Born 1974 in Karlsruhe, Germany
Lives and works in Paris, France
Ulla von Brandenburg’s work often explores how stories and rituals of the past have constituted our societies. The curtain installations are a key motif in her practice; curtains bring together her interest in the theater, notions of space, time, and movement. 7 Curtains creates a temporary soft architecture of large painted curtains that materializes the viewers’ movements as they are invited to walk through doorways created with rope. The arrangement of the curtains is reminiscent of the theater stage. Utilitarian objects interwoven within the installation imply that something could, has, or may have happened in this space. Like an intermediary positioned between illusion and real life, the curtains act like veils separating the viewer from reality.
Image: Reference image, Two Times Seven (2017), Ulla von Brandenburg.
烏拉•馮•勃蘭登堡
《七塊幕布》（2017）
400 × 700 × 800 厘米
布料、繩
1974 年出生於德國卡爾斯魯厄
現於法國巴黎生活及工作
烏拉．馮．勃蘭登堡的作品經常以舊日的故事及習俗來探索我們的社會是如何建構的。幕布裝置是藝術家在其藝術實踐中一個重要的主題；幕布集合了她對於劇場、空間、時間及動態觀念的興趣。《七塊幕布》是由一系列巨大彩繪幕布建成的臨時軟性建築體。觀眾會獲邀請走過用繩索搭建的門洞，藉此將人們的活動軌跡具體化。幕布的佈置令人聯想到戲劇舞台，而裝置內嵌入了若干日常用品，暗示這個空間內即將、已經或可能已發生一些事情。猶如面紗的幕布，像設置於幻想與現實生活之間的媒介，將觀眾隔離於現實之外。
