STELLA GEPPERT | Sculpture | Model for spatial expansion

Sculpture Model for spatial expansion		Model for spatial expansion, 2001 Gallery Juliane Wellerdiek different material
Sculpture Model for spatial expansion		1 Over a period of approximately two years I investigated the manner in which fast-food stands change their form through extensions and enlargements, thereby appropriating the surrounding public space and simultaneously redefining it. This phenomenon of parasitic spatial use and conquest is exemplified in the object “Model for spatial appropriation”. The object consists of a “core” with dimensions of 170 cm x 70 cm x 50 cm. This core resembles a house trailer that has changed in the process of everyday use (see formative phases). Out of the vehicle’s original integral mobility – while standing in one location – arises a complex, spatially expanding formation from which its operator’s individual requirements, aesthetic preferences, and pragmatic aims can be read.
	2 While working on the object I place myself – based on the observations I make – into the role of such a fast-food stand operator and attempt to act according to his “ideas”. While the basic structure and size of the object’s core remain constant, the overall object’s final form depends on the location in which it is installed. The expansion is dependent on the surrounding space and its structure.