Lucia Bachner

fet zen memo

2022

Porcelain, copper oxide, steel
Dimensions variable

Grids made from porcelain infused with copper oxide are placed onto tiles, leaving an imprint during the firing process. Due to material tensions caused by heat, the grids shatter, while the tiles remain intact.
The series shows processes of fragmentation and decomposition and the simultaneous attempt to preserve memory through language, symbols and signs.

Wand 1, Part 1–4

2023

Porcelain, pigments, oxides, aluminum
Each part 36 × 61 × 2 cm, installation dimension is variable

Wand 1 is an ongoing series of modular porcelain wall pieces. The series studies the chemical reactions of various oxides with porcelain during the firing process, as well as graphic and colour concepts. The format is influenced by the use of samples in architecture and design, serving as a pre-stage for idea realization.

Wand, Figur

2023

Porcelain, pigments, oxides, aluminum
Each tile 18 × 30 cm

Rectangular tiles and figures made of porcelain are assembled into wall murals and mounted in aluminium frames. Forms are first worked up in beeswax or wood before porcelain is poured repeatedly into negative plaster casts. The components can be variably combined with each other and follow digital graphic sketches. Test pieces for the reaction of various pigments and oxides form the ongoing series Wand 1.

Essentials

2022

10 porcelain cups made by the artist, 10 cups in exchange

On the occasion of the exhibition Reboot, ten hand-made porcelain cups were exchanged with ten mugs from the office of the Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH social institution. In the exhibition space, the employees' mugs are placed on borrowed tables and chairs. The installation loosely references the history of the site, which was once a brewery and club and is now being transformed into a studio and gallery space. The arrangement of objects connects to social and bureaucratic structures, highlighting moments of togetherness in our everyday lives.

noch immer

2021

Mantelpiece made from extractor pipes, beeswax, chalk spray

Dust, dunst, gust, still things are in place. noch immer [still] is installed in a former bunker near the canal in Rotenburgsort, Hamburg. Beeswax models of flowers, frames, and urns question the symbolic nature of these objects and reflect on funeral customs – as a recyclingprocess, as well as its potentialities for memorial culture.

I'll go to Earth

2020

Beeswax, wicks, screws 
195 × 115 × 0.1–0.5 cm, 3.5–6 liters
Number of panels is variable 

Thin beeswax panels, 0.1–0.5 cm thick, are mounted on the wall with embedded wicks. For each installation, the panels are melted and poured again. Each plate is a direct reflection of external influences, showing traces of wind and weather, as well as the movement while pouring it. The process references the historical preparation of white sacral candles, which were made by pouring beeswax into thin sheets and bleaching them in the sun. Depending on the age, purity, light exposure, and pollination area, the wax assumes different shades, ranging from light to dark yellow.

Stadium/Onion

2020

Beeswax 
r 700 × h 0.3 × w 5 cm, 2.8 liters

A quarter-circle segment made from oxidized beeswax is poured on the floor within a 7-meter radius of the entrance door.

Säule

2019

Beeswax cast, fiberglass rods, aluminum tips, hanger bolts, adjusting rings 
340 × 30 cm, ∅ 4 cm, 4.3 liters and 210 × 30 cm, ∅ 4 cm, 2,7 liters

I use beeswax to create a model and sketch that is an archive of memories and allows new things to emerge. The wax sculpture, seen in a continuous state of in-betweenness, represents a preliminary stage of traditional wax-casting processes for metal sculptures. In this wax state, the sculpture hints at the potential final (and permanent) outcome of the form.

gggfff

2018

Porcelain, rubber tubes, aluminum
Three to nine parts, each approx. 70 × 50 × 8 cm

gggfff is a group of abstract hollow forms made of porcelain. They are attached to the wall with rubber hoses and can be variably combined with each other. The title is the connotation of letters to the respective figures and changes depending on their arrangement.

Lauf

2017

Porcelain, connectors, steel  
350 × 310 × 90 cm and 360 × 70 × 50 cm

Curved and straight pipe segments made of porcelain are connected to each other and mounted at railing height.

Ich habe mich verlaufen

2021

Digital print in aluminium frame and digital print on Alu Dibond
60 × 40 and 10 × 18 cm

Photo series of three hats, made from found office carpet, that also funktions as an infinity cove. The opening of one hat is facing upwards as a vessel, the other two are stacked on top of each other, placed next to it.

