Art Lovers #10 Johannes Langkamp

Raumtaster

Raumtaster by Johannes Langkamp is a moving sculpture. In the artwork, a column consisting of blinds, is constantly being pulled up and pushed down. Once in motion, a special drawing is created on the surface beneath. The work looks a bit like a column of a Greek or Roman temple that is constantly being deformed.

Johannes Langkamp (1985) is fascinated by movement and change. At everyday moments he asks himself: What happens if I drop a sheet of paper from a building? Let a spraying spray can roll across the floor? Or if I make a wooden bench with a thousand yellow wheels as a seat? The first question leads to a next question, in which all kinds of unexpected things can happen. Langkamp creates kinetic models and sculptures. The idea can come about in a flash, but the realisation naturally takes much more time. Movement and playfulness are the starting point.

In the Depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, visitors could try out his wheeled bench and slide across it as if on a conveyor belt. In Museum Voorlinden, a large sheet of blue paper miraculously floated against the wall. How it works is not visible. 

Raumtaster was made at the invitation of gallery De Spelonk.

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Image credits:
© Aad Hoogendoorn