REFLECTIONS ON HOME
2021/2022
For this three part-project, Teresa was exploring places from her past and the memories related to it. It is a reflection on the immediacy of her perception and actions as a child. An attempt to translate the vague feeling of memories into a physical form, to make them tangible and preserve them. She examines the concept of home – not only as a physical location but even more as an internal state of safety and belonging.
The starting point is a series of nine abstracted drawings of real places: the stone steps to the stream, her secret places in the forest, and the meadows and fields. The red-stitched shapes are the basis for five paper objects and nine wearable copper objects.
NINE DRAWINGS
fineliner on tracing paper, partly overstitched with red thread
15 x 15 cm, in frame 23 x 23 cm
FIVE PAPER OBJECTS
based on the red-stitched shapes from the drawings
Reflections on home 1 – shape from drawing 3
black thread on tracing paper, Ø 60 x 10 cm
Reflections on home 2 – shape from drawing 2
red thread on tracing paper, 80 x 55 x 10 cm
Reflections on home 3 – shape from drawing 7
blue thread on tracing paper, 35 x 35 x 10 cm
Reflections on home 4 – shape from drawing 6
green thread on tracing paper, 40 x 25 x 25 cm
Reflections on home 5 – shape from drawing 1
black thread on tracing paper, Ø 130 cm
NINE WEARABLE OBJECTS
shapes from Reflections on home drawings 1–9
forged and worked copper, Ø ca. 6 cm
REFLECTIONS ON HOME
at Future Alchemists,
Projektraum Bethanien
2024
The two works shown at the group exhibition Future Alchemists are part of the series Reflections on home. They are an exploration of the immediacy of Teresa’s perception and actions as a child. An attempt to translate the vague feeling of memories into a physical form, to make them tangible and preserve them. She examines the concept of home – not only as a physical location but even more as an internal state of safety and belonging.
The starting point is a series of nine abstracted drawings of real places: the stone steps to the stream, her secret places in the forest, and the meadows and fields. Shapes from these drawings are the basis for the paper objects.
MATERIALITÄT / ZEIT
at ErsterErster Galerie Berlin
2021
Materialität / Zeit is a joint exhibition by Teresa Gruber and Miriam Lehnart. Both explored places from their past and the memories related to it.
An exploration of the immediacy of Teresa’s perception and actions as a child. An attempt to translate the vague feeling of memories into a physical form, to make them tangible and preserve them. She reflects on the concept of home – not only as a physical location but even more as an internal state of safety and belonging.
The starting point is a series of nine abstracted drawings of real places: the stone steps to the stream, her secret places in the forest, and the meadows and fields. The red-stitched shapes are the basis for paper and copper objects.
Exhibition Poster
