Verena Issel
Verena Issel

Soft Ruins

Volksbühne Berlin/ Bundeskunsthalle Berlin/ Haus am Lützowplatz Berlin

Verena Issel

The installation SOFT RUINS exists in different versions. It follows the same concept as ASET IN TADMOR (see Marijke Lukowicz's beautiful text on this installation above), but the installation is modified to different contexts: 

The installation served as the backdrop for a concert at Volksbühne Berlin by a band called Schluss, which performed on the occasion of one of the theatre’s artistic directors being forced to step down.

The installation also served as a stage for a conversation on patriarchal linguistic heritage featuring Kolja Reichert, Petra Gerstenberger, and Mohamed Amjahid.

"Soft Ruins" questions Western concepts and assumptions.

INGREDIENTS:

  • Soft Columns
  • Fake Vessels 



Soft Ruins IV
2021, wood, foam, plastic, cable, Ytong, adhesive tape, acrylics, dimensions variable,
Installation view Studio Bonn/­Bundeskunsthalle, panel discussion with Mohamed Amjahid, Petra Gerster and Kolja Reichert
Photo: Baur/ Bundeskunsthalle

Facetime – Soft Ruins
2018, wood, foam, plastic, cable, Ytong, adhesive tape, acrylics, dimensions variable,
Installation view Volksbühne Berlin, Facetime with “Skywalking” and “Schluss”
Photo: Helge Mundt

Soft Ruins III
2019 Wood, foam, plastic, cable, Ytong, ­adhesive tape, acrylics, dimensions variable­,
Installation view Haus am Lützowplatz
Photo: TW