Opening Talk

Katja Mater studied Fine Art at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Mater’s artistic practice encompasses photography, film, installation, and performance. Through her works, she documents phenomena that lie beyond visual perception and opens up alternative experiences of reality by renegotiating the concepts of space, time, and perception.

Margaret Raspé is regarded as a pioneer of feminist experimental film. Between 1954 and 1957 she studied painting and fashion at the Kunstakademie München and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Berlin. In the 1970s she developed the camera helmet and began producing her camera helmet films. Her body of work also includes performative actions and sculptural pieces that engage with questions of the relationship to nature, ecology, and spirituality.

Bernhard Schreiner studied film under Peter Kubelka at the Städelschule. As part of his many years of teaching in the film and video lab, he helped build the Städelschule’s film workshop and sound studio. Between 2005 and 2007 he ran the label “feld-records.” Together with Thomas Bayrle, Schreiner developed the series of rosary-praying motors. He currently teaches at the HfG Offenbach and at the Städelschule.

Natalia Grabowska is a curator and researcher based in London. As Curator at Large for Architecture and Site-Specific Projects at the Serpentine, she realises exhibitions, architectural interventions, and public realm projects. Her recent work includes projects with Peter Doig, Katharina Grosse, and Theaster Gates. Her curatorial practice examines how places and built environments shape our behaviour, perception, and emotional experience.