18/02

2020

heat-sensitive order slips imprinted with metal objects turned into zinc etching plates
Series of 20, stacks variable, each 8 cm wide

I collected order slips during my shift at a cafe where I worked as a side job during my studies. The heat-sensitive paper is imprinted with everyday metal objects I found at home by making them hot. The papers are transformed into zinc etching plates. Where they were once impaled on a nail after each completed order, a hole is now drilled into the plates to hang them.

deposit.international

2017

Lasercut metal and wood plug-in system
155 × 75 × 2 cm
Website: deposit.international

50 steel panels, resembling a bank locker symstem, are for sale during a long-term auction. Sold plates are chronologically replaced by brass plates and signify a bid on the entire wall work. The course of the auction could be seen on the website.The work was created in collaboration with graphic designer Paul Rutrecht.

Lucia Bachner is a Berlin-based visual artist who explores themes of transience and impermanence. Many of her installation works are constructed as modular systems and integrate transformative processes. These works are created with the idea that things are always in a state of flux and interdependent. Individual components are continuously recombined and transposed into different contexts such as architecture, design, or the social sector. Questions surrounding ecology, economy and concomitant structural changes shape her practice.

lucia.bachner@gmail.com

Studies

2020

Master of Fine Arts, HfbK Hamburg, Pia Stadtbäumer

2017

Bachelor of fine Arts, HfbK Hamburg, Pia Stadtbäumer / Ceal Floyer 

Exhibitions

2024

Baroque Fragments, Duo, Lou de Bétoly Studio, Berlin

2024

A Matter of things, Backhaus Projects, Berlin

2023

From Texture to Temptation, together with Hannah Bohnen and Silke Radenhausen, Stadtgalerie Kiel

2023

Review, Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster

2022

fet zen memo, solo, Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster

2022

reboot, curated by Atelier Booth 17 by Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH, Pfefferberg, Berlin

2022

Versa, curated by Interface, Salon am Moritzplatz, Berlin

2021

One Echo Or More, MOM Art Space, Hamburg

2021

Tuta Spatium, together with Nschotschi Haslinger, curated by Paul Glaw (Pauls Boutique) and Galerie Oelfrüh, Hochbunker in Rotenburgsort, Hamburg

2020

This Timeless Time Of The Year, curated by Lisa Klosterkötter and Elena Malzew, AEDT (Projectspace), Düsseldorf

2018

Schwäne füttern, solo, curated by Steffen Albrecht, Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg

2017

Qu‘ils mangent de la brioche, curated by Lisa Klosterkötter, Kubendorf, Artville, Hamburg

2017

Saloon under the bridge #1, curated by Peggy Pehl and Katrin Freytag, Renault Clio, Brücke U2, Gleisdreieck, Berlin

2016

Simple life, curated by Lisa Klosterkötter, Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg

2016

issue #22 | one life - live it well, curated by Team Titanic, Holmes Place Charlottenburg, Berlin

2016

thank you, come again, together with Alex Chalmers, curated by Lisa Klosterkötter, HUGS, Hamburg

2015

This is how to become a model, together with Verena Buttmann, curated by Levente Pavelka, Island, Hamburg

Press / Publications

2019

contribution to the print edition of the Gruppe Magazine, Gruppe Issue #1, Berlin 

2018

Lakeside Meditator, Gruppe Magazine

Further

2022

Residency, Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster

2018–2019

glassblowing workshop, chemical department, University Hamburg

2018

Closing, Gruppe Magazine Residency, Blake & Vargas, Berlin

Scholarships / Grants

2023

Neustart Kultur Plus, Stipend, Stiftung Kunstfonds

2022

Neustart Kultur, Stipend, Stiftung Kunstfonds

2018

Masters scolarship, HfbK Hamburg

2015

Projektfond, Freundeskreis der HfbK Hamburg 

Collections

2022

Dr. Hans Hoch foundation

Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG

Lucia Bachner
Mareschstraße 3
12055 Berlin

Contact

phone: 015734687491
mail: lucia.bachner@gmail.com

EU Dispute Resolution

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (OS): https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. You can find our e-mail address in the imprint above. Consumer dispute resolution/universal arbitration body: We are not willing or obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Disclaimer

Despite careful control of the content, we do not assume any liability for the content of external links. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content.

Copyright

The contents and works on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, processing, distribution and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright require the written consent of the author, Lucia Bachner.

Webdesign and Development

Jens Schnitzler

Photo Credits

Helmut Kunde
fet zen memo
1, 2, 3, 4
Wand, Figur
2, 4, 5
Edward Greiner
noch immer
2
I'll go to Earth
1, 2
Stadium/Onion
1, 2
Säule
1, 2
AEDT Düsseldorf
I'll go to Earth
3, 4
Manuel Stehli
gggfff
1, 2
Yi Li
Lauf
1, 2
Jaewon Kim
Ich habe mich verlaufen
1, 2, 3
18/02
1, 2
Klaus Frahm
deposit.international
1, 2

The creation of this website was made possible in 2022 by funding from:

Lucia Bachner

fet zen memo

2022

Porcelain, copper oxide, steel
Dimensions variable

Grids made from porcelain infused with copper oxide are placed onto tiles, leaving an imprint during the firing process. Due to material tensions caused by heat, the grids shatter, while the tiles remain intact.
The series shows processes of fragmentation and decomposition and the simultaneous attempt to preserve memory through language, symbols and signs.

