Michaela Melián
Michaela Meliáns (*1956 in München) Interesse gilt der politischen Dimension von Erinnerung und dem Weiterwirken zeitgeschichtlicher Phänomene. Ausgangspunkt ihrer multimedialen Audio- und Rauminstallationen sind oft Geschichten, die mit einem Ort, Objekt oder einer Person verbunden sind. Diese Referenzen bilden, durch die Zusammenführung mit zeitgenössischen Themen und Techniken, komplexe Systeme, die auf vielfältige gesellschaftliche, ästhetische und politische Fragen verweisen.
artwork
Mann Family House, 2019
Wood, plastic, varnish, steel, projection, sound, 82 x 68 x 240 cm
Mann Family House is a model of the former home of Thomas Mann’s family, which artist Michaela Melián re-created as a dovecote. For 19 years, until their exile in the spring of 1933, the villa at Poschinger Str. 1 in Munich was the center of the family’s life. It is also where many of Mann’s important texts were written. His six children developed their early artistic creativity here, and international guests came and went. The Manns’ home was seized by the Nazis in August 1933, and their possessions were auctioned off. The house was heavily damaged during World War II and ended up being demolished in 1952. The family was scattered around the world and did never return to Munich. In her model, Melián reconstructs a lively place whose windows transmit visual and acoustic messages. Along with their musical preferences, the work also features quotes from letters and texts by family members, reflecting on their time in Munich and their experiences in exile.
Michaela Melián
Michaela Meliáns (*1956 in München) Interesse gilt der politischen Dimension von Erinnerung und dem Weiterwirken zeitgeschichtlicher Phänomene. Ausgangspunkt ihrer multimedialen Audio- und Rauminstallationen sind oft Geschichten, die mit einem Ort, Objekt oder einer Person verbunden sind. Diese Referenzen bilden, durch die Zusammenführung mit zeitgenössischen Themen und Techniken, komplexe Systeme, die auf vielfältige gesellschaftliche, ästhetische und politische Fragen verweisen.
artwork
Mann Family House, 2019
Wood, plastic, varnish, steel, projection, sound, 82 x 68 x 240 cm
Mann Family House is a model of the former home of Thomas Mann’s family, which artist Michaela Melián re-created as a dovecote. For 19 years, until their exile in the spring of 1933, the villa at Poschinger Str. 1 in Munich was the center of the family’s life. It is also where many of Mann’s important texts were written. His six children developed their early artistic creativity here, and international guests came and went. The Manns’ home was seized by the Nazis in August 1933, and their possessions were auctioned off. The house was heavily damaged during World War II and ended up being demolished in 1952. The family was scattered around the world and did never return to Munich. In her model, Melián reconstructs a lively place whose windows transmit visual and acoustic messages. Along with their musical preferences, the work also features quotes from letters and texts by family members, reflecting on their time in Munich and their experiences in exile.