Authors Gallery Kostka

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The authors gallery Kostka ( spelling AUTOREN GALERIE KOSTKA ) was an artistic exhibition project in the water tower of the former Sidol works in Cologne-Braunsfeld . The project was carried out between 1991 and 1999. The previous conversion of the water tank into an exhibition space, which was awarded national and international architecture prizes, enabled the exhibiting artists to create extensive image, sound and light installations.

Sidol plant with the water tower, built by Otto Müller-Jena

history

Water tower

After the merger of the Chemische Werke Siegel & Co. ( Sidol-Werk ) located here with the Düsseldorf Thompson-Werke and later takeover by Henkel in 1971, production was relocated to Düsseldorf in the 1980s. In 1991, on the initiative of the architect and artist Norbert Kostka , an exhibition project was brought to life in the empty water tower of the Sidol factory, which was built by Otto Müller-Jena from 1926 to 1928 . In the 1990s, the no longer used factory complex on Eupener Strasse provided studio space for numerous Cologne artists. The project was terminated because the intention in 2000 was to demolish the industrial complex , which was listed in 1998 .

Art concept

Space in space

As part of his architectural concept of creating spaces , which he has already applied to other objects, Kostka first converted the container space of the water tower into an accessible sculpture . The room, 5.0 × 6.0 × 6.0 meters in size, contains a former water reservoir that is 3.0 × 3.7 × 3.8 meters in size and open at the top. Under the ceiling of the outside area there are two ribbon windows opposite each other, each with three windows. He removed all technical elements and broke through the container walls with four door-sized openings. The walls were painted white. After the intervention, a labyrinthine structure was created based on the “space in space” principle. An intermediate gallery made of gratings made it possible to view the room from all perspectives. The public space presentation took place on December 6, 1992. Another example of the concept is the Uevekoven water tower .

The concept of the conversion of the water tower, which has won several architecture prizes, created the spatial requirements for setting up a gallery.

gallery

After the completion of the newly acquired “room within a room” concept, the water tower was used permanently as an exhibition space. Because of its Polish origins, Kostka called the exhibition project authors' gallery , which can be interpreted as a producer's gallery . The gallery was based on the concept of inviting artists of the most varied of styles and media, who could use the space as a performance area to confront the visitor with a wide variety of spatial perceptions. The first artist who dealt creatively with space was the architectural photographer Tomas Riehle .

Exhibitions (excerpt)

In the eight years of its existence, numerous internationally recognized exhibitions by renowned artists have taken place in the gallery. In 1995 and 1997, the gallery in the water tower was one of the venues for the Cologne International Photo Scene , which is held in cooperation with the Photokina .

  • Seyed Mohammad Oreyzi : Period - a spatial staging (blocks of ice, iron crosses, neon light), December 12, 1992 to January 11, 1993

"The ice sculptures definitely correspond to the (very cold) room climate, which is also soaked in a cool yet diffuse neon light.-Zeitraum- is an installation of four ice cubes (50 × 50 × 50 cm), each placed on the room axes, There is an iron cross on each cube. This work demonstrates limited duration, transience - as the ice gradually melts away. But for the duration of its presence, the installation adds its own "icy" aura to the room, an addition to the already frosty one that can also be physically experienced Gallery space. (Es) "

"Frances Scholz succeeded in accentuating the sculptural character of the room by installing her paintings. In the almost one meter wide corridor around the central room directly behind the door openings, the artist hung three of her paintings just above the walls of the interior the skylights of the almost six meter high outer space. The narrowness and height of the tour was a provocation for the artist for her paintings, because he refused to look at them from a distance, but at the same time could evoke entirely new perspectives. Look at the pictures from the greatest possible distance , you mostly only saw a fragment of the painting behind the wall - a paradoxical phenomenon when the perspective of a picture viewed from close up can usually only be a fragmentary one. (Uta. M. Reindl) "

  • Daniel Tschannen: Spatial sculpture (yellow formwork panels, green scaffolding network) , June 28 to September 5, 1993
  • Enno Stahl : Water Talk - a voice-sound installation , September 11-12, 1993
  • Volker Saul : Four Directions - wall painting , September 26 to November 21, 1993
  • A. Harold Barreiro: Cathedral & Hymn - an installation for metal and mirrors with sound performances , 1994
  • Katrin Nalop: the four women - installation of photography and painting , 1995
  • Norbert Kostka: 9th International Photo Scene Cologne 1995: "Really virtual reality" - two rooms are connected with the help of photos (Tomas Riehle) and video transmission: "Room without a floor" of the former coal bunker and "Room in the room" of the former water tower , 27 October to November 1, 1995
  • Hongku Kwon: Integration with Architecture - A Room Installation , 1996
  • Norbert Kostka: Two installations for two towers , September 5 to September 26, 1997
  • Ali Oreyzi +: 11th International Photo Scene Cologne 1997: BOX 2 - a room production , October 10 to October 19, 1997

Awards

The artistic “space within a space” concept in the water tower of the Sidol-Werke, which was developed for the authors Galerie Kostka, has been awarded several national and international architecture prizes:

