{"id":3210,"date":"2019-02-08T13:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T13:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/?page_id=2905"},"modified":"2019-02-08T13:52:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T13:52:43","slug":"paths-alps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/paths-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"PATHS \u2013 Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The origin of the joint projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It started in the Austrian Alps. During our hiking trips we discovered red benches&nbsp;that were&nbsp;placed&nbsp;into the landscape&nbsp;at&nbsp;regular&nbsp;intervals as&nbsp;though&nbsp;they were intended to divide&nbsp;it&nbsp;into sections and provide it with a&nbsp;distinct&nbsp;rhythm.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This inspired us to develop our own&nbsp;research and measurement tools in the form of red strips of fabric&nbsp;that&nbsp;we used&nbsp;to walk paths&nbsp;with&nbsp;and&nbsp;rhythmically&nbsp;mark the landscape by assigning indefinite measurement&nbsp;and time&nbsp;units&nbsp;to it.&nbsp;While&nbsp;doing so, we documented our actions&nbsp;within the natural environment on&nbsp;photograph and film.&nbsp;We sketched down the resulting ideas and&nbsp;insights and&nbsp;realized&nbsp;them&nbsp;again&nbsp;in painting, sculpture,&nbsp;photography and film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video autoplay loop poster=\"http:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2015-07-08-um-18.25.02.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MS-Alpen-Insta01.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;introducing&nbsp;a regular minimalistic structure into a landscape, the&nbsp;pre-existing random&nbsp;natural environment&nbsp;gets&nbsp;transposed&nbsp;into a referential framework&nbsp;and&nbsp;thereby&nbsp;visually redefined.&nbsp;Red as a&nbsp;colour&nbsp;of high visibility&nbsp;creates a strong contrast with the surrounding colour&nbsp;spectrum and&nbsp;imbues the fabric strips with an abstract quality that transcends the concrete&nbsp;elements of the landscape. Measuring as a typically human activity&nbsp;that seeks comprehension&nbsp;through&nbsp;quantification&nbsp;is&nbsp;translated&nbsp;into performative&nbsp;action&nbsp;which&nbsp;links&nbsp;the urge&nbsp;for&nbsp;scientific&nbsp;understanding&nbsp;to&nbsp;the performance of spiritual&nbsp;rites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2015-07_opt2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2015-07_opt2-1-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2015-07_opt2-1-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2015-07_opt2-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2015-07_opt2-1-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2015-07_opt2-1-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2015-07_opt2-1-600x339.png 600w, https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2015-07_opt2-1.png 1917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Marking the landscape, M\u00fcller &amp; Sohn, Project PATHS \u2013 Alps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Exploring&nbsp;landscapes by walking&nbsp;in connection with&nbsp;the&nbsp;artistic&nbsp;and&nbsp;scientific&nbsp;research&nbsp;instruments, the use of photography,&nbsp;film, painting and sculpture \u2013 these are the&nbsp;elements that&nbsp;form&nbsp;a&nbsp;wide&nbsp;field of possibilities&nbsp;for the creation of&nbsp;a total work of art. This&nbsp;also&nbsp;includes joint&nbsp;works&nbsp;where both artists cooperate on one single painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See&nbsp;below&nbsp;for&nbsp;an&nbsp;example:&nbsp;<strong><em>Kuh&nbsp;Vadis<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;250 x 150 cm, Acryl auf Baumwolle, Irene M\u00fcller und Diethard Sohn 2016, Project PATHS \u2013 Alps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following gallery&nbsp;shows the&nbsp;photographic documentation&nbsp;of their&nbsp;art&nbsp;performances&nbsp;and how Irene M\u00fcller and Diethard Sohn&nbsp;have&nbsp;each&nbsp;individually&nbsp;transformed&nbsp;their&nbsp;landscape explorations into painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We showed our ongoing project WEGE &#8211; Alps for the first time in a <a href=\"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/en\/salon-exhibition-at-the-kunstverein-ludwigsburg\/\">salon exhibition of the Kunstverein &#8211; Ludwigsburg.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-muller-und-sohn wp-block-embed-muller-und-sohn\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pR9bugQGAk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/salon-exhibition-at-the-kunstverein-ludwigsburg\">Salon exhibition Kunstverein Ludwigsburg<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8222;Salon exhibition Kunstverein Ludwigsburg&#8220; &#8212; M\u00fcller und Sohn\" src=\"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/salon-exhibition-at-the-kunstverein-ludwigsburg\/embed#?secret=xum4qArv66#?secret=pR9bugQGAk\" data-secret=\"pR9bugQGAk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/salon-exhibition-at-the-kunstverein-ludwigsburg\">Salon exhibition Kunstverein Ludwigsburg<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The origin of the joint projects It started in the Austrian Alps. During our hiking trips we discovered red benches&nbsp;that were&nbsp;placed&nbsp;into the landscape&nbsp;at&nbsp;regular&nbsp;intervals as&nbsp;though&nbsp;they were intended to divide&nbsp;it&nbsp;into sections and provide it with a&nbsp;distinct&nbsp;rhythm.&nbsp; This inspired us to develop our own&nbsp;research and measurement tools in the form of red strips of fabric&nbsp;that&nbsp;we used&nbsp;to walk paths&nbsp;with&nbsp;and&nbsp;rhythmically&nbsp;mark&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/paths-alps\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PATHS \u2013 Alps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10152,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3210","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muellerundsohn.eu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}