Graphs are on the Internet, on television, in newspapers, presentations - in short, one set in all visual media. Depending on the context of use are often text, picture and diagram elements are combined. Their function is to illustrate complex issues, data and information through a visual representation. Here are charts, graphs or diagrams exchange not only illustrative, but they create relationships, offer insight and provide visual arguments. A key task is the representation, organization and dissemination of knowledge. In a networked society in which the image has become a leading medium and every day new information is produced, is the need for visual translations and a visible order more than understandable.
Diagrams are in the field of art not a completely new phenomenon, but can be observed in the last ten years a growing interest in this type of picture. The term of the diagrammatic is a new research field has developed. Reason lies in the convergence of art and science, the progressive-end development of an expanded pictorial concept in dealing with abstract forms of art history and the recognition of the graph theory as forming an analytical tool. Charts are no longer seen only as an illustration, but examined as an independent, visual form. The interaction of image, font, and a spatially-graphical arrangement a form of descriptive thinking is enabled which delivers a very unique knowledge potential.
The exhibition "graphs" asks about the current impact of these developments on the imagery and visualization strategies in art. For the exhibition, artists were selected, which are represented by different view models and forms of presentation. Presented are numerous productions including drawings, collages, photographs and videos, as well as space-consuming objects and installations. The works exhibited at the Kunstverein creates references to charts, cartography, notations and other graphical models are visible.In addition to the aesthetic effect and the creative aspect of graphs in the exhibition plays its role in the exchange of artistic work and thought processes in the medium of the exhibition a significant role. The formal structure of the graphs is the artists as a starting point for image-based systems and narratives. Their true function - direct visualization of information - is often undermined in favor of a private, open form of knowledge.
Curator: Thomas Thiel with contributions by: Ruth Buchanan, Gerhard Dirmoser, Philip Hamann, Nicholas Gansterer, Luis Jacob, Eva Kotatkova, Michael Najjar, Alexandre Singh, Marcus Steinweg and Jorinde Voigt
Diagrams are in the field of art not a completely new phenomenon, but can be observed in the last ten years a growing interest in this type of picture. The term of the diagrammatic is a new research field has developed. Reason lies in the convergence of art and science, the progressive-end development of an expanded pictorial concept in dealing with abstract forms of art history and the recognition of the graph theory as forming an analytical tool. Charts are no longer seen only as an illustration, but examined as an independent, visual form. The interaction of image, font, and a spatially-graphical arrangement a form of descriptive thinking is enabled which delivers a very unique knowledge potential.
The exhibition "graphs" asks about the current impact of these developments on the imagery and visualization strategies in art. For the exhibition, artists were selected, which are represented by different view models and forms of presentation. Presented are numerous productions including drawings, collages, photographs and videos, as well as space-consuming objects and installations. The works exhibited at the Kunstverein creates references to charts, cartography, notations and other graphical models are visible.In addition to the aesthetic effect and the creative aspect of graphs in the exhibition plays its role in the exchange of artistic work and thought processes in the medium of the exhibition a significant role. The formal structure of the graphs is the artists as a starting point for image-based systems and narratives. Their true function - direct visualization of information - is often undermined in favor of a private, open form of knowledge.
Curator: Thomas Thiel with contributions by: Ruth Buchanan, Gerhard Dirmoser, Philip Hamann, Nicholas Gansterer, Luis Jacob, Eva Kotatkova, Michael Najjar, Alexandre Singh, Marcus Steinweg and Jorinde Voigt
November 10, 2012–January 27, 2013
Bielefelder Kunstverein
im Waldhof
Welle 61
D-33602 Bielefeld, Germany
http://www.bielefelder-kunstverein.de/
(images: Assembly Instructions by Alexandre Singh and Drawing a Hypothesis by Nikolaus Gansterer)
Bielefelder Kunstverein
im Waldhof
Welle 61
D-33602 Bielefeld, Germany
http://www.bielefelder-kunstverein.de/
(images: Assembly Instructions by Alexandre Singh and Drawing a Hypothesis by Nikolaus Gansterer)
Watch Drawing on Drawing a Hypothesis - Performance by Nikolaus Ganstererat http://vimeo.com/35223051