Philipp Modersohn - Attitudes of Stone

Attitudes of Stone begins with an image sequence of Philipp Modersohn's objects, which seem to morph into one another. These 16 protagonists stand in for materials and processes: furniture, anthropomorphism, metamorphosis, pressure, topiary, peat, photosynthesis, adaptation, infrastructures, heaps, sediments, glass, heat, concrete, vibrancy, phase transition. Subsequently, these constellations unfold in poetic and theoretical contributions by authors from a variety of fields, along with pseudoscientific diagrams and documentation of the site-specific installations. A horizontal dialogue can begin: between the different sections as well as with the contributors, humans, things, and processes alike. Meanwhile, the ink on the page fluctuates as if the printing press itself is breathing.