Installation view – Church of the Holy Ghost, Landshut
Stairwell
2002
Photo: Rolf Sturm
Stairwell
2002
Photo: Rolf Sturm
Überschreitung
Crossing/Transgression
[1] When the visitor crosses the south entrance threshold and enters the brick church the construction of which was started on the 20th of January 1407 by Hans of Burghausen, he has to immediately climb the 20 steps which lead to the viewing platform. From this elevation the view opens upon a surprisingly changed and unexpected scene, one which transgresses the usual visual experience: The complete floor space is covered by earth from the Landshut area except for a stream of broken glass which flows along the middle axis and is lit by blue neon.
Franz Niehoff. Brücken – und Grenzen. Zur Installation "Überschreitung" von Dagmar Pachtner in Heiliggeist zu Landshut, in the exhibition catalogue, Pg. 28