At first glance, surfaces are boundaries. But as far back as the nature philosophers of Classical Antiquity, there was an awareness of the enigmatic character of this perception. Material, they speculated, was by no means a continuum, but consisted instead of small, ultimate elements, the átomos, themselves indivisible. The concepts of the membrane, the surface, and the boundary are of equal importance in technological research, in the humanities, and in the arts, and each yields access to important if highly disparate contents. By virtue of this multiplicity, these concepts are especially well suited to bringing together an important spectrum of contemporary and historic developments in various disciplines in innovative ways. Whether visible and utilizable in the everyday context or removed from the gaze in the realm of nanotechnological materials research or on the level of biotechnological and chemical processes, boundaries condition the reality of our lived world. They define and catalyze life processes, for example those of cellular membranes, or in the form of skin, immune systems, even the ecosphere. Phenomena which occur along material boundaries play a role in the applied natural sciences, for instance in chemical process engineering (catalysis, filtration, electrophoresis), thereby representing a link to artistic production. This is manifested in the material forms of the appearances of surfaces, in medial representations in photography, film, and digital image media, but also in experiences of indifference such as Duchamp’s concept of the “Inframince,” which characterizes the almost imperceptible separation (or “simultaneous delay”), between two adjoining processes or states.

The exhibition was conceived by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and Kassel University jointly with the artists. The intention is to generate a differentiated exchange between science and art. For the first time, surfaces become a space of interdisciplinary negotiation. The exhibition contributions correspond to the scientific positions of a workshop bearing the same name which was organized by the Max Planck Institute and which opens simultaneously in Dahlem.

Welcome at the opening by:
Dr.h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Aedes Berlin
Prof. Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Director, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Heike Catherina Mertens, Director of Arts and Culture, Ernst Schering Foundation

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www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/msb

This exhibition presents works by artist Heike Klussmann, architect Thorsten Klooster, designer and artist Susanna Hertrich, and designer Clemens Winkler. In projects and experiments, they demonstrate the reciprocal action between the theoretical and material manifestations of membranes, surfaces, and boundaries, and their transitional stages between everyday objects, technology and aesthetic production.

www.aedes-arc.de/msb
www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/msb

...a small but very exciting group show being held in Berlins Aedes gallery. (Mathias Remmele, Added value surfaces, www.stylepark.com).

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On the occasion of the workshop »Artistic Research as Aesthetic Science?« Heike Klussmann and Thorsten Klooster present their transdisciplinary project BlingCrete at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart.

Art research as »aesthetic science« is conceived as a process that utilizes artists’ specific knowledge, working methods, and competence and applies them to other contexts outside of the art system. It is neither research about art that then lies in the field of science of art, nor is it research with art that genuinely characterizes artistic production. Central to the discussion are forms of sensual insight that are combined with scientific practices to generate new knowledge.

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Lecture at the series “Lago | Dialoghi” in Vicenza, Italy, November 19, 2010.

This presentation was the second in a series of three evening events centering on contemporary perspectives in art, design, architecture and urban planning. Thorsten Klooster and Heike Klussmann were preceded by Bernardo Secchi and followed by Raul Pantaleo (Tam Associati).

Moderator: Michele Sbrissa

Heike Klussmann, netzwerkarchitekten: continuum & cut, design models for six new metro stations Wehrhahnlinie Düsseldorf

Heike Klussmann, Surround, Design drawing for the subway station Pempelforter Straße, Wehrhahnlinie Düsseldorf

Heike Klussmann, Surround, 3-D model for the subway station Pempelforter Straße, Wehrhahnlinie Düsseldorf

Defining the Zero Element – lecture ba Heike Klussmann and Thorsten Klooster in the DER DIE DAS series at the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus.

www.tu-cottbus.de

Berlin 89/09: Art Between Traces of the Past and Utopian Futures at Berlins Museum of Modern Art, Photography and Architecture.

Heike Klussmann shows a selction of her work around the deconstroction of Alexanderplatz Berlin.

www.berlinischegalerie.de/berlin-8909

For Zeigen: An Audio Tour through Berlin Karin Sander invited her fellow Berlin-based artists to translate their work into audio pieces.

Heike Klussmann
Underground bunker, Alexanderplatz Berlin
12.04.2007 14:00 - 15:00 Uhr

www.kunsthalle-berlin.com