Thomas Feuerstein: Psychoprosa

Liquid matter

Thomas Feuerstein has transformed the rooms of the Galerie im Taxispalais Innsbruck into a coherent ensemble of greenhouse, laboratory kitchen, cold room and factory. Hoses meander through the exhibition, connecting apparatus and objects, a synthetic hallucinogen is extracted from algae and fungi in a chemical process and at the same time viscous slime is produced, thick threads and streaks form a transparent and liquid sculpture. The psychotropic effect of the hallucinogenic substance, which causes solid objects to melt in perception, is mirrored as a real process; the inside of the psyche and the outside of the polymer slime begin to overlap. Thomas Feuerstein (*1968 in Innsbruck, lives in Vienna) uses biochemical processes as a means of artistic expression for spectacular installations on the borderline between art and scientific experimentation, fragmenting scientific explanatory models and questioning their claim to truth. The diverse use of common media in art creates new contexts of meaning, interweaving the factual with the fictitious, shifting meanings. Where better to read this than in a book concisely compiled by the artist!

Exhibitions:
Gallery in the Taxispalais Innsbruck, 7/3-10/5/2015
Frankfurter Kunstverein Frankfurt/M., 29/5-30/8/2015
Kunstverein Heilbronn, 3/10-22/11/2015