außenprobe
außenprobe mimics a puppet theatre: curtains parting to reveal a rooftop concert performed for a plastic audience,
all in the fleeting belief that this orchestrated display offers a sense of control - until the curtains close once more.
(text by Rosa Luckow, Hanne Kaunicnik)
Hannah Rettl - außenprobe - wood, velvet, rasperry pi, screen, servo motor, digitized 16mm colour film - 05’43’’ - 2024
credits: advisor Lara Fritz, camera Fynn Stoldt, light Christoph Schaller, hair and makeup Manja Burnhauser,
sound design Quirin Brunhuber, color grading Lara Fritz, edit Hannah Rettl,
technical advisor Noah Griffin, technical advisor/carpentry Nicolas Hoffmann, carpentry Isaac Martinez,
with support by
Kai Bae, Severin Brunhuber, Casper von Bülow, Alì Darwish, Ferdinand Feldmann, Lara Fritz, Marie Nadja Haller,
Hanne Kaunicnik, Tibor Koehne, Malte Lauer, Anh Kiet Le, Rosa Luckow, Christoph Schaller, Neu Workshop
photographic documentation by Hanno Rosa Dreyer
Shown 2024 as part of the residency show absolute, elsewhere alongside with Alì Darwish and Noah Griffin
curated by Hanne Kaunicnik, Rosa Luckow, Casper von Bülow, Lara Fritz, Christoph Schaller
at Neu Workshop, Adlzreiterstr. 13, 80337 Munich
After six weeks, you arrive in a small grey box. Finally.
📦: How should I best describe the space you’re about to experience? It has changed so often and
so drastically since I arrived in the box myself. Box, vessel, container, etc.
Container from the outside (encompassing), container from the inside (embodying).
📦: Let me try to explain: Here, it often happens that fiction (an exuberant ide) turns into lived,
active, practical action (project). But it does start with the space, with the container. Without it, the
projects could just fall down, or they couldn’t be carried all at once. It would be fine if they could
just pile up somewhere during a mild day, but right now it’s cold and raining. Some projects might
show to be sensitive to light, or dependent on certain temperatures and other parameters set by it’s
environment. Other projects might require many words spoken in the kitchen, while others need an
equipment room or a concert performed just for them.
And it’s about the act of translation-how to externalize the internal.
📥: It might seem the most banal thing to write about the essence of artistic work in an exhibition
text, but I’m reminded that this form of expression is an attempt to mediate the internal and the
interest (through the transformation of thought -> artwork) to somebody else.
📤: Because we have this container, many come to us, and many leave. The space must
constantly be rethought, so it never stagnates.
As we stagnate, we lose the container, and the space becomes more like a dividing surface. Vast
distances, hard efforts, too wide a view, creating tunnel vision. That’s why we’ve extended our
feelers, and many feelers have reached back. It’s a tricky situation, not being able to invite
everyone.
📦: And tell me, how can I best guide you through the space once you’re out of the box? Maybe
taking you by the hand is too much, but you might need a tour, or perhaps my advice, just as I
need yours...
After six weeks, you arrive in a small grey box. Finally.
-Exhibition text by Rosa Luckow and Hanne Kaunicnik-
außenprobe mimics a puppet theatre: curtains parting to reveal a rooftop concert performed for a plastic audience,
all in the fleeting belief that this orchestrated display offers a sense of control - until the curtains close once more.
(text by Rosa Luckow, Hanne Kaunicnik)
Hannah Rettl - außenprobe - wood, velvet, rasperry pi, screen, servo motor, digitized 16mm colour film - 05’43’’ - 2024
credits: advisor Lara Fritz, camera Fynn Stoldt, light Christoph Schaller, hair and makeup Manja Burnhauser,
sound design Quirin Brunhuber, color grading Lara Fritz, edit Hannah Rettl,
technical advisor Noah Griffin, technical advisor/carpentry Nicolas Hoffmann, carpentry Isaac Martinez,
with support by
Kai Bae, Severin Brunhuber, Casper von Bülow, Alì Darwish, Ferdinand Feldmann, Lara Fritz, Marie Nadja Haller,
Hanne Kaunicnik, Tibor Koehne, Malte Lauer, Anh Kiet Le, Rosa Luckow, Christoph Schaller, Neu Workshop
photographic documentation by Hanno Rosa Dreyer
Shown 2024 as part of the residency show absolute, elsewhere alongside with Alì Darwish and Noah Griffin
curated by Hanne Kaunicnik, Rosa Luckow, Casper von Bülow, Lara Fritz, Christoph Schaller
at Neu Workshop, Adlzreiterstr. 13, 80337 Munich
After six weeks, you arrive in a small grey box. Finally.
📦: How should I best describe the space you’re about to experience? It has changed so often and
so drastically since I arrived in the box myself. Box, vessel, container, etc.
Container from the outside (encompassing), container from the inside (embodying).
📦: Let me try to explain: Here, it often happens that fiction (an exuberant ide) turns into lived,
active, practical action (project). But it does start with the space, with the container. Without it, the
projects could just fall down, or they couldn’t be carried all at once. It would be fine if they could
just pile up somewhere during a mild day, but right now it’s cold and raining. Some projects might
show to be sensitive to light, or dependent on certain temperatures and other parameters set by it’s
environment. Other projects might require many words spoken in the kitchen, while others need an
equipment room or a concert performed just for them.
And it’s about the act of translation-how to externalize the internal.
📥: It might seem the most banal thing to write about the essence of artistic work in an exhibition
text, but I’m reminded that this form of expression is an attempt to mediate the internal and the
interest (through the transformation of thought -> artwork) to somebody else.
📤: Because we have this container, many come to us, and many leave. The space must
constantly be rethought, so it never stagnates.
As we stagnate, we lose the container, and the space becomes more like a dividing surface. Vast
distances, hard efforts, too wide a view, creating tunnel vision. That’s why we’ve extended our
feelers, and many feelers have reached back. It’s a tricky situation, not being able to invite
everyone.
📦: And tell me, how can I best guide you through the space once you’re out of the box? Maybe
taking you by the hand is too much, but you might need a tour, or perhaps my advice, just as I
need yours...
After six weeks, you arrive in a small grey box. Finally.
-Exhibition text by Rosa Luckow and Hanne Kaunicnik-
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