ALEXANDER JOHANNES

Emergence

Emergence
2019

Sculpture
sand
dimensions: ca. 10cm x 80cm x 110cm

‘Emergence’ is a sculpture inspired by ‘Project Sedan’ (1962) of ‘Operation Plowshare’, a mission of the United States to explore the development of techniques to harness nuclear explosions for civil construction projects. The thought-of applications were for instance in canal building and mining. The work expresses a utopian idea, namely to create a desired topographical formation with as little effort as possible from a single initiation like from a single cast or an explosion – in case of this work of a firecracker. If you think it further, in the sense that you could control far more, or even all parameters, one could even create a habitable structure.

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Calendar

December 2025

Friday December 12

7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Opening Reception 'shaping transition'
Frappant
Zeiseweg 9, 22765 Hamburg, Germany

19:00 Opening / Speech by Lucia Kaufmann (Gallery Kaufmann)
from 19:30 Performances by
Katherina Heil (visual artist) & Johanna Joch (speech therapist, laut.studios) & Jan-Domenic Urbas, Ksenia Sofia Miller, Linh Lê (students of the acting school Bühnenstudio)
Alexander Johannes Heil (artist, architect) & Timoteo Carbone Hansson (composer, sound artist)
Liv Pedersen (visual artist) & Dr. phil. Kristin Drechsler (voice researcher, musician)
23:00 End

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Saturday December 13 – Saturday December 20

Opening Hours 'shaping transition'
Frappant
Zeiseweg 9, 22765 Hamburg, Germany

“shaping transition” presents artistic perspectives on transitions. Drawings, installations, objects, and sound make it possible to experience the “in-between.” A supporting program expands the exhibition with performances and discussions about thresholds and processes of transformation.

Sat, Dec 13, 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Dec 14, 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Dec 17, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Dec 18, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Dec 19, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Dec 20, 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

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Sunday December 21

2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Finissage 'shaping transition'
Frappant
Zeiseweg 9, 22765 Hamburg, Germany

2:00 p.m. Exhibition open
3:00–4:00 p.m. Elena Greta Falcini & Dr. Felicitas Holzer (researcher, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich), conversation with the artists / Moderator: Jenni Schurr (SENDER)
7:00 p.m. End

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