BRIGITTE MAHLKNECHT
Präkognitionen
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Präkognitive Egometrien
With contributions by David Komary and Marc Ries
Ger./Eng., 112 p., numerous colour illustrations, 24 x 18 cm, paperback
ISBN 978-3-85160-126-8
Distribution outside
Austria:
Vice Versa, Berlin
€ 18,50 [A]
€ 18,00 [D]
Brigitte Mahlknecht’s
drawings always elevate the observer to a raised, superlative, almost
orbital point of view. From this vantage point, we see forms and figures
which seeem to fly, futuristic architectonic structures and intermeshing
lines resembling construction grids, or perhaps lines of movement or flight.
The orbital perspective immediatly calls to mind images from a shared
store of pop culture – from fantasy of science fiction films, for
example. Mahlknecht’s drawings seem to record excerpts from an imaginary
orbital flyover. However, the ground is not taken out from under the observer’s
feet entirely. The lines of perspective in the cartographic grids which
run through all of her work always lead to a horizon which – unlike
in actual cartography – is to be found within the frame of the picture.
Orbital and cartographic points of view alternate and merge with elevated
(ground) visibility. In this way, Mahlknecht is able to combine surveillance
with side views in her pictures and drawings of imaginary landscapes.
Two different modes of looking, or rather of representation, converge
and fuse into one observatory focus: we look down on the imaginary landscape
at the same time as we look into it.