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Dawn

Every half hour the space of a former bank hall turns into a white room. An exhibition of portraits by the painter Ko Rüchardt turns into an empty space that only consists of it`s own boundaries.
Ko Rüchardt´s work is themed around personal relationships, his paintings give the space the quality of a social environment. The visitor can watch the exhibition only from outside through the windows and experiences a metamorphosis: The floor starts to rise, an enormous cushion of air elevates, creeps up the walls and fills the space entirely.
The exhibition disappears, the original `real´space turns into a mold for a new space. The paintings remain as bold reliefs on the walls of an empty and petrified white room.
A very large air cushion of black and white Polythylen sheet was tailored exactly to the dimensions of the space and inflated with a strong blower. After 30 minutes it automatically switched into reverse, pumping the air back out, causing the cushion to collapse - the exhibition came back to life. The installation was up for 2 weeks, changing it´s mode automatically.