Wand 1, Part 1–4

2023

Porcelain, pigments, oxides, aluminum
Each part 36 × 61 × 2 cm, installation dimension is variable

Wand 1 is an ongoing series of modular porcelain wall pieces. The series studies the chemical reactions of various oxides with porcelain during the firing process, as well as graphic and colour concepts. The format is influenced by the use of samples in architecture and design, serving as a pre-stage for idea realization.

Wand, Figur

2023

Porcelain, pigments, oxides, aluminum
Each tile 18 × 30 cm

Rectangular tiles and figures made of porcelain are assembled into wall murals and mounted in aluminium frames. Forms are first worked up in beeswax or wood before porcelain is poured repeatedly into negative plaster casts. The components can be variably combined with each other and follow digital graphic sketches. Test pieces for the reaction of various pigments and oxides form the ongoing series Wand 1.

Bar, Figur 5 und 6

2023

Porcelain, aluminium
350×140×10cm

In Bar, Figur aluminum profiles shape an interior where various actors made of porcelain come together. The figures stand for both, individuals and objects being used.

Essentials

2022

10 porcelain cups made by the artist, 10 cups in exchange

On the occasion of the exhibition Reboot, ten hand-made porcelain cups were exchanged with ten mugs from the office of the Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH social institution. In the exhibition space, the employees' mugs are placed on borrowed tables and chairs. The installation loosely references the history of the site, which was once a brewery and club and is now being transformed into a studio and gallery space. The arrangement of objects connects to social and bureaucratic structures, highlighting moments of togetherness in our everyday lives.

noch immer

2021

Mantelpiece made from extractor pipes, beeswax, chalk spray

Dust, dunst, gust, still things are in place. noch immer [still] is installed in a former bunker near the canal in Rotenburgsort, Hamburg. Beeswax models of flowers, frames, and urns question the symbolic nature of these objects and reflect on funeral customs – as a recyclingprocess, as well as its potentialities for memorial culture.

I'll go to Earth

2020

Beeswax, wicks, screws 
195 × 115 × 0.1–0.5 cm, 3.5–6 liters
Number of panels is variable 

Thin beeswax panels, 0.1–0.5 cm thick, are mounted on the wall with embedded wicks. For each installation, the panels are melted and poured again. Each plate is a direct reflection of external influences, showing traces of wind and weather, as well as the movement while pouring it. The process references the historical preparation of white sacral candles, which were made by pouring beeswax into thin sheets and bleaching them in the sun. Depending on the age, purity, light exposure, and pollination area, the wax assumes different shades, ranging from light to dark yellow.

Stadium/Onion

2020

Beeswax 
r 700 × h 0.3 × w 5 cm, 2.8 liters

A quarter-circle segment made from oxidized beeswax is poured on the floor within a 7-meter radius of the entrance door.

Säule

2019

Beeswax cast, fiberglass rods, aluminum tips, hanger bolts, adjusting rings 
340 × 30 cm, ∅ 4 cm, 4.3 liters and 210 × 30 cm, ∅ 4 cm, 2,7 liters

I use beeswax to create a model and sketch that is an archive of memories and allows new things to emerge. The wax sculpture, seen in a continuous state of in-betweenness, represents a preliminary stage of traditional wax-casting processes for metal sculptures. In this wax state, the sculpture hints at the potential final (and permanent) outcome of the form.

gggfff

2018

Porcelain, rubber tubes, aluminum
Three to nine parts, each approx. 70 × 50 × 8 cm

gggfff is a group of abstract hollow forms made of porcelain. They are attached to the wall with rubber hoses and can be variably combined with each other. The title is the connotation of letters to the respective figures and changes depending on their arrangement.

Lauf

2017

Porcelain, connectors, steel  
350 × 310 × 90 cm and 360 × 70 × 50 cm

Curved and straight pipe segments made of porcelain are connected to each other and mounted at railing height.

Ich habe mich verlaufen

2021

Digital print in aluminium frame and digital print on Alu Dibond
60 × 40 and 10 × 18 cm

Photo series of three hats, made from found office carpet, that also funktions as an infinity cove. The opening of one hat is facing upwards as a vessel, the other two are stacked on top of each other, placed next to it.

