11 blue neon tubes, soil, 11 photos, sheet steel (each 59 x 107 cm)
1996
Photo: Rolf Sturm
Raumeinwärts
Into the space
[1] As soon as the visitor enters the exhibition he is met by a cold, celestial blue light, one which totally works against the oppressiveness of the room. It immerses the earthly weight of the arches in an immaterial substance, which one could compare to a blue scent which hangs over distant mountains. So, suddenly, these known arches are transformed into the appearance of remoteness, which belies their nearness. The art turns this room into an unreal place: What ever enters this room will be changed. The earthly connected, bodily immanence is overcome and turned into a spiritual glide "upwards".
A twilight is created by the artist through her reduction in the use of formal elements and her careful use of association in the woven or grill structured picture panels. As soon as the viewer enters this twilight he is changed into an actor on what resembles an experimental theatre stage, which will enable new experiences: Experience which transcends the visual or physical perception: The viewer as individual moves into a thought process of the indefinite change and the acceptance of these processes which are an integral part of the individual.
Franz Schneider. Raumeinwärts. Extract from the exhibition opening speech. 1996