Madeleine Brunnmeier
People and clothes as temporary sculptures to show the relationship between who we are and what we own. Beyond the meaning clothes have for a person, it is hard for the observer not to think of fast fashion. Brunnmeier has created a highly touching operation, whose visual impact leaves one amazed, fascinated, and shocked.
Whether I’m working with photography, installation, or other mediums, I’m driven by a curiosity to explore the everyday, blurring the lines between the ordinary and the extraordinary. My background at Berlin University of the Arts and Musashino Art University Tokyo has shaped my interdisciplinary path of exploring the nuanced relationships between individuals and their environment, both observationally and conceptually, while navigating between fictional narratives and research-driven approaches—often with a subtle sense of humor. By transforming familiar objects such as bread, clothes, or even my own body into suggestive symbols, I invite viewers to reconsider their connection to the world around them and explore the hidden narratives embedded within the fab- ric of everyday life.
Used material, technique, support:
The work “Gestalten” displays photographs of temporary sculptures, composed of people and all their possessions of clothing. As an
everyday companion, our second skin is as present as it is invisible. It is a means of communication, an expression of status, an archive, a
shelter, and a habitat. So close to our bodies, clothing functions as a *Germany mirror of the interior and a boundary to the outside world. By extending the body through its own clothes, the garments come to the fore, but as a matter of material, as a part of the body and its history, as a manifold deputy of the person. A mass of identity, culture, and mem- ory, an archive of a period of time.
