"Svenja Schüffler`s work deals with topics related to Human-Earth-Science and the uncertainty of knowledge, accompanied by the Art Project "Institute for Uncertain Knowledge IUK"
Anthropomorpha that is the link for questioning the mechanisms that produce and determine the human. The term Anthropomorpha (human-like) originates from a defunct taxon that Carl von Linné (founder of the modern scientific taxonomy) resigned 1758 in his 10. edition of the Systema...
Looking at apes or its imagery to some extent seems like looking in a mirror. It is the experience of seeing too many similarites and differences embodied at the same time. This proximity to the human species makes apes appear...
Every piece, every line, every slit a presence that repels and surrounds his absence. – Chalk pastels on paper, paper band-aids 100cm x 80cm, framed: timber – white glazed maple, museum glas, 2012
Etching needle, darning needle, embossing pen, scalpel, blade, scissor, paper abstractions of band-aids, pencil, adhesive, glas showcase 40cm x 26cm x 10cm, 2013
Chalk pastels on paper, adhesive, paper abstractions of band-aids, pencil (sketch line), paper mounted on aluminium dibond/3mm 80cm x 100cm x 3cm / frame 86cm x 106cm x 6,5cm / timber – white glazed marple / non reflecting glas, 2016
Chalk pastels on paper, pencil (sketch line), paper mounted on aluminium dibond/2mm. (6x) 30cm x 50cm / frame 34,5cm x 55cm x 4cm / timber – red alder / non reflecting glas, 2012