PORTFOLIO - Catharina Cronenberger Golebiowska

Dancing MosquitosInstallation at Offenbach harbour for the „Festival Junger Talente“ with 16 floating objects50 x 100 x 80 cm (each), wood, varnish, styrofoam, rope, 2008

The Chess Match - Two Knights Attack, 1950Video, HD 5:00 min, 201164 analogue filmed videos works are showing floatingobjects as pencils, hooks or shaped ice on water or onblack ink. The image capture happened both outdoors ona canal and indoors in a studio. The objects are representingchess figures following a real chess match, whichwas played by the charismatic chess player Paul Keres vsArlamowski in 1950.film still 2:53 mindocumentation, studio setup 2010

Disappearing LandscapeVideo, SD 2:15 min, 2011A simplified image of a landscape made of modeled and colouredice melts down in a dramatic motion. This act evokes an image of anArmageddon. This video work is a contemporary take on landscapeand its representation.film still of the beginningfilm still 1:18 minfilm stillInstallation view, flatscreen, video, object

Vitalograph 1 & 2Installation, Video projection „Reverse Systems“, 2:15min, 2011Two machines pretend to control glittering floating spheres on the moon dustsurface of the Tetrahedrons. A projection presents geometric systems of floatingping-pongs drifting apart in smoothly movements. The choreography wascreated by blowing following the idea of a molecular entity.Installation view, 2011 Detail Vitalograph 1&2, 2011

Tracing UniversesSatelite, sculpture MDF, 220 cm x 40 cm, stroboscope, slide projector, analogue slides, spectral foil, 2012A satelite with a warp-generator was crossing parallel universes and shows the captured images. 80 analogue slides made of colored foilsare rotating from the inside of the sculpture. The build-in slide projector with a spectral foil infront of the lense creates 3 dimensional images,which look like light sculptures in space.

Parallel UniverseVideo HD, 16:9, 4:38 min, 2012Parallel Universe is actually a real installation with five screens and one projection displaying my analogue videos following a certain choreography. The wholescenery is filmed again and includes directly hand-made interventions with a waving spectral foil. The focus is based on theories in astrophysics and the visualsupersaturation of the digital image.

Tracing UniversesCosmic map, 13 printed video stills from my analogue films behind acrylic glass, 16 cm x 9 cm and 32 cm x 18 cm, black tape, 2012An abstracted depiction of a celestial map is following the journey of my satelite crossing parallel universes.

Pink FlamingoPerformative installation,wall painting, table, chairs,chess board, 2011A performance took placeon that table. Two playerswere playing traditional chessand shogy - a japanesechess game, on the sameboard at the same time.Chess board printscreen printing, 50 copies, 30 x 40 cm, 2011

Rotamixer DeluxeSculpture in motion, rotor, plinth, LED, 125 cm x 25 cm, 2011A mechanic object with a working motor stands on a hangingplinth. The upper part is rotating and shaking withcreating a confusing noise. A small LED lamp is pointingthe glitter surface of the sculpture and creates reflectionsin the surroundings.

Jacuzzitwo objects; wooden slats, acrylic paint, varnish, dusted glitter; 320 x 220 x 125 cm and 120 x 60 x 82 cm, 2008Family is a work about the loss of a family member and the way of dealing with this circumstance. Formally it is an arrangement of abstractjacuzzi shaped objects with non-walkable ascending ladders and geometric shadows made of glitter dust. (Catalogue)

Wall ReliefWall relief, an arrangement with 12 individual sculptures, wood, varnish, styrofoam, rope, 300 cm x 200 cm, 2008Installation view, Kunstverein Vierheim (Catalogue), Germany

Mock-up of a winding stairspaper, wooden sticks, forex cardboard, pins;450 cm (h) x 100 cm, 2007A site-specific sculpture for a show at Benrath Castle in Düsseldorf withthe motto „Paradise Found“. This very fragile non-walkable staircasestands for all desires we aspire to fulfill. (Catalogue)

Tiles objectsceramic tiles, sizes variable, 2006Seven works made of coloredtiles. At a temperature of 820°C,the drawings are fired into thesurface. Amongst other topics,the drawings are about femaleassassination, censorship, or myexperiences as a trainee in a muslimdye-works family business inGujarat / India.Round Paintingscanvas, alluminium frame, acrylicpaint, cotton, Ø150 cm, 2003Four hand-made canvaces with anembroidery hoop made of aluminium.The visual content is createswith two technics, painting andstiching and is about the followingtopics:a Potjomkin village called Piraporain Brasil, female genital mutilationin Africa, Mr. Krohn, a germaninventor of an ideal mines removingmachine and about alcoholabuse.(Catalogue)

Paper weights - Wars 2003rasin casting, objects, text, Ø15 cm, 2003After the Iraq War started in 2003, I was pointing to otherconflicts, which were happening at the same time. Overthose months, the news was so silent about other issues.I‘ve created nine paper weights and depicted everyconflict on the back side. The objects were presented on afloating neon colored model landscape.Centres of conflicts:Kashmir, Israel / Palestine, Georgia, Colombia, Congo,Iraque, Ivory Coast, Sudan und Chechnia