information please contact:
Andrea Bölling
Public Relations, Ernst Schering Foundation
T + 49-30-20 62 29 60 | boelling [at] scheringstiftung.de
