Aline Schwibbe
Now It’s Dark
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| Author(s) | Hans-Jörg Clement, Beate Scheder, Nadine Isabelle Henrich |
| Design | Niklas Sagebiel |
| Cover | Softcover with open thread stitching & velvet covering |
| Size | 19 x 28 cm |
| Pages | 72 |
| Illustrations | 100 |
| Language(s) | German, English |
| ISBN | 978-3-96912-197-9 |
Aline Schwibbe (b. Hamm 1988; lives and works in Berlin) studied both psychology and art and her interest lies in observing the cyclical nature of events and experiences—in memory, in dreams and in the reality of the present. Her films and her photographic and mixed-media sequences often appear like fragments of occurrences snatched from the dark and exposed multiple times in an attempt to make them visible.
The artist’s first monograph is published on the occasion of her solo exhibition Now It‘s Dark at the EIGEN+ART Lab Berlin. The book introduces Schwibbe’s extensive multidisciplinary practice, which besides drawing, photography and video also includes sculpture, animation, sound installations, and textile projects.
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