18/02

2020

heat-sensitive order slips imprinted with metal objects turned into zinc etching plates
Series of 20, stacks variable, each 8 cm wide

I collected order slips during my shift at a cafe where I worked as a side job during my studies. The heat-sensitive paper is imprinted with everyday metal objects I found at home by making them hot. The papers are transformed into zinc etching plates. Where they were once impaled on a nail after each completed order, a hole is now drilled into the plates to hang them.

deposit.international

2017

Lasercut metal and wood plug-in system
155 × 75 × 2 cm
Website: deposit.international

50 steel panels, resembling a bank locker symstem, are for sale during a long-term auction. Sold plates are chronologically replaced by brass plates and signify a bid on the entire wall work. The course of the auction could be seen on the website.The work was created in collaboration with graphic designer Paul Rutrecht.

Lucia Bachner is a Berlin-based visual artist who explores themes of transience and impermanence. Many of her installation works are constructed as modular systems and integrate transformative processes. These works are created with the idea that things are always in a state of flux and interdependent. Individual components are continuously recombined and transposed into different contexts such as architecture, design, or the social sector. Questions surrounding ecology, economy and concomitant structural changes shape her practice.

lucia.bachner@gmail.com

Studies

2020

Master of Fine Arts, HfbK Hamburg, Pia Stadtbäumer

2017

Bachelor of fine Arts, HfbK Hamburg, Pia Stadtbäumer / Ceal Floyer 

Exhibitions

2024

Baroque Fragments, Duo, Lou de Bétoly Studio, Berlin

2024

A Matter of things, Backhaus Projects, Berlin

2023

From Texture to Temptation, together with Hannah Bohnen and Silke Radenhausen, Stadtgalerie Kiel

2023

Review, Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster

2022

fet zen memo, solo, Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster

2022

reboot, curated by Atelier Booth 17 by Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH, Pfefferberg, Berlin

2022

Versa, curated by Interface, Salon am Moritzplatz, Berlin

2021

One Echo Or More, MOM Art Space, Hamburg

2021

Tuta Spatium, together with Nschotschi Haslinger, curated by Paul Glaw (Pauls Boutique) and Galerie Oelfrüh, Hochbunker in Rotenburgsort, Hamburg

2020

This Timeless Time Of The Year, curated by Lisa Klosterkötter and Elena Malzew, AEDT (Projectspace), Düsseldorf

2018

Schwäne füttern, solo, curated by Steffen Albrecht, Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg

2017

Qu‘ils mangent de la brioche, curated by Lisa Klosterkötter, Kubendorf, Artville, Hamburg

2017

Saloon under the bridge #1, curated by Peggy Pehl and Katrin Freytag, Renault Clio, Brücke U2, Gleisdreieck, Berlin

2016

Simple life, curated by Lisa Klosterkötter, Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg

2016

issue #22 | one life - live it well, curated by Team Titanic, Holmes Place Charlottenburg, Berlin

2016

thank you, come again, together with Alex Chalmers, curated by Lisa Klosterkötter, HUGS, Hamburg

2015

This is how to become a model, together with Verena Buttmann, curated by Levente Pavelka, Island, Hamburg

Press / Publications

2019

contribution to the print edition of the Gruppe Magazine, Gruppe Issue #1, Berlin 

2018

Lakeside Meditator, Gruppe Magazine

Further

2022

Residency, Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster

2018–2019

glassblowing workshop, chemical department, University Hamburg

2018

Closing, Gruppe Magazine Residency, Blake & Vargas, Berlin

Scholarships / Grants

2023

Neustart Kultur Plus, Stipend, Stiftung Kunstfonds

2022

Neustart Kultur, Stipend, Stiftung Kunstfonds

2018

Masters scolarship, HfbK Hamburg

2015

Projektfond, Freundeskreis der HfbK Hamburg 

Collections

2022

Dr. Hans Hoch foundation

Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG

Lucia Bachner
Mareschstraße 3
12055 Berlin

Contact

phone: 015734687491
mail: lucia.bachner@gmail.com

EU Dispute Resolution

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (OS): https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. You can find our e-mail address in the imprint above. Consumer dispute resolution/universal arbitration body: We are not willing or obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Disclaimer

Despite careful control of the content, we do not assume any liability for the content of external links. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content.

Copyright

The contents and works on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, processing, distribution and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright require the written consent of the author, Lucia Bachner.

Webdesign and Development

Jens Schnitzler

Photo Credits

Helmut Kunde
fet zen memo
1, 2, 3, 4
Wand, Figur
2, 4, 5
Edward Greiner
noch immer
2
I'll go to Earth
1, 2
Stadium/Onion
1, 2
Säule
1, 2
AEDT Düsseldorf
I'll go to Earth
3, 4
Manuel Stehli
gggfff
1, 2
Yi Li
Lauf
1, 2
Jaewon Kim
Ich habe mich verlaufen
1, 2, 3
18/02
1, 2
Klaus Frahm
deposit.international
1, 2

The creation of this website was made possible in 2022 by funding from: