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- SOCIAL DISTANCING social design
- 2020
- installation / photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
There are people in vital professions—right now—who cannot keep a distance of 2 meters. 200 cm: that`s about the length of two extended arms; that´s 50 cm longer than a tailor´s tape measure. YOU can help yourself and others: just take a piece of barrier tape of appropriate length—a sense of proportion is enough—it doesn`t … Continued
- 0,5 Degree
- 2018
- digital photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
…Globally, the average temperature is already one degree Celsius higher than in pre-industrial times. The goal of the global community is to stop warming at less than two degrees, preferably at 1.5. At least that’s what the 2015 UN climate conference in Paris decided. But action must follow. ALL MEASURES TOTALIZED, to which states have … Continued
- PER SECOND
- 2017
- drawing
- inkjet, crayon
- A4
- Kerstin Weichsel
What’s the best you can do on New Year’s Eve at the stroke of midnight? Maybe what I’m doing just now. Taking a screenshot at Worldometers, an internet platform where you can watch global statistics in real time. The figures are hurtling by, sometimes too fast to read them. 31 December 2017, midnight, Berlin time: … Continued
- HOLY
- 2015
- Installation
- display dummy, sand, cardboard box, drinking water in plastic pots
- 100 x 100 x 82 cm
- Kerstin Weichsel
The largest reservoirs of water are our oceans. The sun’s energy heats the water, part of it condenses. Condensation creates vapor which rises into the atmosphere. As precipitation, the water travels back into streams and rivers and on into the seas. On dry land, it recharges the groundwater table. The hydrologic cycle works just fine … Continued
- FASHION
- 2015
- digital photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
Seen in Amsterdam, February 2015. It’s a balancing act that we’re being shown here. A provocative rap star poses for the new advertising campaign of an exclusive fashion label so as to (mutually) increase awareness. What else is there? Well, try assuming her posture: put on the high-heel strappy sandals, shift your full weight on … Continued
- FASHION
- 2014
- digital photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
Seen in Berlin and Hamburg, November/December 2014. Centerpiece of the world—the magical sum of $5000 is what it costs to ship, say, 25.000 pairs of sneakers from Shanghai to Rotterdam, so the freight costs for one pair are just a few cents. The ‘can-do’ box of world trade is the 20 ft shipping container. 18,000 … Continued
- PEARLY HARBOR, Nr. 3 (from: work group RESOLUTION / DISSOLUTION)
- 2014
- assemblage
- Laser color print, sequins, adhesive
- 42 x 21 cm
- Kerstin Weichsel
I used a skirt made of a sequined fabric, no doubt manufactured in piece-work and on the double, and loosened some of the sequins. Carefully undoing some 20 cm took me almost 60 minutes—absurd? In bulk commodity production, every minute less counts as a profit. Apart from that, no matter how far away these goods … Continued
- FASHION
- 2013
- digital photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
Seen in Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg, September/October 2013. It works like this: you hire a model with the Midas touch, and presto! turnover figures—whether it’s for shampoo, dental care products, sandals, luxury goods or budget fashion—go up and up and up … However, the Greek legend actually said that literally everything that King Midas touched … Continued
- BEYONCÉ 4,95
- 2013
- digital photography
- 12 c-prints on alu-dibond
- 370x33/50cm
- Kerstin Weichsel
June 29 – July 27, 2013 | photo exhibition August 24, 2013 | art brunch August 31 – September 21, 2013 | installations, video, info lounge, photo exhibition << Just click on the photo to start the video! video introduction to FACEANDBOOK.ME / Beyoncé 4,95 by Tiny Domingos, director of rosalux—the Berlin-based art office, August … Continued
- 251 PHOTOGRAPHS + 6 TERMS = 15 SECONDS
- 2013
- stop motion video loop
- Kerstin Weichsel
<< Just click on the photo to start the video! 251 selected photographs from a series on advertising posters that I documented in Berlin, Munich and Meran in May 2013. Summer fashion items and bikinis were on presentation, some of which had cost €4.95. They were showcased, Vogue style, with superstar singer Beyoncé. Here we … Continued
- BABY WILL NEED A LOT OF COAL SOME DAY (Publicity / Picture Research 1954-2013 | 5 images)
- 2013
- assemblage
- advertisement, colored silicone stickers
- 120x70cm
- Kerstin Weichsel
Baby will need a lot of coal some day. Girl or boy? One thing’s for certain: coal will be one of the most important source of energy also for this new arrival. This is why our subsidiary Rheinbraun is going to continue to invest in lignite and hard coal. By which the company achieves good … Continued
- THE COW TODAY; YOU TOMORROW (Puplicity / Picture Research 1954-2013 | 5 images)
- 2013
- assemblage
- advertisement, colored silicone stickers
- 120x70cm
- Kerstin Weichsel
The cow today; you, tomorrow. In Nordenham on the lower Weser river, northern Germany, several cows died of toxic emissions from a lead works. In Japan, people die of mercury poisoning. Fishing grounds are polluted by the industry with mercury sewage. Apart from Japan, West Germany is the country with the worst air pollution. Domestic … Continued
- ULTIMATE DISPOSAL (Publicity / Picture Research 1954-2013 | 5 images)
- 2013
- assemblage
- newspaper article, DISNEY collectible sticker, colored silicone stickers
- 120x70cm
- Kerstin Weichsel
Ultimate Disposal Cheer up! You can be afraid of a lot of things, spiders and weirdoes being most tangible reasons for disconcertment. Fearing other things, like the end of the world, is a bit more difficult for the majority of us, except if you’re American and as such on personal terms with the apocalypse (cf. … Continued
- WAY OUT OF THIS MESS II
- 2013
- installation / object art
- underwear, toilet lid, bleach, newspaper article, pictograms, panel text
- site-specific
- Kerstin Weichsel
Jacques-Yves Cousteau: „In the 20th century, mankind has done more harm to the planet than in the entire human history before. The most serious damage has been worked by two main agents: the explosive population growth, in conjunction with economic mismanagement. There are today 5.6 billion people in the world [note Kerstin Weichsel: figure from … Continued
- PRECIOUS POSING
- 2013
- installation
- display dummy legs, décor sand and flower, leggings, tape
- 77x60x80cm
- Kerstin Weichsel
„…The market system as we see it today is more harmful to the planet than anything else: everything has its price but nothing has a value. As a result of this terrible confusion between price and value, today’s economic life is dominated by a fundamental unrealism; it has become an abstraction …” Quoted from: Cousteau—a voice … Continued
- ALPHABET
- 2013
- panel text
- transfer foil
- 50x35cm
- Kerstin Weichsel
This is a newspaper article in which I left out most nouns (i.e. words denoting things). What is missing is a riddle. No context is unfolding. Things and language belong together. In the course of human development, these have been important factors to increase one’s options. I am convinced that things should really be there for … Continued