JUNGE AKADEMIE: Open Studios

Several times a year, the JUNGE AKADEMIE opens its artist studios at Haseatenweg for Open Studios with presentations by current fellows. The spacious two-storey studios with a view in the Tiergarten designed by Werner Düttmann are used as exhibition spaces by the artists to show existing works as well as works-in-progress and to give insight into the panorama of their ideas and projects.

With presentations by Maithu Bùi, Josephine Macken and Steloolive.

Maithu Bùi’s (Human Machine Fellow) ongoing research on networks of violence examines how technologies embody polytomies, intertwined with never-ending wars and perpetual warfare, home automation, and border security. Polytomies represent nodes in branching models, where at least three or more branches diverge from a point, indicating relationships among clusters, such as the interplay between smart devices and ecological systems. The project Operation Deminer explores the exploitation of marginalized living beings and technologies in the removal of mines and explosives and their impact on the environment. fromBattlefields toRoboders examines reductive technologies that migrated to artificial borders after being tested and used during wars. Robotic Domicides address the dichotomy of potential crime scenes at smart homes and smart violence outside these homes. During the Open Studios, glimpses of works in progress will be shared.

With Lines, Surfaces and the Temporality of Materials, fellow Josephine Macken (Section Music) investigates material-oriented approaches to music notation through her practice as a composer and instrumentalist, conceptualising scores not as representations of static object(s) in place but rather as dynamic unfolding(s) in time. Visitors will encounter the studio in its lived-in, dynamic state, with works showcased at various stages of completion: half-built (sometimes half-sounding) instruments, tapestry scores suspended from bannisters and light fixtures, or score making instruction works. The studio becomes an intimate listening space. With interventions by the artist.

At the core of fellow Steloolive’s (Section Music) practice lies a relentless passion for the evolution of sound. He combines diverse influences, transcending genres and expectations. For the open studio, Steloolive expands on his on-going “smell project” with The Art of Listening with the Eyes and Smelling with the Ears. During his residency, he explores the experimental practice of abstract "smellscape" through a fusion of imagery and sound in an installation format. Through “The Art of Listening with the Eyes and Smelling with the Ears”, Steloolive challenges sensory perception and deepens our understanding of surroundings.