  • 1993: Association of German Architects - sponsorship award for young architects from the NRW regional association
  • 1993: 5th International Architecture Biennale 1993 in Krakow - 1st prize
  • 1994: WEKA Architecture Prize - special prize for exemplary performance

literature

  • Martin Turck: The former Sidol works in Cologne-Braunsfeld. From the chemical factory to the art and cultural center? , Rheinische Kunststätten Heft 482, Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz (Ed.), Cologne 2004
  • BDA - Promotion Prize 1993 of the state association NRW for young architects , Association of German Architects, Düsseldorf 1993
  • BDA Handbuch 1996. Eutin Architektur Verlag Nord 1996, ISBN 3-930448-12-2 , p. 174
  • Bonner Kunstverein: Catalog of works by Frances Scholz on the occasion of the award of the Peter Mertes scholarship , Bonn 1993
  • Kunsthalle Bremen: Catalog of works by Frances Scholz for the awarding of the Böttcherstraße Art Prize , Bremen 1993
  • Artis - magazine for new art: Reviews-Frances Scholz in authors gallery Kostka by Uta M. Reindl , Bern and Stuttgart, September 1993
  • Art Forum International No. 124: Magazine Projects Cologne , Cologne, November – December 1993
  • Art News: Reviews-Colgne- Volker Saul in Authors Galerie Kostka by Gerrard A. Goodrow , New York December 1993
  • Art - Bulletin: Daniel Tschannen - A Long Way to the Top of the Pyramid by Wout Nierhoff , Krins / Switzerland March 1994
  • Bijutsu Techo - Monthly Art Magazine: Volker Saul in the authors gallery Kostka , Tokyo / Japan March, 1994
  • Neue Bildende Kunst - magazine for art and criticism: a tour of Uta M. Reindl's galleries , Berlin April – May 1994
  • Bausubstanz - The specialist magazine for building maintenance: Presentation in the tower by Thomas Wieckhorst , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, February 1995
  • db - deutsche Bauzeitung: Simple and minimized - boulders - on the trail of unseen architecture by Andreas Ruby , July, Stuttgart 1995
  • Stadt Revue - Cologne's city illustrated no.11: In Bridges and Water Towers by Andreas Ruby , Cologne, November 1995
  • Daniel Tschannen: Sculptures . Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne 1996
  • Young contributions to architecture - North Rhine-Westphalia . Nelte-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1996, ISBN 3-9803466-3-3 , pages 56-57
  • Thomas Wickhorst: New use of water towers. Meininger-Verlag, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1996, ISBN 3-87524-112-6 , pages 22-23
  • Norbert KOSTKA: Genesis - Who AM I? , Catalog 2007

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Conservator of the City of Cologne - Bilderbuch.de: Sidol-Werke , accessed on March 26, 2014
  2. ^ Kulturserver.de: exhibition project authors-gallery-Kostka , accessed on March 25, 2014
  3. ^ Rhenish industrial culture: Sidol-Werke, Cologne , accessed on March 27, 2014
  4. ↑ Architekturkoeln.de: Sidol demolition versus monument protection , accessed on March 25, 2014
  5. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Cologne
  6. ^ Kölner Stadtanzeiger: Sidol site, resistance to demolition plans , edition March 14, 2013
  7. ↑ Andreas Ruby: Norbert Kostka creates spaces by clearing out existing ones . In: db-deutsche bauzeitung 07/1995
  8. ↑ Norbert Kostka: Room in the Cologne area - conversion of a water tower to an exhibition space , accessed on March 25, 2014
  9. ^ Deutsches Architektenblatt NRW: BDA-Förderpreis 1993 awarded , Düsseldorf, January 1994
  10. ^ V Międzynarodowe Biennale Architektury Kraków , Kraków / Poland, December 1993
  11. ↑ Tomas Riehle on Arturimages: Authors' Gallery Kostka , accessed on March 25, 2014
  12. ^ Artists of the gallery , accessed on March 27, 2014
  13. ↑ Kölner Stadt Anzeiger: Ice sculptures in Kostka's author gallery , Cologne, December 1992
  14. ↑ Reviews-Colgne- Volker Saul Authors Gallery Kostka Gerrard A. Goodrow . Art News, New York December 1993
  15. ^ Kölner Stadt Anzeiger: Art on the wallpaper table , Cologne, 10./11. April 1993
  16. ↑ Daniel Tschannen - A long way to the top of the pyramid by Wout Nierhoff . Art - Bulletin, Krins / Switzerland March 1994
  17. ↑ Kölner Stadt Anzeiger: The imagination is rampant - a large sculpture by the artist Daniel Tschannens in the Kostka authors' gallery , Cologne, July 27, 1993
  18. ↑ Kölner Stadt Anzeiger: Enno Stahl Water Talks in Authors' Gallery Kostka , Cologne, September 10, 1993
  19. ^ Volker Saul in the authors gallery Kostka , Bijutsu Techo - Monthly Art Magazine, Tokyo / Japan March, 1994
  20. ^ Stadt Revue - Cologne's city illustrated no.9: Time in space by Kerstin Jäger , Cologne, September 1993
  21. ↑ Kölner Stadt Anzeiger: March 25, 1994, 2/3. April 1994
  22. ↑ Kölner Stadt Anzeiger: 29./30. July 1995
  23. ↑ Catalog Internationale Photoszene, Cologne 1995
  24. ↑ Kölnische Rundschau: Unusual exhibition by Norbert Kostka - If you want to see everything, you have to commute from Braunsfeld to Südstadt , Cologne, September 11, 1997
  25. ↑ The Path: New Art Spaces, Norbert Kostka in Cologne's Luther Church by Engelbert Broich , September, Cologne 1997
  26. ↑ Catalog Internationale Photoszene, Cologne 1997
  27. ^ The architect: BDA-Förderpreis NRW , Bonn, February 1994
  28. ^ V Międzynarodowe Biennale Architektury Kraków , Kraków / Poland, December, 1993
  29. ↑ Gazeta Krakowska, October 25, 1993 edition
  30. ↑ Czas, October 25, 1993 edition
  31. ↑ WEKA Architecture Prize 1994 - Gaining Space , Leonardo Magazine for Architecture, October-November, Augsburg 1995

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