"Svenja Schüffler`s work deals with topics related to Human-Earth-Science and the uncertainty of knowledge, accompanied by the Art Project "Institute for Uncertain Knowledge IUK"

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Sacrifice – What is worth more, art or life ?

Sacrifice – What is worth more, art or life ?

Sacrifice – What is worth more, art or life? This is a dilemma that one might find themselves grappling with in recent times. Agnus Dei, the sacrificial Lamb of God housed in Madrid’s Prado, akin to all masterpieces within the Western art canon, faces the peril of damage from climate...
Preview: Verborgene Werke

Preview: Verborgene Werke

Photo clippings of the hidden secret works in the frames covered up in silk paper – In Seidenpapier verhüllte Fotoausschnitte der verborgenen geheimen Werke im Rahmen
How to manage the Apocalypse?

How to manage the Apocalypse?

Essay (DE): How to manage the Apocalypse?  An Essay on drawings and collages about a management without end, culminating in the design of an insurance – a sort of early warning school signaling the end of all guarantee. Ein Essay über Zeichnungen und Collagen zum Management ohne Ende, und letztendlich...
Addendum

Addendum

Essay (DE): An Essay on drawings and collages about a management without end, culminating in the design of an insurance – a sort of early warning school signaling the end of all guarantee. Ein Essay über Zeichnungen und Collagen zum Management ohne Ende, und letztendlich über den Entwurf einer Versicherung,...
Control Room (Kontrollraum)

Control Room (Kontrollraum)

CONTROL ROOM (School) embodies the delicate concept of delegitimizing traditional institutions within the control room of fear, while simultaneously encouraging the emergence of new institutions focused on preventive measures. The control room functions as a metaphorical ghost train, where a novel alphabet of precaution is crafted through the display, transmission,...
Maculata ‘1 (Befleckt)

Maculata ‘1 (Befleckt)

“..But the hyena is not truly hyena-like. Only the practice of besmirching her wondrous and enigmatic figure, which seemingly ignites the imagination so profoundly, is truly hyenic. The persistent defamation – their defamatory portrayal, is thus itself of hyenic nature.” “..Wirklich hyänisch ist aber nicht die Hyäne. Einzig hyänisch ist...
Divine Managers ‘1 (Herrliche Manager)

Divine Managers ‘1 (Herrliche Manager)

“”..The visage of the manager is distinguished. It is a glorious reflection of the effectiveness and efficiency achieved in the management of the underground, and in the execution of the hidden duties…” “…Herausragend ist das Antlitz des Managers. Es ist ein herrlicher Abglanz der vollbrachten Effektivität und Effizienz in der Verwaltung des Untergrunds, und...
Essay (pdf): How to manage the Apocalypse?

Essay (pdf): How to manage the Apocalypse?

Essay (DE): An Essay on drawings and collages about a management without end, culminating in the design of an insurance – a sort of early warning school signaling the end of all guarantee. Ein Essay über Zeichnungen und Collagen zum Management ohne Ende, und letztendlich über den Entwurf einer Versicherung,...
Pitch Bird ‘2 (Pechvogel)

Pitch Bird ‘2 (Pechvogel)

First Chapter Essay (English): Pitch Bird “An unusually embellished representation of a flanged pipe can be seen. The pipe is part of a borehole closure (christmas tree) of an underground oil reservoir, which has been developed by drilling operators. With the help of this technological device it is possible to extract crude...
Divine Managers ‘2 (Herrliche Manager)

Divine Managers ‘2 (Herrliche Manager)

“..The visage of the manager is distinguished. It is a glorious reflection of the effectiveness and efficiency achieved in the management of the underground, and in the execution of the hidden duties…” “…Herausragend ist das Antlitz des Managers. Es ist ein herrlicher Abglanz der vollbrachten Effektivität und Effizienz in der Verwaltung des Untergrunds, und...
Maculata ‘2 (Befleckt)

Maculata ‘2 (Befleckt)

“..But the hyena is not truly hyena-like. Only the practice of besmirching her wondrous and enigmatic figure, which seemingly ignites the imagination so profoundly, is truly hyenic. The persistent defamation – their defamatory portrayal, is thus itself of hyenic nature.” “..Wirklich hyänisch ist aber nicht die Hyäne. Einzig hyänisch ist...
Maculata ´3 (Befleckt)

Maculata ´3 (Befleckt)

