Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), by Björn Dahlem
01/10/2014.
ABIERTO x OBRAS. Matadero Madrid. [MAD] Spain
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
Black Hole (Cygnus X-1) is an installation by the German artist Björn Dahlem curated by Carlota Álvarez Basso for the program Open x Works of Matadero, in Madrid.
Detail. Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Courtesy of Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras.
Detail. Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Courtesy of Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras.
Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Cortesía de Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras
Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Cortesía de Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras
Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Cortesía de Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras
Detail. Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Courtesy of Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras.
Detail. Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Courtesy of Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras.
Detail. Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Courtesy of Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras. Click above to see larger image.
Detail. Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Courtesy of Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras. Click above to see larger image.
Detail. Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Courtesy of Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras.
Poster. Agujero Negro (Cygnus X-1), © Björn Dahlem. Courtesy of Matadero Madrid. Abierto x Obras.
Björn Dahlem Black Hole, 2006. Wood, fluorescent, found objects. Size.- 800 x 800 x 600 cm. Installation view Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. Photograph © Lee Stalthsworth. Courtesy of Björn Dahlem.
Black holes are astronomical objects or physical models to describe the state of a collapsed star. The matter of a dead star is extremely heavy and dense, which creates a huge gravitational field around it. This means that black holes swallow everything, including light. It seems that black holes are the engines, or gravitational hubs around which the whole of the universe moves.
The installations and sculptures of Björn Dahlem (1974, Munich) reproduce the configuration of parallel dimensions and universes, forces and interactions that illustrate the physicist Edward Witten’s M Theory. Dahlem’s work and its arrangement and presence in space generate threads or membranes of vibrating energy, like a peculiar cosmic symphony. Constructions that are transformed into galaxies built to a human scale.
When.- From 19 September 2014 to 11 January 2015.
Where.- Matadero Madrid. Paseo de la Chopera, 14. 28045 Madrid. spain.
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BJÖRN DAHLEM
Björn Dahlem, Born in 1974 in Munich. Lives and works in Berlin. Professorship at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, he has recently exhibited his work in group exhibitions at the Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn; MoCA Taipeh; Yokohama Triennale 2011 or The Saatchi Gallery, London; and solo exhibition at Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin; Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo; Kunstverein Braunschweig.
