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An impassable and opaque wall holds something about which you want to get clarity. What is hidden behind a white wall, what are the structures of wall, floor and ceiling as space-creating elements? Gregor Lau shows us the inside of these elements and sublimates them to individual objects in his exhibition. At the same time, he is concerned with topics such as mobility and immobility as opposites of movement and permanence. The exhibition space at Schützenstraße 37 becomes a stage for transformation. By moving through the space, the visitor experiences which site-specific elements have been retained or where irritations occur. Lau shows us his perception of the space-forming elements in the way he presents them or intervenes.

Exhibition space (A)

Flow table,” Let’s go inside, it’s getting cold outside”.

“Hopefully it won’t rain in”

The wall works in the exhibition space (A) give us glimpses of recreated constructions of a wall. Centimeter-thick anonymous building materials (Baustelle Mixed Media) that would wrap around the space are pressed together in layers to form shapes. The foreground, however, is not an established detailed representation, but the pointing out of the determined spatial forms of behavior: Inner or behind of wall is also considered as inner. The hidden inner structures are revealed, stratifications set out. The transparency, in a figurative sense, can be applied not only to the space and its disclosure of construction, but also to the contents and their relationships. The wall, initially perceived as a surface, becomes part of the space, which not only limits the view, but also actively shapes the perceived space in which we move. By revealing it, we find a new relation to the layers of space that lie behind the wall. Acting like a membrane, Lau’s works allow a transport of matter through the multi-layered materials. The wall absorbs what has been experienced, what has happened and what has been heard, holds it within itself.

The design is closely linked to the process as a form of spectacle, where both the work activity and the structural change in the building become a performance. The audience must pass through the exterior building corridor to enter the second part of the exhibition. The construction site provides a stage for visitors in transit. The sensation of vastness and narrowness of the paths creates tension. We let ourselves be guided by them. Familiar perceptual structures are tested to make space visible in a new way.

Space as that which is circumscribed by four walls.

Type WB/UB drywall walls – without cladding – form a barrier that circumscribes a space while at the same time allowing views. How we now move through this space remains visible to all, gazes meet, intimacy is not possible, the otherwise protective walls no longer exist. At the same time, the steel beams become supports for further displays. Spaces with their own logic and

being. In this combination, one can view the work from the outside or, in a sense, enter it.

“Shut the door, there’s a draft”