“..But the hyena is not really hyenaic. Only hyenal is the practice of besmirching her wondrous and enigmatic figure, which apparently excites the imagination so strongly. The ongoing defamation – their defamatory portrayal is itself of hyenic art…” “..Wirklich hyänisch ist aber nicht die Hyäne. Einzig hyänisch ist die Praxis...
Maculata ´4 (Befleckt)

Maculata ´4 (Befleckt)

“..But the hyena is not truly hyena-like. Only the practice of besmirching her wondrous and enigmatic figure, which seemingly ignites the imagination so profoundly, is truly hyenic. The persistent defamation – their defamatory portrayal, is thus itself of hyenic nature.” “..Wirklich hyänisch ist aber nicht die Hyäne. Einzig hyänisch ist...
Divine Managers ‘3 (Herrliche Manager)

Divine Managers ‘3 (Herrliche Manager)

“..The visage of the manager is distinguished. It is a glorious reflection of the effectiveness and efficiency achieved in the management of the underground, and in the execution of the hidden duties…” “…Herausragend ist das Antlitz des Managers. Es ist ein herrlicher Abglanz der vollbrachten Effektivität und Effizienz in der Verwaltung des Untergrunds, und...
Festivity at Humboldt

Festivity at Humboldt

In the public as well as in the religious sphere, the oath was the basis of all authority and the root of the law. It guarantees the agreement of words and deeds against the background that language opens up the possibility of both truth and lies. But the institutionalized truth-telling...
Assembly of the Animals (Polyptych)

Assembly of the Animals (Polyptych)

Reworking of an Ethiopian painting on the act of founding society in the form of a large-format polyptych. For this, weaving, an archaic technique of processes, tools and products, such as the manufacture of thread, the loom, the fabric, was revived. Etymological roots between weaving of textiles and texts of...
WikiDaemon

WikiDaemon

WikiDaemon is one kind of a tool with whom we prepare for the unforeseen. The tool is being created as a free online and nonprofit platform. This platform is an art-science initiative created and designed for experimental reasons. In the tradition of a collaborative library, WikiDaemon will provide access and participation to anyone, while at the same time...
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (Miniatur)

An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (Miniatur)

An experiment on a bird in the air pump (miniature, prototype), chalk pastels on paper, 22,5cm x 17cm, 2016. The drawing by Svenja Schüffler is a miniature that mimics the original painting. Photograph: © Andreas Baudisch, Galerie Gerken On the other hand the project »An Experiment on a Bird« is a critial juxtaposition to...
Institute for Uncertain Knowledge

Institute for Uncertain Knowledge

http://www.institute-for-uncertain-knowledge.org/ The Institute for Uncertain Knowledge IUK Berlin is an Art Project of Svenja Schüffler, acknowledging the uncertainty of knowledge. The Institute approaches the phenomenon of “Uncertain Knowledge“ in science and society from an artistic angle, and produces knowledge about uncertainty. IUK also publishes essays and realises lectures on the uncertainy of knowledge. ©...
Silver Crested

Silver Crested

Bousai Zukin (Earthquake Protection Hood, Japan), steel, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Installing Seismic Risk of Istanbul

INTRODUCTION: Installing Seismic Risk of Istanbul

Art Project/Installation on the interface between science and art. As we are living in the age of construction on our planet, earthquakes will in the future have an increasing impact on poorly constructed Megacities. Those Megacities at risk represent not only a local extreme risk of lives. Instead these future disasters...
Is Concrete modern?

Is Concrete modern?

While concrete has the appearance of an advanced technology, based upon theoretical understanding of stresses and chemistry of cements, knowledge held by trained experts, reinforced concrete is also at the same time a simple process that can be, and in many parts of the world is, executed by people with no...
Forecast tear down Slabs

Forecast tear down Slabs

The imposing slab fragments, the uncanny ruins are the evidence of a violence to come, loaded with a force to harm and slay down, irreversible and unexpected. A visible threat, an imagine of risk. Neatly plastered ceilings that become weaponized are beyond everyday experience. This background is shifted to the front,...
To issue an Instruction

To issue an Instruction

Video objects, 2016   “A countdown, is a time sequence of backward counting, to indicate and speak out loud the critical time remaining before an anxiously anticipated event occurs. The temporal demand and necessities of the situation enables a rhetoric to put off any discussion, detail or story and thus...
Real World Data

Real World Data

Print on paper, folded paper, object 90cm x 1000cm (10m), 2014 Real worl data (scientific definition of data collected in real world) – seismic data from the earthquake catalog, United States Geological Survey USGS, region is Greece-Turkey, 1975-2014
INTRODUCTION: The Moment of the theoretical Alert

