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HORIZONS. AN ART PROJECT ABOUT THE FALL OF THE WALL 1989, 2019

“Around the world, the wall along Germany’s internal border symbolised a categorical separation on all levels. In our HORIZONS art project, a wall changes its character in ten days and becomes a sign of solidarity, with people from all over our urban community supporting the Weimar Civic Foundation by purchasing individual sections of the wall. The HORIZONS project provides an impetus to engage together on the basis of our historical experience. In quite concrete terms. In the here and now. With a positive objective.”
(Hasko Weber – Director of the National Theatre, Weimar)

With the temporary installation of 17 concrete sections, the HORIZONS art project is a reminder of the events that took place in the autumn of 1989. Christina Wildgrube designed the wall in public and gave artistic consideration to the charged relationship between horizons and borders. The individual concrete wall sections were auctioned off and scattered across Weimar’s cityscape as objects to serve as a reminder.

https://www.nationaltheater-weimar.de/de/programm/stueck-detail.php?SID=2546

TYPESETTING LAND, 2018
11 printed graphics, hot metal typesetting

The great variety of ornaments and decorative elements in hot metal typesetting inspired Christina Wildgrube to create her own compositions of images. Using the typographic point system and in painstaking detail, illustrations emerge that oscillate between concrete and abstract representation. Seen up close, it is possible to identify the elementary types that make up the work, but only from much further away can the whole image be recognised.

In her work, the artist demonstrates an opportunity to creatively redefine and repurpose what used to be a challenging and fundamental technique that has diminished in importance now due to new digital processes.

https://shmh.de/de/land-setzen

820,154 FOOTPRINTS, 2011
Book project on analogies between typography and the city using the example of Chicago

“Where do letters actually live?
And how does a city typeset itself?”

This is a challenge taken up by 820,154 footprints. Generally speaking, these are ground plans, footprints or markers. More precisely, they describe the number of buildings in Chicago. It is in their essence to leave traces. In this book by the artist Christina Wildgrube, they tell an urban story through the bricks and peculiarities of a city and their analogies with typography. A chain of events are triggered, for example the skyline turns into a ragged margin, the Skyway adopts the role of a ligature, and the street grid turns into a platform for composition.

https://vimeo.com/185469097

CITY, COUNTRY, FUTURE
Inspired by the METAPOLIS research project of the Technical University of Braunschweig, 2016 / Design of a walkable map as a stage design, talentCAMPus

„What does the city of the future look like? More precisely, what will the city of Braunschweig look like in future?”These questions were considered by children and young people during a theatre laboratory. Working with the artist, they created a huge map out of 50-centimetre cardboard squares, painted with black light inks and stuck together using self-illuminating adhesive tape. In a colour spectacle, windows and streets, tree houses and airports glowed, with each light ambiance a source of delight for the performers.