Instrument at Bauhaus Foundation Residency & Exhibition Fictional, 2021

Above image: Instrument on the Bauhaus Stage, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, 2021

Instrument was developed on residency at Bauhaus Foundation in 2021 and exhibited in Gropius Haus, Nov 2021 – Jun 2022, in parallel to works by Charlotte Posenenske / Alexis Lowry (Dia Art Foundation).

“Instrument is a tool for navigating in fictional, collective spaces. The sensitive sound sculpture is a means to explore a complex infrastructure that includes touch and affect. 

The Instrument also serves as an experiential medium to find out what the use or biography of their work might mean for an individual group. Is it an independent organism that gradually unfolds during the performance? Or does the Instrument serve as an exploration of collective boundaries and transitions? For Rita Evans, this use is a collective action that visualizes the Instrument and makes it tangible.

The documentation shows the workshop that took place and on which the work is based. Visitors hear how the object sounds. The drawings, plans, room scores and objects shed a light on process components that emerged from encounters with the sound sculpture.” 

Curator: Dr Florian Strob, Bauhaus Foundation Residency Director.

In cooperation with Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (GfZK), Leipzig

Link to exhibition page at The Bauhaus Foundation.

Above: A clip from Trio Spheres, sculpture performed on the Bauhaus Stage.

Above: A clip from Send/Receive, sculpture performed on the Bauhaus Stage. Performed by students at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau.

Instrument, (Installation photo of exhibition, sculpture), Rita Evans 2021. Haus Gropius, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation). Curated by Dr Florian Strob © Rita Evans 2021. Meyer, Thomas, 2021 © OSTKREUZ
Instrument, (Installation photo of exhibition, sculpture), Rita Evans 2021. Haus Gropius, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation). Curated by Dr Florian Strob © Rita Evans 2021. Meyer, Thomas, 2021 © OSTKREUZ
Instrument, (Installation photo of exhibition, video series of 2), Rita Evans 2021. Haus Gropius, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation). Photo: Meyer, Thomas, 2021 © OSTKREUZ
Instrument, (Installation photo of exhibition, drawings series of 8), Rita Evans 2021. Colour pencil on paper. 29.7cm x 42cm. The drawing shows Instrument in a floating configuration. Haus Gropius, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation). Meyer, Thomas, 2021 © OSTKREUZ
Instrument, (Installation photo of exhibition, drawings series of 8), Rita Evans 2021. Colour pencil on paper. 29.7cm x 42cm. The drawing shows Instrument within a woven-like space. Haus Gropius, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation).
Rita Evans, Instrument 2021, Gropius House Opening Night of ‘Fictional’ Curated by Florian Strob.
Image showing Instrument being played by visitors. Photo Yvonne Tenschert, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Gropius House, Fictional: Charlotte Posenenske / Alexis Lowry and Rita Evans, 2021

 

Residency Studio, Masterhouse Muche:

Rita Evans, Bauhaus Resident 2021, Masterhouse Georg Muche, 21.10.2021.
Image showing work in progress in the Masterhouse studio. Photo Yvonne Tenschert, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Rita Evans, Bauhaus Resident 2021, Masterhouse Georg Muche, 21.10.2021.
Image showing work in relation to research on Hannes Meyer’s designs for social and ecological housing infrastructures. Photo Yvonne Tenschert, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Rita Evans, Bauhaus Resident 2021, Masterhouse Georg Muche, 21.10.2021. Photo Yvonne Tenschert, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Evans holds ‘Instrument on a Plane of Prism Glass’, 2021, colour pencil on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm. Photo from Bauhaus residency studio of Masterhouse Georg Muche. Credit: Yvonne Tenschert. Courtesy of Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau.
Rita Evans, Bauhaus Resident 2021, Masterhouse Georg Muche, 21.10.2021. Photo Yvonne Tenschert, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation