Dialogue between art and science «kleinezeitung.at

In the Barbara Edlinger Gallery, artists and scientists interact with the photographic work of Lea Titz.

at Wenzel Mraček | 4:43 p.m., April 30, 2021

The photographer did not keep the photos himself, but the diagrams on the screen of a small digital camera Lea Titz 2008 in Rome. The title “SAXA RUBRA” does not show the attractive tourist motifs of the city, but statistical representations of colors and lighting conditions which, although coded, indicate the location of the image.

For a joint exhibition project with the artist and the gallery owner Barbara edlinger Lea Titz asked other artists and scientists to engage in a dialogue about a selection of their own works from recent years. A cardiologist from Graz can see examples of the “SAXA RUBRA” series Robert Jacir In the distribution curves of light and dark elements, morphological similarities with the development diagrams for the number of coronavirus cases in Austria. With the astrophysicist Manuela Timmer Barbara Edlinger designed a piece of jewelry consisting of a bracelet and a pendant that would be attached to a chain. Put this on the cylindrical bracelet, it becomes a dark camera with which you can see the sun on your hand. Music Monique Wessel On the other hand, Titz’s video “Penultimate Snow” (2011) collaborated with an amplified and now audible sound of falling snow. Leah Titz discusses with a space engineer whether the spherical hornet’s nests – after “The Queen’s Building” (2019) – can be called architecture Barbara imhoff. By analogy, this illustrates the habitat in the spatial model. And performances on “Worm Castings” (2013) Marijan-planner An animated film in which a bird tries in vain to pull an earthworm from the ground.

Lea Titz and Barbara Edlinger et al. Cross the queen. Tot 29 mei, TRANSIT-tentoonstelling, Bürgergasse 11, Graz. galerietransit.at