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︎︎︎LEONIE KLÖPFER

@sans_chichi
leo-kloepfer@web.de





KASCHIERT/KASCHIEREN

Bobbin lace doilies, epoxy resin, pins, safety pins, wire, 3-channel sound system
2023

Bobbin lace doilies were hardened with resin to create individual shapes. Loudspeakers are installed under three objects, from which different sounds come, superimposed on each other. These are, firstly, whip lashes, which have the same rhythm as a second beat and are thus reminiscent of the ticking of a clock, secondly, the cutting of the air of the whip and thirdly, isolated, somewhat distorted whip lashes. Some of the objects were pinned into the floor with very long pins. The pins refer to the method of making lace, in which the unfinished lace coverlet is pinned to the lace bag so that the pattern underneath does not slip, the threads remain in their knotted form and the lace maker is given guidance as to where he/she is at any given moment.








Erblast

Cloth handkerchiefs, epoxy resin, stopmotion film 1:58 min
240 x 240 cm
2023

Cloth handkerchiefs were sewn together and hardened with epoxy resin, giving them the shape of a large, falling handkerchief. A stop-motion film with sound is projected onto it. The film shows sewn scenes like a mobile that has become unbalanced, seams that sew themselves into words and then dissolve again, and holes that are torn into the background and then sewn shut again. In this work I deal with the question of how the absence of words or the inability to speak about things, especially about traumas, first implants itself in biographies and then continues in the following generations. There is a publication for the work, partly silkscreen, partly digital print with a slide, which also consists of a handkerchief hardened and embroidered with epoxy resin.



HUNT!

embroidered and knitted yarn, nails
140 cm × 180 cm
2022

Knitted yarn embroidered with the word HUNT forms the work as an object nailed to the wall with nails, in which I explore the connection between hunting and knitting: hunting  ̵̶̶̶ a job attributed (albeit refuted) mainly to men, and knitting, a job categorised as classically feminine.Thus both activities are found in the hobby. However, while the profession of hunting is still a necessity, knitting has been completely freed from its necessity by the invention of machines. The craft of knitting is often passed down from previous generations because, unlike hunting, it is not an artisanal profession. Through the dimension of the object, the stretching of the stitches just before they are torn, I would like to remind you of the beauty and fragility of this craft, because a single stitch that goes astray can unravel the whole object.






Die Erbschaft

Digital photography and text on Ebay Kleinanzeigen,
2020



CV // LEONIE KLÖPFER

born in Stuttgart (DE)
lives and works in Stuttgart (DE)


EDUCATION

since 2017
State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart, Prof.in Birgit Brenner, 
Prof. Rolf Bier, !Mediengruppe Bitnik and Prof. Dr. h.c. Patrick Thomas

Bachelor of fine Arts Sommer 2023


PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2023
Academy Award for the group project vicinity of obscenity,
Rundgang, ABK Stuttgart
2020
Academy Award for the group project the great infinity zoom,
digital Rundgang, ABK Stuttgart


EXHIBITIONS

2023
Curl Up And Die, Kunstraum 34, Stuttgart (DE)

2022
The Collectors, Kunstraum 34, Stuttgart (DE)
SexZine @K34, Kunstraum 34, Stuttgart (DE)

2021
Eat your words, Kunstverein Neuhausen, Neuhausen auf den Fildern (DE)
Fun & Fame, Michas Lädle, Stuttgart (DE)

2020
Odds without Ends, Ebay-Kleinanzeigen
Dialog mit der Jugend, Projektraum AKKU, Stuttgart (DE)

2019 
Gleismediale, VVS Infoscreens, Stuttgart (DE)

2018
Do Not Disturb, Kunstverein Hechingen, Hechingen (DE)
since 2018
Rundgang, ABK Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023
Matratze Magazin

2022
Matratze Magazin

2021
Matratze Magazin
Bug Magazine

2020
Matratze Magazin
2019
Matratze Magazin