POIESIS by Anne Katrine Senstad presents a meditation on the transformative power of light, sound, and color. The site-specific multi-sensory installations created for Kunsthal Regelbau 411's set of repurposed WWII bunker structures, a former ammunition bunker and the central Commando bunker situated on the North Atlantic coast of Denmark, delve deeply into the impact of artistic intervention on the experience of place. Vibrant colors and sonic luminosity create a dialogue between the charged, entropic environment and the visceral qualities of art.
The video installation Cubiculum Red + Blue, focuses on dualities between the enclosed, submerged spatial properties of the bunker and the spectator’s interior and cognitive landscape. The hypnotic, seemingly monochromatic projections reflected in pools of water evoke a subtle connection to ancient cubiculums and the idea of rest at the threshold of life and death, consciousness, and liberation. An enveloping spatial sound composition by acclaimed composer JG Thirlwell creates floating spatial sensations of sonic waves between infinite vastness and molecular particles, harnessing the emotive. Cubiculum Red + Blueinvites the audience to contemplate the balance between what is enclosed and what is released within these chambers.
Elements VII, the seventh iteration in Anne Katrine Senstad’s series of spatial neon sculpture installations, transports the visitor through a commanding sensorial world of light, color and sound. The labyrinthian Commando bunker becomes a prismatic universe defined by four monochromatic chambers (Pink, Green, Blue, Yellow), where luminous slender columns, as a sculptural lattice, connect canonical form as representation with transmutational currents of technology, the perceptual and the expansive. Each of the four chambers are enveloped by a continuous sublime neon horizon gently slicing through traces of time, anchoring an ontological transformation of place, where our familiar boundaries dissolve as radiant neon colors expand into uncharted realms.
Throughout POIESIS we encounter a process that encompasses the sensory, corporeal, affective, and experiential aspects of space suggesting regeneration in times of change.
Anne Katrine Senstad is a multi-disciplinary Norwegian artist based in Oslo and New York.Senstad's practice lies at the intersection of light sculpture, installation art, photography and video art, land art and site specificity, with a focus on the phenomena of perception and the cognitive system in response to the properties of light, sound, and color. She is concerned with sensorial aesthetics and the transformative—the transcendental ideas of art and philosophical practice. Senstad has exhibited widely internationally, including Seinajoki Kunsthall, Finland (2021), S12 Gallery, Norway (2021), Kai Art Center, Tallinn, (2020), He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen (2019), Bruges Art and Architecture Triennale, Belgium, (2015), 55th and 56th Venice Biennales (Collaterali Eventi), (respectively 2013 and 2015), Good Children Gallery, New Orleans (2017), and Trafo Kunsthall, Norway (2018). The exhibition at Regelbau 411 is Senstad's first solo exhibition in Denmark.
JG Thirlwellis an Australian-American composer, producer, and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Thirlwell has released over thirty albums under his various pseudonyms including Foetus, Manorexia, Xordox and Steroid Maximus. JG has completed commissions for Kronos Quartet, Bang On A Can, Alarm Will Sound, and many more. He is a member of the “freq_out” sound-art collective, curated by CM Von Hausswolff, and has created several solo sound installations. JG performs live solo and with his own chamber ensembles. He has collaborated with Karen O, Noveller, Zola Jesus, Helm, Lydia Lunch, Tony Oursler, and dozens more. Thirlwell creates the musical score for the Emmy-winning FX show Archer, and Adult Swim / Cartoon Network show The Venture Bros. Thirlwell and Senstad have collaborated on numerous exhibitions and film projects since 2000.
Regelbau 411 is an art center situated in two former WWII bunkers. The program focuses on exhibiting international sound, light and video art. Regelbau 411 creates exhibitions opposing the idea of art as isolated works contemplated in the clean white cube or neutral spaces. Set between concrete walls, rust, salt and calcium we invite the public to experience art in an uncommon and informal setting, bringing visitors into the labyrinthine universe of the bunkers.
Curated by Kunsthal Regelbau 411 Artistic Director Simon Thykjær.
Exhibition period: 11 February - 21 May 2023.
Opening hours: Every day 10-16. Admission is free.
Supported by Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Arts Council Norway Governmental Grant for Artists, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Fritt Ord and The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Copenhagen
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