Plastik / Plastique

"The here and now of the original makes the concept of its authenticity"Benjamin, Walter, The work of art in the age of its technical reproducibility.

In the installation Plastik / Plastique, Michael Koch, Karl Salzmann and Marcus Zobl use different strategies to deal with the topics of materiality, consumption, reproduction and reproduction.

Can a product of the Wegwerf society be recontextualized - and if so - what remains of the former "aura"? Does our eye, blinded by serial and aesthetically arranged staging, perceive the objects differently?

The 3 artists are oscillating between new media, sound and classical fine art. This reminds us of Walter Benjamin's perception of an object's aura: its unique existence in time and space. Presence is a prerequisite of authenticity for Benjamin.