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Carolin Liebl and Nikolas Schmid-PfählerUsing elements of kinetics and robotics, the artist duo create sculptures and installations that explore the effects of technical developments on aesthetic and social aspects of life.Carolin Liebl and Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler Carolin Liebl & Nikolas Schmid-PfählerWorksWorksNature SoftCho. I’m breaking up with you.RE:PLACESSpitting BotSiblingsVincent and EmilyMakrocontrollerObject CAmplified Entity Carolin Liebl & Nikolas Schmid-PfählerBookNewsAbout Carolin Liebl & Nikolas Schmid-PfählerWorksNature SoftCho. I’m breaking up with you.RE:PLACESSpitting BotSiblingsVincent and EmilyMakrocontrollerObject CAmplified Entity BookNewsAboutFOLLOW US -> Support our new book on startnext until 07.08.2022Using elements of robotics and scientific processes, Carolin Liebl and Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler create sculptures and installations that explore the aesthetic, social and ecological effects of technological developments. In their works, material qualities of a visual and haptic nature are just as important as programmed processes, physical laws and chemical reactions.FOLLOW US Nature Softscan no.1at Crespo Haus, Frankfurt How does plastic die? Deep in the compost piles of Glenkeen Garden, Carolin Liebl and Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler pioneered artistic research on plastic ageing. Immersing themselves in the heeps of naturally heated flora waste, they delved into the biodegradability of specific plastics, aiming to depict the explored transformations visually. Composing a sort of indexical photography of decomposing processes, Liebl and Schmid-Pfähler represent processes of micro narratives, foraging maps that reveal the hidden yet vibrant worlds of decay and rot as well as the discrepancy between ecological promise and actual deterioration. – Ben Livne Weitzman The work was realized within the framework of the ArtNature/NatureArt Residency in Glenkeen Garden, Ireland of the Crespo Foundation, Frankfurt am Main. Nature Softscan no.1at Crespo Haus, Frankfurt Cho. I’m breaking up with you.degenerative installationGoethe Institut, Dublin Mortal plastic plants slowly succumb to the forces of time and chemistry. The alien vegetation rests within a cylindrical glass vessel filled with caustic soda. In this transitory habitat the flowers’ bodies break down and disapear in the clear liquid. It takes days to months for an entire bouquet to fully disintegrate, providing only fleeting glimpses of its gradual decay. This chemical degradation process of a plastic called PLA (polylactic acid) reveals the invisible forces at play on a molecular level, challenging the promises of biodegradability and our ambivalent relationship with plastics. The work was realized within the framework of the ArtNature/NatureArt Residency in Glenkeen Garden, Ireland of the Crespo Foundation, Frankfurt am Main. Cho. I’m breaking up with you.degenerative installationGoethe Institut, Dublin RE:PLACESgenerative installationat Kresija Gallery, Ljubljana As the material swells from the robots’ organs, it curls and warps until it cools and hardens in its final shape. -> watch RE:PLACES on Youtube At the beginning of the performative installation RE:PLACES, the space is already characterised by sculptures with expressive shapes and colours. On closer inspection, the objects show properties that seem untypical of their materiality - massive plastic that forms multicoloured, abstract structures and sometimes throws bubbles at the surface. The chunks, which consist of different types of plastic, originate from industrial production, where they arise as waste products from the cleaning of machines. Moving through this scenery is a complex construction reminiscent of a planetary lander on three legs. In a branched funnel system, it transports different coloured granules made from plastic waste. The plastic material is heated and compressed in a cylindrical extruder in the centre of the robot and swells out as a colourful mass. The hot material curves and twists until it cools and solidifies into its final form. In creative processes lasting several minutes, the 1.70m high robot sheds the plastic