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  • 2023

  • COMMUNICATION CAPTURES (short version)

    Motions of Matter, Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin

    Concept, installation: Stella Geppert / performance with David Kummer, Lukas Geschwind, Nitsan Margaliot und Lyllie Rouvière, and guests / ca. 45 min choreographic part / 45 min participatory part / camera: Paul Rohlfs / drawings in the back: Talking about the Phenomenon of Love, 2014 / in the front: Reading Deborah Hay, Using the Sky – A Dance, 2020. (Photo: Theemtra Harizani)
    COMMUNICATION CAPTURES (short version)

  • LA MODULATION SISMOGRAPHIQUE

    The feminine prism: machines, oocytes, threads, potions, curated by Joana P. R. Neves, Drawing Now Art Fair – Le Salon du dessin contemporain_, 16th edition, Paris / Premiere: March 22, 2023

    Performative drawing based on massage and sounds for activating the organs. 70 cm x 110 cm, charcoal on canvas, strips / performance: Stella Geppert, camera: Paul Rohlfs. (Photo: Timo Herbst, Gregoire Avenel – agency coolhuntparis)
    LA MODULATION SISMOGRAPHIQUE

  • 2022/2023

  • H-MM-A-ZI-E

    Tower Breath Body Membrane, +359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

    H-MM-A-ZI-E, 70 cm x 100 cm, charcoal on canvas, strips. (Photo: Eric Tschernow)
    H-MM-A-ZI-E

  • 2022 / 2021 / 2020

  • INSIDE T – LEARNING FROM THE BODY (solo)

    Ablutions of the Tongue, The Round Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Solo performance, oversize drawing (4 × 5 meters), charcoal, body object (fabric, plastic straps, and pipes, textile tape, charcoal), duration: 21 min (Photo: Katrin Stroebel / Julie Nymann)
    INSIDE T – LEARNING FROM THE BODY (solo)

  • IINSIDE T (COLLECTIVE)

    Ablutions of the Tongue, The Round Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Studio work / Concept, installation: Stella Geppert / performance with Jan Burkhardt, Stella Geppert, Frank Willens, Sigal Zouk / camera: Paul Rohlfs / sound Editor: Alexander Feldman / editor: Stella Geppert / 4K video, oversize drawing (4 × 5 meters), charcoal, body object (fabric, plastic straps, and pipes, textile tape, charcoal) / Trailer: please ask for the original version)
    IINSIDE T (COLLECTIVE)

  • INSIDE T – LEARNING FROM THE BODY – MOVEMENTS OF MATTER #01

    Gulliver’s Sketchbook, KAI10 Arthena Foundation

    Video, performative drawing / concept, installation, performance: Stella Geppert / drawing: charcoal, paper 600 cm x 450 cm, body object (fabric, plastic straps, pipes, textile tape, charcoal) / video: 4K, 26 min, camera: Paul Rohlfs, sound: Alex Feldman, editing: Stella Geppert. (Trailer – Editing: Lina Zacher / Photo: Achim Kukulies, Düsseldorf, 2022)
    INSIDE T – LEARNING FROM THE BODY – MOVEMENTS OF MATTER #01

  • 2022

  • TOWER BREATH BODY MEMBRANE

    +359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

    All over installation, solo performance: RE: EMPATHY THE NATURE, sound installation: SOUNDS FOR THE ORGANS (composer Ruth Wiesenfeld), series of drawings: H MM A ZI E / CONSTITUTIONS OF THE BODIES / CONSTITUTIONS OF THE BODIES – SEASIDE DRAWINGS, objects: MIRROR SPINE / RE: EMPATHY THE NATURE, video: AXES DE RÉSONNANCE ET GÉOGRAPHIES RELATIONELLES, 2022. (Photo: Bozhana Dimitrova, Stella Geppert)
    TOWER BREATH BODY MEMBRANE

  • AXES DE RÉSONNANCE ET GÉOGRAPHIES RELATIONELLES

    Goethe Institut Rabat, Morocco

    All-over drawing performance with video as cinematic rehearsal with Alessandra, and Viviana Defazio, Stella Geppert (Camera / Photo: Paul Rohlfs) / Premiere: Goethe Institut Rabat, Morocco, Performance: Stella Geppert, Said El Haddaji. (Photo: Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, Paul Rohlfs, Stella Geppert)
    AXES DE RÉSONNANCE ET GÉOGRAPHIES RELATIONELLES

