 | | Robert Kessler | Brunnenprojekt "Me and we", Abu Dhabi | "les temps d'illumination", 2006 |
Robert Kessler
Born in 1956 in Nuremberg | Currently lives and works in the Munich area | Studies at the Academy of Visual Arts in Munich with professors Gerd Winner, Fridhelm Klein, Robin Page | Scholarship from the Fanni-Carlitta Foundation | Master scholar and diploma 1986 | Addressed movement processes both in the socio-political as well as the technical context | His primarily kinetic works move on their own or can be moved by people | Numerous national and international individual/group exhibitions, participations in competitions, activities and performances – lectures, workshops, teaching activities and publications.
More at: www.robert-kessler.de
Finding the sources by swimming against the current
In the art course, every participant creates a floatable object according to his or her very individual ideas, to be exhibited in the cloister pond. The process of designing the found objects is deliberately structured to the extent that free space can emerge for diverse working methods. The finished mobile “sculptures” will be placed with ropes in the pond, illuminated and interactively presented – much to the delight of the guests during the art night. Material finding at the junkyard, in the forest, in the sawmill ... The process of finding a design runs (upstream) from the found object to the idea, from the source and during production back and forth and back again (downstream) into the finished product! Exchange, inspiration, discovery, alone and with others. And while creating art there will be formal impulses and feedback, technical processing assistance to overcome any potential platitudes – a transformative work approach and concentration on reducing to essentials.
Application documents
Photos of own work, short CV with photo, handicraft skills, willingness to let go of ready-made designs or existing ideas – and immerse oneself in the peculiarities of the findings, short description of expectations for course, max. number of participants
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