COSMOGRAPHIA

A–Dash • Athens / Greece • 2019

Cosmographia was an exhibition project by Katherina Heil on the occasion of her artist-in-residence period at A-Dash in Athens. The working period was made possible with the kind support of Mondriaan Fonds Amsterdam.

Cosmic phenomena have always been an inspiration to explore, research, imagine and create mythologies and stories in order to give meaning and context to our lives. As it unfolds, the interpretations and visualizations of the cosmos constitute spaces, give a notion of presence, communicate time. Moreover, it may trigger sensations of awareness or a shift in perspective, a mind-bending sense of placing oneself in the context of the idea of an expanding universe.

During her work period at A – DASH space the artist worked on her ongoing project “Sensory Thresholds”, where she explores scientific images and data in regard to the exploration of the universe and matter.

The third chapter “Cosmographia” originates with her habit of finding cosmic coherencies in images and objects that she collects and creates in relation to the scientific exploration of space and a holistic understanding of the universe. The artist structures them into different non-linear narratives as in poetry in contrast to a logical scientific story. She is overall interested in the two poles of science and fiction/ astronomy and mythology and how these materialise in her work.

Towards the end of her stay she organized a symposium in which practitioners from various disciplines with a similar interest were invited to contribute to the program and exhibition.

In this exhibition the artist shares a selection of recent works and her process while staying at A – DASH.