Alicja Kwade

Best known for her enigmatic sculptures and installations that explore concepts of space, time, science, and philosophy, Berlin-based Alicja Kwade creates immersive experiences that actively encourage viewers to question their perception of reality. Rain (15 minutes/30 cm) (2019) is part of a larger mixed media work, in which a series of white boards is showered with clock hands and single millimeters cut from a folding ruler in varying volumes. The middle board, with the densest concentration of both elements, represents a storm at its most powerful, and the interference of the two systems: time and distance, clock hands and millimeters. Both the cut ruler and clock hands are visually reminiscent of raindrops, simultaneously restricting and expanding their symbolic power.