How can the impact of ownership be displayed?

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Many cut glass shapes, clear, white and dark blue, lie on black fabric: rings, circles, squares, triangles and three-lobed forms. Text: We tend to think of objects as things we have. But in reality, they also have us: our attention, our time, our mental space. “Oddity Space” questions these invisible dynamics and brings them to light. What does “space” mean? What is “Oddity Space”? And what happens when we relate objects to the space they actually occupy?
Oddity Space. Two photos: a pile of overlapping clear and blue glass shapes, and blurred light outlines of glass shapes projected onto a wall above the pieces on a table. Text: We tend to believe that the more we surround ourselves with, the more we gain. Yet there is a point at which the picture of everything we own becomes less clear. Like glass panes casting light onto a wall: a few create something beautiful, but add too many and the image blurs into noise. The question worth asking is where that threshold lies. Declutter: Once we recognise that threshold, we can begin to look at what we actually own and consider which objects genuinely have a place in our lives, and which ones simply take up space.
In a dark room, a person in black leans over a table covered with black cloth and places a glass shape on a round lit platform, while light from it appears on a tall white screen behind. More glass shapes are spread across the table, and a black cylinder on a gooseneck stand stands at the right.
Craft. Two workshop photos: hands cutting a large glass pane with a glass cutter along a metal ruler, and a grinding station covered in grey glass dust with a grinding wheel, containers, a sponge and two cut square frames. Text: Working with glass: Glass is a uniquely aesthetic material, defined by its transparency and the way it refracts light. Both qualities opened up interesting experiments from the start. Working with it is not straightforward, though. Glass is difficult to process, and unpolished edges are dangerously sharp, which makes achieving the desired shape with stone-cutting machines all the more satisfying. Creating something new always means using resources. The glass pieces in this project are leftovers and discarded material, sourced through eBay Kleinanzeigen. Old window panes, too good to throw away, became the foundation of the work. So I was able to realize my concept already during the implementation: their owners could clear out, and I gained a wide selection of different types of glass from the 1980s.
Close-up of cut glass shapes with sparkling, textured edges on black fabric. Next to it, a drilling machine with a cylindrical bit cuts a circle out of a glass pane on a wet wooden board.
A table covered with black fabric, with glass shapes laid out around an oval opening that is lit warmly from below. Next to it, a star-shaped LED board is being soldered to a red and a black wire.
Thoughts behind the concept. A black cylinder on a gooseneck hangs above a lit glass ring on a table, and the ring's light outline appears on the wall behind. A small photo shows cracked mirror and glass rings and discs on a granite surface. Text: How can you design an object that visually describes the idea of clearing out? That question was the starting point. A key source of inspiration was Marie Kondō, a Japanese organising advisor whose method involves touching every object you own and asking whether it brings joy into your life. During the design process, it was important to me to capture the positive side of decluttering. For me, it is not simply about eliminating accumulated things. It is about consciously deciding which objects belong in my life and what role they play in it. There is something fascinating about owning things with intention: you can see the value each object holds and appreciate what it brings. At the same time, letting go of things that no longer fit creates space. Space to develop, to breathe, and to let the unexpected in.
The installation in a dark room: on a table full of glass shapes, a spot of light falls on a few clear and blue pieces, and a tall screen behind shows their enlarged light outlines, triangles and rings. Two close-ups show projected outlines of rings and a blurred square with blue tints on black.
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