About Tove Storch
Tove Storch, Hoppebold (Space Hopper), 2006 Tove Storch works primarily in the field of kinetic sculpture and
has made several site specific installations. She moves from one kind
of representation to another when she produces virtual volumes by
projecting a 3D rendering on to the same shape built as a fragile, 2D
wooden construction. In her Roller Paintings she investigates
how colour defines form. She examines sculptural presence and spatial
experience by asking questions like: How does a form, volume or
shape appear? - What are the formal rules for creating a sculpture? And
how can you escape from these basic premises of a sculptural object and
develop new/different methods? With logical progression she combines
aspects from the virtual and the physical world in order to create
objects. The results belong to a third kind of spatial reality. Storch’s sculptures are static while deeply engaged with movement.
She investigates how sound or movement would look physically. When she
made a listening post in a public space she shaped it as two large
cones that visualised how the sound moved in the narrow passage. And
she visualises the movement of a space hopper by physically shaping the
trace of its bouncing over the floor in a model of cardboard and wood.
An animation of a rolling ball is projected onto a rounded sculpture
and the double emphasis on the movement makes you aware of the
different steps and obstacles from virtual to physical. Instead of a
perfect double representation it is the creative process and way of
thinking the sculpture that is fascinating. In Storch’s humming-bird piece, she creates illusion by transferring a two dimensional image to a three dimensional presence by rotation. The perception of the sculpture mimes the visual characters of a humming-bird; it is fast, fragile and it stands still in the air while moving its wings very fast. The sculpture arises in front of your eyes sometimes almost disappearing. It only exists in time. Fragility and transience are found in all Storch’s attempts to make three dimensional objects. The works are both concrete, physical and real but at the same time transparent, floating, absurd and imaginary. For images of Tove Storchs first solo show at the gallery, click here |
