Used | Unused_Spatial Recordings | 2023-2024
The project ‘Used | Unused’ focuses on the unintended changes of materials resulting from repetitive human interactions. Through spatial observations at the Akademie der Künste (AdK) and the Axel Springer Campus, I documented material- and color-based compositions using photography. These visual records serve as a key source for my work. At the AdK Imeticulously cataloged material interactions, emphasizing their inherent characteristics and details. The resulting frames reveal traces of human touch — alterations that occur unintentionally. By capturing these nuances, I invite viewers toperceive the building from a different angle, appreciating the subtle shifts in material states. My approach slightly shifted at the Axel Springer Campus. Here, I intentionally excluded contextual information from myclose-up images. The goal was to strip away functionality and focus solely on materiality. Isolating objects by reducing them into mere colors and shapes we can observe their appearances more detailed. This process helped me to refine my aesthetic preferences, emphasizing texture, color, and form, which I wished to represent in my work later on.