objects and spreads them around the exhibition space like three-dimensional brush strokes. The result is a variety of intertwined forms with glass-like surfaces and fascinating colour transitions - material properties that are not usually associated with plastic. The visual and haptic experiences enable an intuitive and aesthetic approach to the thematic complex around plastic and its problematic use. A new perspective on the materiality is stimulated to promote public discourse on plastics. The title of the installation RE:PLACES is short for ‘Recycling PLA Closed-Circuit Extrusion Shaper’. The objects created during an exhibition can serve as raw material again and thus close the cycle. The work was realized within the frame work of the EASTN-DC Residency at Cardiff Metropolitan University and the European Media Art Platform EMARE program at FACT, Liverpool with support of the Creative Europe Culture Programme of the European Union. RE:PLACESgenerative installationat Kresija Gallery, LjubljanaNewsExhibitionThe Glenkeen Variations: ArtNature/NatureArtIn the new Crespo Haus in Frankfurt we are showing two brand new works that we created as part of our residency in Ireland with the Crespo Foundation. The big opening is October 10th and the show runs until January 26.Come and seeBiennaleENNOVA Art Biennale in Langfang, ChinaTwo of our major works have traveled to China for the first time. RE:PLACES together with Vincent and Emily inhabit the ENNOVA Art Museum for six months. October 27 to May 7.Follow their journeyExhibitionThe Glenkeen Variations: With Or Without YouOur newest works Nature Soft and Cho. I'm breaking up with you. are on display at Goethe-Institut Irland in Dublin. November 7 until December 7.Have a look Spitting Botrobot sculptor Mechanical and refreshingly original, this little robot fashions objects out of melted plastic. From a kind of beak, it squeezes out the colorful substance like a primordial liquid. The blobby cord coils in on itself, forming squiggles and loops that harden into a solid body. Once the resulting object is large or heavy enough, it falls over onto a pile of individual mini-sculptures, pulling tough strands with it. The technology used corresponds in part to that used in a 3D printer; the nozzle, which would ordinarily apply the material to a printing plate in a precise sequence of movements, points into the air and spits out the molten material in a seemingly uncontrolled manner. Spitting Botrobot sculptor Siblingslight-active robot family The group of tiny robots sits quietly in the dark, but as soon as light hits their sensors, things get hectic. Like insects squirming under a rock, each Sibling starts to wobble in its own way—some of them dance, while others move more awkwardly; kept under a dark glass, the siblings can be playfully kept in check. The bodies of these unique relatives are made of plaster, with electronic components poking out at the top, like hairdos. Each family member has its own style. Siblingslight-active robot familyFrom the Labratory Your browser does not support the video tag. Vincent and Emilyinteractive robot coupleat EEC / Renoma, Wroclaw Vincent and Emilyinteractive robot coupleat EEC / Renoma, Wroclaw Makrocontrollerlight sculptureFürstenfeldbruck Shiny metallic conductor tracks cut across a deep black surface, forming a net-like pattern with moving dots of light shimmering in bright colors. The play of light brings to mind the nighttime twinkle of distant cities. On the other side of the square black construction is a skein of milky lines with light spreading in pastel tones. The sculpture’s shape and design are based on the microcontrollers built into almost every electronic device today. The light visualizes the rapid movements of electrical signals. Because the semiconductor chip is greatly enlarged by a factor ranging from 1:100 to 1:100,000, the sculpture transports the hardware, which in the digital realm ordinarily goes unnoticed, into the sphere of urban space. At this scale, the chip resembles a road map displaying the connecting paths of human interaction: it’s an invitation to explore the basic building block of digital global networking and its influence on life on our planet. Makrocontrollerlight sculptureFürstenfeldbruck Object