Displacement
Isa Melsheimer´s ceramic “models“ effect a reconstruction and two-way admixture of specific architectural and natural elements — parts of the buildings seem to have been eroded by nature, invaded by life, while natural objects have been imbued with architectural structural traits. A vision of an urban cityscape made from broken glass is at once both beautiful and dangerous, alluding to its allure for the infinitesimal individual, and its unbridgeable distance. Melsheimer´s creations set out from research on modernist architecture to present science fiction-esque architectural spectacles suspended in a dialectic state between construction and abandonment. Architecture in different spatiotemporal states is constantly being displaced, as past and future, inorganic and organic, static and dynamic coverage on this point.
Installation view Photo: Sun Shi © aranya art center