Simone Kessler

Tauwasser2023, (exhibition view)
2023
(exhibition view)
Tauwasser I2023, cyanotype on glass, 21 x 17 x 0,5 cm, (detail)
2023, cyanotype on glass, 21 x 17 x 0,5 cm
(detail)
Tauwasser I2023, cyanotype on glass, 21 x 17 x 0,5 cm
2023, cyanotype on glass, 21 x 17 x 0,5 cm
Tauwasser II2023, cyanotype on glass, 21 x 16 x 0,5 cm
2023, cyanotype on glass, 21 x 16 x 0,5 cm
Tauwasser III2023, cyanotype on glass, 33,7 x 27 x 0,8 cm, (detail)
2023, cyanotype on glass, 33,7 x 27 x 0,8 cm
(detail)
Tauwasser III2023, cyanotype on glass, 33,7 x 27 x 0,8 cm
2023, cyanotype on glass, 33,7 x 27 x 0,8 cm
Tauwasser IV2023, cyanotype on glass, 19,7 x 11,7 x 0,5 cm
2023, cyanotype on glass, 19,7 x 11,7 x 0,5 cm
Tauwasser V2023, cyanotype on glass, 20 x 15,7 x 0,5 cm
2023, cyanotype on glass, 20 x 15,7 x 0,5 cm
Tauwasser VI2023, cyanotype on glass, 33,5 x 24,5 x 0,5 cm
2023, cyanotype on glass, 33,5 x 24,5 x 0,5 cm
Tauwasser VII2023, cyanotype on glass, 21,4 x 17 x 0,5 cm
2023, cyanotype on glass, 21,4 x 17 x 0,5 cm
Tauwasser VIII2023, cyanotype on glass, 27 x 20,7 x 0,5 cm
2023, cyanotype on glass, 27 x 20,7 x 0,5 cm
Tauwasser IX2023, cyanotype on glass, 16,7 x 11,6 x 0,5 cm
2023, cyanotype on glass, 16,7 x 11,6 x 0,5 cm
Tauwasser III2023, cyanotype on glass, 33,7 x 27 x 0,8 cm, (detail)
2023, cyanotype on glass, 33,7 x 27 x 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