Sculpture Space

Ekkehard Altenburger

London, UK

March-April 2005



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About the Artist

Ekkehard Altenburger studied at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Sculpture departement, Germany; the Edinburgh College of Art, sculpture department, Edinburgh, Scotland; and at the Chelsea College of Art, London, UK. Some of his recent exhibitions include 'a hora azul,' 2001 solo show at the Goethe Institute, Salvador, Brazil; 'The Jerwood Sculpture Price," 2001, Jerwood Space, London, UK; "Colourspace," 2003, at the Gallery at APT, London; and in 2004 at the RBSGallery, South Kensington, London. In 2000, Altenburger won the Kunsthalle Bremen Video art prize. In 2004-2005, he was commissioned by Brighton and Hove for two sculptures and by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead for two marble sculptures, photographic work and design of a rock garden with sculptural elements.

www.altenburger.org.uk

Project Description

The installation, "Keno", comprises the viewing of three short animated films screened inside an 8’ wide storage container into which the public will enter. The animations are based on local urban situations that Altenburger discovered in Utica, which he describes as a “post-industrial city.” Mr. Altenburger was raised in Germany and lives in London, England, where he works as a professional artist full time, exhibiting his sculptures throughout Europe.

While Mr. Altenburger has created a number of interactive video installations in Europe, “Kino” represents the first time that he has used drawing– a traditional discipline—as the basis for his animations, which are presented in a very non-traditional piece.