Can Cannot by Maike Hausling

Can / Cannot

by Maike Hausling

CAN / CANNOT is a typical proverb in Kuala Lumpur that can be understood with any linguistic background and is often used for fast communication. The title of the exhibition shows the characteristics of the metropolis with its diverse cultures and religions – the living side by side and at the same time apart from each other, the simultaneous stepping aside and overlapping, and creating something new and unique in the same moment.

The three months stay in a foreign country – getting to know and experiencing new cultures and languages – facilitated an artistic fieldwork. A journey of collecting sounds and architectural photographs and capturing of opposites in a city that is in the middle of a radical changing process. Especially fascinating was the dense and convoluted architectural landscapes – a juxtaposition of different styles, formations, corners, roofs and fronts with the most versatile arrangement of surfaces and colors; side by side of big construction areas, historic places, sacred sites, freeways and skyscrapers.

Details of this cityscape are photographically portrayed and are interwoven with movable paperworks and a sound collage by Goh Lee Kwang, creating a site-specific installation within the framework of the exhibition.

Bio

Maike Häusling (b.1974, Köln Germany) studied at University of Art and Design in Offenbach (Germany), she is based in Frankfurt am Main working at Basis e.V. She is a multimedia artist that uses painting, sculpturing, installation, video, as well as collaborating with other artistic disciplines.

Kuala Lumpur / Frankfurt AIR Exchange Program 2018

Collaboration
Goethe-Institut Malaysia
Lostgens’ contemporary Art Space
Basis Frankfurt

Installation, Photography and Sound by Maike Häusling in cooperation with Goh Lee Kwang

Date of Exhibition
 27th Oct – 10th Nov 2018

Opening
27th Oct 2018 , 8.00pm

Venue
Lostgens’ Contemporary Art Space