  • WHEN MOUTH MEETS NOSE – VOCABULARY OF EMPATHY

    Performance Festival Orangerie, Berlin

    Concept: Stella Geppert / Performance: Lyllie Rouvière, Stella Geppert and friends, ca. 40 min, branches (Robinia pseudoacacia), broom, drawing (Inventing the Spine). (Photo: Oliver Möst)
    WHEN MOUTH MEETS NOSE – VOCABULARY OF EMPATHY

  • RE: EMPATHY THE NATURE (Performance)

    Tower Breath Body Membrane, +359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Performance, video / HD, 14 min, performance: Stella Geppert, camera: Kalin Serapionov.
    RE: EMPATHY THE NATURE (Performance)

  • MIRROR SPINE

    Tower Breath Body Membrane, +359gallery, Sofia

    Performative object / Acrylic mirror, textile ribbons, branches, 12 cm x 81 cm. (Photo: Bozhana Dimitrova, Stella Geppert)
    MIRROR SPINE

  • RE: EMPATHY THE NATURE (Object)

    head-to-head-to-head, Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin

    Branches, cable tie, metal, textile tape, cardboard, paint, dimension variable. (Photo: Stella Geppert, Gernot Seeliger)
    RE: EMPATHY THE NATURE (Object)

  • 2021/2023

  • DANS LE CORPS DES AUTRES QUI M’ONT TOUCHÉ UN JOUR #03

    Motions of Matter, Galerie Georg Nothelfer / Showroom

    From the ongoing series Re: Construction of Touch, 2021, Coal, textile, metal, wood, 160 × 190 cm / (Photo: Stella Geppert / Katrin Rother)
    DANS LE CORPS DES AUTRES QUI M’ONT TOUCHÉ UN JOUR #03

  • 2021/2022

  • HAND MASK

    Motions of Matter, Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin

    Forensic powder, grease on handmade paper, 20 cm x 20 cm. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    HAND MASK

  • CONSTITUTIONS OF THE BODIES

    Tower Breath Body Membrane, +359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Graphite, grease on paper, textile ribbons, 100 cm x 200 cm. (Photo: Eric Tschernow)
    CONSTITUTIONS OF THE BODIES

  • INVENTING THE SPINE

    head-to-head-to-head, Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin

    Imprint / forensic powder, grease, 20 cm x 30 cm. (Photo: Eric Tschernow)
    INVENTING THE SPINE

  • 2021

  • LES GESTES DES ORGANES

    Inclusive Break, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China

    THE GESTURES OF THE ORGANS / #01 Coeur #02 Poumons #03 Foie #04 Rein #05 Estomac #06 Galère #07 Vessie #08 Moulin #09 Gros intestin #10 Petit intestin / Coal dust, wax, on paper / 20 cm x 20 cm. (Photo: Eric Tschernow / Guo Bin)
    LES GESTES DES ORGANES

  • IMMERSION

    Inclusive Break, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China

    Overnight drawing / from the series OVERNIGHT / IMMERSION #03, IMMERSION #05, IMMERSION #02 (floor) / pastel chalk, graphite on paper, 150 cm x 225 cm. (Photo: Eric Tschernow, Guo Bin)
    IMMERSION

  • IMMERSION (COLLECTIVE)

    Inclusive Break, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China

    Performance on silicon imprint from “Immersion #02” on linen, pillows / concept, choreography: Stella Geppert / solo performance: Wei Man. (Photo: Guo Bin)
    IMMERSION (COLLECTIVE)

  • UNFOLDING IMPACT

    Studio Stella Geppert

    Detail / graphite dust on paper, 60 cm x 85 cm (Photo: Eric Tschernow)
    UNFOLDING IMPACT

  • TOUCH SCREEN

    Studio Stella Geppert, Berlin

    Charcoal dust on paper, 20 cm x 20 cm. (Photo: Eric Tschernow)
    TOUCH SCREEN

  • 2020/2023

  • LA CONSTITUTION DU CORPS TOUCHÉ PAR LES POUMONS 2/2

    Contact, front views / Motions of Matter, Galerie Georg Nothelfer

    Charcoal dust on paper, ca. 30 × 20 cm (Photo: Eric Tschernow / Stella Geppert / Katrin Rother)
    LA CONSTITUTION DU CORPS TOUCHÉ PAR LES POUMONS 2/2

