Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition éponyme de Nina Könnemann à la Haus am Waldsee de Berlin, ce double volume réunit deux volets centraux de l'œuvre de l'artiste.
Blocken explores vision as a situated practice within the temporality of real-time. In choreographed live-filmmaking-performances, multiple camera perspectives generate a layered visual field, shaped by overlays, collective decision-making, and the tension between control and improvisation. Further Reductions engages a sculptural approach that applies prehistoric flintknapping techniques to industrial sanitary ceramics. The resulting objects emerge from a deliberate interplay of precision and chance—oscillating between tool, fragment, and sign, and articulated through a gesture that reflects cultural imaginaries of origin and history with both critical distance and speculative resonance. Together, the publications offer insight into a cross-media practice that negotiates the relationship between perception, materiality, and mediality—between fleeting presence and temporal depth.
Nina Könnemann (née en 1971 à Bonn) est une artiste vidéo allemande. Elle s'intéresse aux comportements, aux conventions et aux mécanismes sociaux à l'œuvre notamment dans les espaces marginaux et au sein des sous-cultures, réalisant des portraits du présent à travers des récits non officiels.