cbreathing installationsee video In a shallow black basin filled with clear liquid, a shimmering layer of dust has settled at the bottom, beneath the reflective surface. At the center is a small ring-shaped coil from which two thick shoots wind up to the ceiling and into the shadows of the building’s overhead installation. In the eye of the electrified ring, the particles arrange themselves in dark patterns, disperse, and reassemble in a regular rhythm, like a kind of breathing animating the intricate particle universe. Object cbreathing installationsee video Amplified Entitymoving sculptureat WRO Biennale, National Museum, Wrocław There’s a twitching and stirring: wave-like contractions ripple through a shiny copper body. A coil of thick copper wire forms a delicately articulated tubular shape with a smooth outer shell and a haphazardly branched system on the inside. Milky transparent strands with fine copper veins protrude from beneath the imposing object; once electricity runs through its veins, it takes on a strange life of its own. The appearance and physical presence of the voluminous coil leave a wide berth for the imagination: associations include a human organ, a pupated larva, or a study of mechanical movement entirely outside the realm of human and animal life. The metallic body’s perspective seems to alternate between micro and macro: is this a small section of a larger, more complex system, or an independent (life) form? The strategies of abstraction and amplification create something deliberately ambiguous and even monstrous, alluding to the field of tension in which scientific and artistic exploration into artificial life and intelligence have always operated. – Alexandra Waligorski The work was supported by the Stiftung Frankfurter Sparkasse, Frankfurt am Main. Amplified Entitymoving sculptureat WRO Biennale, National Museum, WrocławAboutCarolin Liebl & Nikolas Schmid-PfählerNikolas Schmid-Pfähler and Carolin Liebl have been working as an artist duo since 2012. They live and work in Offenbach am Main, Germany. Joint biography: 2017 Diploma in electronic art with Prof. Julika Rudelius and sociology/theory of media with Prof. Dr. Marc Ries, Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main (Liebl and Schmid-Pfähler) Since 2019 foundation and direction of the interdisciplinary art space Atelier Wäscherei. www.waescherei.studio 2022/23 Lecturers on artistic research with high technology for emerging media artists, FUNKEN Academy for artistic research, a cooperation project of Ars Electronica (Linz, AT), WRO Art Center (Wroclaw, PL), Klub Solitaer e.V. (Chemnitz) in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (Chemnitz) 2024 Foundation and chair of the board of the non-profit association Atelier Wäscherei e.V.. Artistic and administrative direction, curation and development of event concepts. AWARDS, GRANTS NEUSTARTplus-Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, 2023 Artists-in-Residence, Fliegendes Künstlerzimmer im Quartier, Crespo Foundation, Frankfurt am Main, 2022 recycelt-sein, Neustart für bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler, BBK Bundesverband, Berlin, 2022 (Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler) Artists-in-Residence, ArtNature/NatureArt, Crespo Foundation, Glenkeen Garden, IE, 2022 unreal plastic, Neustart für bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler, BBK Bundesverband, Berlin, 2021 (Carolin Liebl) Kunstpreis Kunst und Technik, Kunstverein Heidenheim, 2021 Brückenstipendium der Hessischen Kulturstiftung, Wiesbaden, 2021 HAP hessenweit, basis e.V., Frankfurt am Main, 2021 Hauptpreis der Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt, 2020 Stipendium für bildende Künstler*innen, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, 2020 Projektstipendium der Hessischen Kulturstiftung, Wiesbaden, 2020 European Media Artist Residency, EMAP, FACT Liverpool, GB, 2020 Artists-in-Residence, Kunstarkaden Kempten, 2020 Artists-in-Residence, EASTN-DC Network, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, GB, 2019 Artists-in-Residence, INTER_WE, Espronceda Center for Art and Culture, Barcelona, ES, 2018 Stipendium der Stiftung der Frankfurter Sparkasse, Frankfurt am Main, 2016 Preis der Johannes-Mosbach-Stiftung, Offenbach