  • 2020/2021

  • EMBEDDED VIBRATION (Series)

    Studio Stella Geppert, Berlin

    Charcoal on paper, 60 cm x 85 cm. (Photo: Eric Tschernow)
    EMBEDDED VIBRATION (Series)

  • 2020 / 2023

  • LA CONSTITUTION DU CORPS TOUCHÉ PAR LES POUMONS 1–3

    Contact, front views / Motions of Matter, Galerie Georg Nothelfer

    Charcoal dust on paper, ca. 35 × 25 cm (Photo: Eric Tschernow)
    LA CONSTITUTION DU CORPS TOUCHÉ PAR LES POUMONS 1–3

  • 2020 / 2021

  • DANS LE CORPS DES AUTRES QUI M’ONT TOUCHÉ UN JOUR #02

    Disposition, Kabinet T. ,Zlín, Czech Republic

    From the ongoing series RE: CONSTRUCTION OF TOUCH / coal, textile, metal, 163 cm × 196 cm. (Photo: David Pačut)
    DANS LE CORPS DES AUTRES QUI M’ONT TOUCHÉ UN JOUR #02

  • COMMUNICATION CAPTURES (extracts) – Haunt Edition

    Routes of Empathy – on the Emphatic in Art, front views at HAUNT, Berlin

    Performance with Stella Geppert, David Kummer, Nitsan Margaliot, and the audience, sound: Brandon Johnson, 90 min / COMMUNICATION CAPTURES, Full HD – Documentation from COMMUNICATION CAPTURES, 26 min. (Photo: Carsten Eisfeld)
    COMMUNICATION CAPTURES (extracts) – Haunt Edition

  • 2020

  • DANS LE CORPS DES AUTRES QUI M’ONT TOUCHÉ UN JOUR #01

    Contact, front views, Berlin

    From the ongoing series Re: Construction of Touch, 2020 / charcoal, textile, metal, 150 cm x 180 cm / (Photo: Mirjana Vrbaski)
    DANS LE CORPS DES AUTRES QUI M’ONT TOUCHÉ UN JOUR #01

  • READING DEBORAH HAY: USING THE SKY – A DANCE

    North by Northeast, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin

    Silent reading performance, in HIEROGLYPHENDECKE, 2015/2018, reading desk, paper, carbon, silicone /
    concept/performance: Stella Geppert, camera/editor: Paul Rohlfs. (Photo: Ula Przybylska)
    READING DEBORAH HAY: USING THE SKY – A DANCE

  • NECK KISSING

    Studio Stella Geppert

    Charcoal dust on paper, 20 cm x 21 cm. (Photo: Eric Tschernow)
    NECK KISSING

  • INTIMACY TALKS

    Traumatic Lines, Vincenz Sala Gallery, Berlin

    Talk with TT about Das Phänomen der Liebe, [Phenomenon of Love], Berlin, March 2014, while sitting on a sofa, 00:45 min, position: left TT, right STG, charcoal on paper, 150 cm × 150 cm, code: T001. (Photo: Thomas Bruns)
    INTIMACY TALKS

  • TOWEL

    Traumatic Lines, Vincenz Sala Gallery, Berlin

    (Private Collection) / Handkerchief, mascara, 20 cm x 21 cm, 2010 / 2012 (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    TOWEL

  • 2019

  • COMMUNICATION CAPTURES (extracts and elements)

    APA (A Performance Affair), The Second Edition: re: production, Vanderborght Building, Brussels, Belgium

    Solo performance together with the audience / explaining the scores in different languages (English, French, German)
    3 days 6 hours / verbal and nonverbal communication. (Photo: Stella Geppert / Colin Delfosse for The New York Times)
    COMMUNICATION CAPTURES (extracts and elements)

  • COMMUNICATION CAPTURES (long version)

    Close Encounters Vol.02, Dansehallerne c/o DEN FRIE, Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

