Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Foundation for a Civil Society
Alban Muja
Alban Muja was born in Mitrovica, Kosovo, in 1980. He currently lives in Prishtina, Kosovo, where he graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts. Muja’s artistic practice is mostly influenced by the social and political transformation processes in his home country of Kosovo, but also of the region and beyond. Muja investigates history as well as the socio-political themes and links them to his condition and social position. His work covers a wide range of media including video installation, short films, documentary films, drawings, paintings and performances, and has been extensively exhibited internationally.
Alban Muja, Blue Wall Red Door, 2009, Film, 33 min. Courtesy of the artist
Alban Muja, Museum Of Contemporary History, 2004, C-print. Courtesy of the artist
Alban Muja, Palestina, 2005, Video. Courtesy of the artist
Alban Muja, Windows Seat Drawing Project, 2006, Drawing. Courtesy of the artist
Alban Muja, Tibet, 2009, Video, 5.52 min. Courtesy of the artist
Past Resident2010: KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Regine Muller-Waldeck
Regine Müller-Waldeck was born 1975 Greifswald, Germany. She studied media arts, and photography at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, and received a Meisterschüler degree in 2008.
A frequently encountered feature of Müller-Waldeck’s object installations is the construction of usually two linked elements in which the structures of relationships and power are reflected, a gamut that ranges from the individual’s relationship to him or herself through interpersonal relationships to the relationship between the State and civil society. Müller-Waldeck sees her works as ‘psycho-social landscape’. Although they transmit images that seem harmless and even playful at first sight, whose fragile construction appear vulnerable and in need of protection, her installations later drag the viewer towards the uncanny, the latent violence of an imminent collapse. (Gregor Hose)
Regine Muller-Waldeck, I think It Has Been Overcome, She Is Showing Interest In Her Surroundings, 2008, Metal, fabric, resin, paraffin wax, and glass, 63 × 905/8 × 1711/16 in. (160.02 × 230.12 × 44.96 cm). Courtesy of the artist
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Separation, 2007-8, Resin, wood, and fabric, 91/2 × 351/2 × 7811/16 in. (24.13 × 90.17 × 199.9 cm). Courtesy of the artist
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Wall, 2006, Bricks, paraffin wax, and fabric, 57 in. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Ribbons, 2006, Paraffin wax and fabric, 913/16 × 391/2 × 1113/16 in. (24.89 × 100.33 × 29.97 cm). Courtesy of the artist
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Fence, 2007, Wood, metal, paraffin wax, and fabric, 861/2 × 861/2 × 55 in. (219.71 × 219.71 × 139.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2010: Danish Arts Foundation
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen
Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen (b. 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. He graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art in 1992.
In his most recent exhibition, Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen presents a series of new paintings installed upon black walls, upon which small texts are written. A diary written by a vampire, who is the artist himself, is also a part of the exhibition. Schmidt-Rasmussen presents us with stories from his own neighbourhood in Copenhagen, which represents a classic terrain vague, as well as the rest of Copenhagen and Denmark. The paintings communicate atmospheres in which the everyday and the trivial is illuminated by the poetic presence of color and glitter, but also by a melancholic darkness. In his work he addresses the relationship between the immediate and the distant world.
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Le Sacre du Printemps, 2010, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Anders Sune Berg
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Le Sacre du Printemps, 2010, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Anders Sune Berg
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Bubbles, 2009, Oil on canvas, 781/2 × 67 in. (199.39 × 170.18 cm). Courtesy of the artist
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Teat Tree, 2009, Oil on canvas, 781/2 × 67 in. (199.39 × 170.18 cm). Courtesy of the artist
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Migrant labor, 2009, Oil on canvas, 781/2 × 67 in. (199.39 × 170.18 cm). Courtesy of the artist
