30.11.2024 – 06.01.2025
The exhibition title ‘dripping point’ is a portmanteau of the English terms ‘to drip’ and ‘tipping point’. The play on words is based on the idea of an irrevocable (climatic) turning point, which we approach in the form of countless continuous droplets of water. In this context, the artistic positions of Sarah Bildstein and Roswitha Weingrill present two specific perspectives on the significance of water as a resource in the progressive progressive climate change of the Anthropocene. In ‘100 Spectres’, Sarah Bildstein examines water samples from all over the world and codes the laboratory results according to a colour system. She uses the technique of chromatography to visualize substances that were previously invisible to humans. At the same time, Sarah Bildstein’s strategy leaves room for interpretation and speculation, in contrast to a purely scientific analysis of the water samples. She sees no contradiction in this, but recognizes climate change in particular as a phenomenon that is difficult to understand in purely rational terms. Roswitha Weingrill has developed a project especially for the ‘dripping point’ exhibition at the Bregenz Künstlerhaus that deals with the public water resources in the Bregenz region and translates socio-political aspects of water supply into playful-looking indoor fountains.
Sarah Bildstein, Roswitha Weingrill – „dripping point“
30.11.2024 – 06.01.2025
Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis Bregenz
Gallusstraße 10a
6900 Bregenz
www.kuenstlerhaus-bregenz.at