INTRODUCTION: The Moment of the theoretical Alert

The project aims to design and critically reflect an Earthquake Early Warning Assistant of the near future. It experiments with scenarios of human-machine interaction via a series of multi-media performances that resemble a laboratory test room. The project will demonstrate a case study on the region of Istanbul and Almaty/Bishkek....
Earthquake Animation

Earthquake Animation

This multi-media setup is emphasizing the complexity of earthly activity by animating and transforming 10.000 historic earthquakes (on the basis of the earthquake catalogs of Turkey) into sound, motion and visualization. The past allows to get a clue of what lies ahead for Istanbul. A very seismic active Turkey The...

Testing for ontological Error

“Science is rooted in the concept that a model can be tested against observations and rejected when necessary. However, the problem of model testing becomes formidable when we consider the probabilistic forecasting of natural systems. We show that testability is facilitated by the definition of an experimental concept, external to...
INTRODUCTION: Anthropomorpha

INTRODUCTION: Anthropomorpha

Anthropomorpha that is the link for questioning the mechanisms that produce and determine the human. The term Anthropomorpha (human-like) originates from a defunct taxon that Carl von Linné (founder of the modern scientific taxonomy) resigned 1758 in his 10. edition of the Systema naturae (he replaced it by the taxon Primates). In the...
(Apo)tropaion ‘1

(Apo)tropaion ‘1

Looking at apes or its imagery to some extent seems like looking in a mirror. It is the experience of seeing too many similarites and differences embodied at the same time. This proximity to the human species makes apes appear somewhat uncanny and ambiguous, exhibiting the absence of a clear...
(Apo)tropaion ‘2

(Apo)tropaion ‘2

Every piece, every line, every slit a presence that repels and surrounds his absence. – Chalk pastels on paper, paper band-aids 100cm x 80cm, framed: timber – white glazed maple, museum glas, 2012  
Defunct Taxon

Defunct Taxon

Chalk pastels on paper, pencil (sketch line), 2011 200cm x 152cm / framed, timber – red alder  
2969 (First Count)

2969 (First Count)

2969 paper abstractions of band-aids, pencil, couch 180cm x 80cm x 110cm, 2012
(Authorship and Love)

(Authorship and Love)

Etching needle, darning needle, embossing pen, scalpel, blade, scissor, paper abstractions of band-aids, pencil, adhesive, glas showcase 40cm x 26cm x 10cm, 2013
(Apo)tropaion ‘3

(Apo)tropaion ‘3

Chalk pastels on paper, adhesive, paper abstractions of band-aids, pencil (sketch line), paper mounted on aluminium dibond/3mm 80cm x 100cm x 3cm / frame 86cm x 106cm x 6,5cm / timber – white glazed marple / non reflecting glas, 2016
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Chalk pastels on paper, pencil (sketch line), 2011 152cm x 200cm / framed, timber – red alder
(Apo)tropaion `7

(Apo)tropaion `7

(Apo)tropaion `10  –  Chalk pastels on paper, paper band-aids Assemblage, 47 x 40cm, 2019
Untitled (Dynamograms)

Untitled (Dynamograms)

Chalk pastels on paper, pencil (sketch line), paper mounted on aluminium dibond/2mm. (6x) 30cm x 50cm / frame 34,5cm x 55cm x 4cm / timber – red alder / non reflecting glas, 2012
(Apo)tropaion ‘4-6

(Apo)tropaion ‘4-6

Chalk pastels on paper, pencil (sketch line) 60cm x 90cm / framed, timber – white glazed maple, 2013
Five Eyes

Five Eyes

Being able to shift. Hairy, unreadable, squatting in the blind.
Anthropotechnics

Anthropotechnics

Cold cathode lamp, ventilator, aluminium plate, bench with white tiles and anthracite joints (own production), terrarium, paper, wire, petri dish, brocken mirror, coloured contact lenses, false single eyelashes, eyelash curler/-brush, saline solution, packaging waste 163cm x 61cm x 115cm, 2013
Anthropotechnics

Anthropotechnics

The works are installing a single (complex) thought or aspect, originated as a byproduct of other works. These thoughts focus on the generally being medial (as a form of animation or enliving practice) of the applied technics and tools
Dust Shapes ..

Dust Shapes ..

Some chalk pastels contain such a small amount of binder that they only just cohere. At the slightest touch with the paper, the pastels immediately disintegrate into its dusty pigments.
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