Artist in Residence of Riccardo Giacconi

Learning about Riccardo´s practice became one of the highlights of my own curatorial residence in Italy in 2015. I was positive, that would the chance arise, I would very like to collaborate with him again on a new commission. Kranich Museum made it possible, and as a result, a rather unique light installation is enriching the immediate area of the building every night at 20:00.

In his installation, titled "Gegenbild", the characteristic small round window of the mansion house becomes the source of eternal light. A slowly pulsating beam of light shoots towards the sky when the night falls in Hessenburg. When life around the village becomes still, the light goes on and the manor house becomes alive. In contrast to its original purpose of projecting an image (Bild), the light beam in the installation Gegenbild dissolves in the distance. Mimicking the purpose and the aesthetic quality of the light emitted from lighthouses, it creates a paradox since its light does not serve as a navigational aid in the middle of the North- German farmlands. The function of the light in Gegenbild is purely atmospheric and suggests a parallel geography hiding in the distance.