am Main, 2014 Deutschlandstipendium, Offenbach am Main, 2013 (Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler), 2014 (Carolin Liebl) BEN Award, B3 Biennale, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, 2013 Artists-in-Residence, Goethe-Institut/ WRO-Art-Center, Wrocław, PL, 2013 Promos-Stipendium für São Paulo, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Bonn, 2013 Lab Award, Lab30, Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg, 2012 Read moreSOLO EXHIBITIONS With Or Without You (with Kristin Reiman & Filippa Pettersson), Goethe Institut Irland, Dublin, IE, 2024 RE:PLACES, Galerija Kresija, Ljubljana, SI, 2023 Nature Soft and Evil Materials, Working Artist Studios, Ballydehob, IE, 2023 Electronic Landscapes (with Manuel Rumpf), Darmstädter Sezession, Atelier Siegele, Darmstadt, 2022 Carolin Liebl und Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler, Kunstarkaden Kempten, 2020 WIR|ES, CADORO – Centre for art and science, Mainz, 2018 Feeling cosmic microwave background (mit/with Malte Sänger), Luis Leu, Karlsruhe, 2017 Amplified Entity, 1822 Forum der Stiftung der Frankfurter Sparkasse, Frankfurt am Main, 2016 GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) ENNOVA International Art Biennale, Ennova Art Museum, Langfang, CN, 2024 The Glenkeen Variations, Crespo Haus, Frankfurt am Main, 2024 Ars Electroinca Festival, Funken Academy - shaping the invisible, Linz, AT, 2024 RIXC Art Science Festival: Crypto, Art and Climate, National Library of Latvia, Riga, LV, 2023 EASTN-DC Festival: Matte(R)ealities, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff, GB, 2022 Kinetismus: 100 Years of Electricity in Art, Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, CZ, 2022 NTAA’22, Liedts-Meesen Foundation, Zebrastraat, Ghent, BE, 2022 Device_art Festival, Kontejner/ZKM Karlsruhe, Museum of Contemporary art, Zagreb, HR, 2021 Werkleitz Festival move to ... ecosphere, Kubus der Ex-Stasizentrale, Halle (Saale), 2021 Sapporo International Art Festival (SIAF), Sapporo, JP, online, 2020 404 International Festival of Art & Technology, online broadcast, 2020 Habitat. Relazioni Trasversali, Casa delle Letterature, Rome, IT, 2019 3D printing performance, Kunsthal vARTe, Varde, DK, 2019 The Only Stable Thing, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Venice, IT, 2019 Parma 360 Festival, Chiesa di San Quirino, Parma, IT, 2019 Robotics - Festival di Arte e Robotica, Centrale Idrodinamica, Trieste, IT, 2018 Prototipoak. International Meeting of New Artistic Forms, Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, ES, 2018 European Media Art Festival, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, 2017 WRO-Biennale: Draft Systems, National Museum, Wrocław, PL, 2017 Videonale.16 PERFORM!, Bonn, 2017 The Beauty of the Matter, La Galleria, Venice, IT, 2016 Moths, crabs and fluids, Griffin Art Space, Warsaw, PL, 2016 Eco Expanded City, WRO Art Center, Renoma Department Store, Wrocław, PL, 2016 New Frankfurt Internationals II, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, 2015 4+8+2, CADORO - Zentrum für Kunst und Wissenschaft, Mainz, 2015 KunststudentInnen stellen aus, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, 2015 International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Dubai, AE, 2014 Paraflows: Intimacy, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, AT, 2014 FILE Festival, Centro Cultural FIESP – Ruth Cardoso, Sao Paulo, BR, 2013 Spielsalon, Fridericianum, Kassel, 2013 WRO-Biennale: Pioneering Values, Ballestrem’s Palace, Wrocław, PL, 2013 Schirn at Night, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2012 Read morePUBLIC COLLECTIONS ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe Van der Koelen-Stiftung für Kunst und Wissenschaft, Mainz WRO Art Center, Wrocław, PL Follow our artistic activities Please leave this field empty :-) get in touchrobots@radiate.fishstudioAtelier WäschereiBirkenlohrstr. 1-363071 Offenbachwaescherei.studio ›FOLLOW USTOP© Copyright 2024 Liebl & Schmid-PfählerDesign: WEBERRUSS StudioImprint, Data privacy get in touchrobots@radiate.fish Your email Subject Your message Please leave this field empty.enusen-US1770384375https://radiate.fish

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