I am the House, I said

I Am the House, I said, takes the history of the former power station Ondrestation P.G.E.M. (now Omstand – Space for Contemporary Art) and its architecture as a starting point to reflect on energy sources, energy distribution and networks as artistic concepts to be explored. Energy is released in different forms, as a dynamic process that drives a network. What are the energy sources of artistic production and what are the structures and networks that support, advocate and drive them?

From the perspective of the former power station, I am the house, I said tells of the arrival of an intricate glass ship on earth. After a period of non-communication, the ship appears to make contact in the form of dreams, tapping into the house’s stone memory for clues to human notions of connection, leaving behind a pile of garments, drawings and other derelict objects.

Nora Hansen, I Am the House, I said, with contribution by Brieke Drost, Paula Erstmann, Kinke Kooi, Mary Lake, Josefine Reisch, curated by Lisa Alice Klosterkötter