Fight for Visibility

In close col­lab­o­ra­tion with cura­tor Dr. Yvette Deseyve, the direc­tor of the Alte Nation­al­ga­lerie Dr. Ralph Gleis and his team, chezweitz has attempt­ed to express invis­i­bil­i­ty sceno­graph­i­cal­ly in the exhi­bi­tion space and graph­i­cal­ly in the cam­paign. Cura­to­r­i­al terms such as strug­gle, cen­sor­ship, rev­e­la­tion, over­lays, (in)visibility become graph­ic or sceno­graph­ic motifs that sub­tly but vis­i­bly restruc­ture the time-hon­ored space of the Nation­al Gallery and break through famil­iar lines of sight or per­spec­tives (accord­ing to the theme). There are typo­graph­ic ele­ments that fight their way out of the col­ored sur­face. Long, semi-trans­par­ent voile pan­els hang from the ceil­ing. Their sec­ondary col­ors catch the eye and direct con­cen­tra­tion to the writ­ten word. At the same time, the col­ors are a brack­et for themes and groups of exhibits. A col­or spec­trum is cre­at­ed that active­ly guides the vis­i­tor through the con­tent. The col­ors are derived from the exhibits and rein­force the recep­tion of the artists’ paint­ings and fig­ures. They remove them from invis­i­bil­i­ty. Mak­ing the invis­i­ble vis­i­ble in a frag­men­tary form is the cre­do of an exhi­bi­tion design that res­olute­ly gives the artists their voic­es back.