Simone Kessler

Tauwassercyanotypes on glass, dimensions variable, (exhibition view)
cyanotypes on glass, dimensions variable
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser Icyanotype on glass, 21 × 17 × 0,5 cm, (detail)
cyanotype on glass, 21 × 17 × 0,5 cm
(detail)
Tauwasser Icyanotype on glass, 21 × 17 × 0,5 cm, (exhibition view)
cyanotype on glass, 21 × 17 × 0,5 cm
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser IIcyanotype on glass, 21 × 16 × 0,5 cm, (exhibition view)
cyanotype on glass, 21 × 16 × 0,5 cm
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser IIIcyanotype on glass, 33,7 × 27 × 0,8 cm, (detail)
cyanotype on glass, 33,7 × 27 × 0,8 cm
(detail)
Tauwasser IIIcyanotype on glass, 33,7 × 27 × 0,8 cm, (exhibition view)
cyanotype on glass, 33,7 × 27 × 0,8 cm
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser IVcyanotype on glass, 19,7 × 11,7 × 0,5 cm, (exhibition view)
cyanotype on glass, 19,7 × 11,7 × 0,5 cm
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser Vcyanotype on glass, 20 × 15,7 × 0,5 cm, (exhibition view)
cyanotype on glass, 20 × 15,7 × 0,5 cm
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser VIcyanotype on glass, 33,5 × 24,5 × 0,5 cm, (exhibition view)
cyanotype on glass, 33,5 × 24,5 × 0,5 cm
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser VIIcyanotype on glass, 21,4 × 17 × 0,5 cm, (exhibition view)
cyanotype on glass, 21,4 × 17 × 0,5 cm
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser VIIIcyanotype on glass, 27 × 20,7 × 0,5 cm, (exhibition view)
cyanotype on glass, 27 × 20,7 × 0,5 cm
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser IXcyanotype on glass, 16,7 × 11,6 × 0,5 cm, (exhibition view)
cyanotype on glass, 16,7 × 11,6 × 0,5 cm
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser IIIcyanotype on glass, 33,7 × 27 × 0,8 cm, (detail)
cyanotype on glass, 33,7 × 27 × 0,8 cm
(detail)

Tauwasser consists of nine cyanotypes, each uniquely exposed onto glass.

From the Series Earthly Matters:

At the height of global capitalism, we continue to consume, produce and live in a world that cannot regenerate at nearly the same speed. The body of work Earthly Matters defines our scope of action within this scenario as a space for imagination. Simone Kessler‘s current works from installations and sculptures to film, photographs and drawings. Each work is dedicated, in its way, to central questions: Which problems do we have to face today? Which other images of tomorrow are already possible? How can we think them together? To use the last words of a science fiction trilogy by Octavia E. Butler: How can we sow them into fertile soil?

Earthly Matters is a body of work since 2019