    Concept, Choreography, Installation: Stella Geppert / Performer: Jan Burkhardt, Stella Geppert, Lukas Geschwind, David Kummer, Michelle Lui, Sophia Seiss / Co-Production: Dansehallerne / Production-Management: Susanne Ogan / Documentation: Tim Nowitzki, Per Hendriksen / Support: Dansehallerne, Danish Art Workshop, Goethe Institut, Zeitbasierte Künste BURG Halle, Medienwerkstatt Berlin
    COMMUNICATION CAPTURES (long version)

  • FLATTERING TALKS

    Close Encounters Vol.02, Dansehallerne c/o DEN FRIE, Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

    Head drawings made during the performance COMMUNICATION CAPTURES, 2019 / 45 min, charcoal on paper, 150 cm x 300 cm
    FLATTERING TALKS

  • FLATTERING TALKS / STANDING - LYING - SITTING

    Inclusive Break, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China

    Head drawings, during the performance COMMUNICATION CAPTURES, Copenhagen, 2019 / 45 min, charcoal on paper, 150 cm x 300 cm
    FLATTERING TALKS / STANDING - LYING - SITTING

  • 2018

  • READING SIMONE FORTI: HANDBOOK IN MOTION, 1974

    Körperarbeit, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig, Leipzig

    Lecture performance, 360 min, charcoal on paper, 150 cm x 180 cm. (Photo: Tim Nowitzki)
    READING SIMONE FORTI: HANDBOOK IN MOTION, 1974

  • MARRAKESH CONVERSATION

    Noss Noss, Le 18, Marrakesh

    Talk about “entre patate et papillon: le changement physique en parlant arabe, français et allemand” with Claude Horstmann, Soukaina Joual, Ghita Skali and Katrin Ströbel, 45 min and longer. (Photo: Le 18)
    MARRAKESH CONVERSATION

  • TWO FEET SEVEN INCHES

    Power Plant, Kunsthal Nord, Copenhagen / Aalborg, Denmark

    Performative sculptures with Sara Grotenfelt, Antonia Harke, Mikkel Mallow, Julia Müllner / support: Danish Art Workshop. (Photo: Jesper Olsen, Stella Geppert)
    TWO FEET SEVEN INCHES

  • BUSK

    Power Plant, Kunsthalle Nord, Aalborg

    Performance / concept: Stella Geppert, camera and editing: Per Henriksen / Full HD, Loop, 11 min, branches / support: Nordjyllandsværket. (Photo: Per Henriksen)
    BUSK

  • AUGENBLICKSVERKNÜPFUNG – PUNKT EMOTIONALER DICHTE

    Tangency – Stadtverortungen, Osnabrück

    Performance in public space / LINKING MOMENTS – POINT OF EMOTIONAL DENSITY with Kirstin Flüssmeyer, Stella Geppert, Lukas Geschwind, Michelle Lui, Birte Opitz and Agnes Nguyen / support: Gesellschaft für zeitgenössische Kunst Osnabrück e. V. Kunstraum hase29, Flüssmeyer Vermessungen. (Photo: Thomas Bruns)
    AUGENBLICKSVERKNÜPFUNG – PUNKT EMOTIONALER DICHTE

  • TALK ABOUT SCULPTURE AND CHOREOGRAPHY

    Körperarbeit, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig, Leipzig

    Public talk with Mariella Greil about Sculpture and Choreography, 45 min / charcoal on paper, 150 cm x 180 cm. (Photo: Tim Nowitzki)
    TALK ABOUT SCULPTURE AND CHOREOGRAPHY

  • 2017

  • TEN SCORES FOR A SCULPTURE

    Performance Night on Drawing and Choreography, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin

    Instant improvisation / Stella Geppert in cooperation with Jan Burkhardt, Lukas Geschwind, Kathleen Heil, Michelle Lui, Hilla Steinert. (Photo: Thomas Bruns)
    TEN SCORES FOR A SCULPTURE

  • READING LUDWIG WITTEGENSTEIN: TRACTATUS LOGICO, 1921

    Studio, Berlin

    150 cm x 170 cm, charcoal on paper. (Photo: Eric Tschernow)
    READING LUDWIG WITTEGENSTEIN: TRACTATUS LOGICO, 1921

  • 2016

  • ANOTHER KIND OF DOCUMENTATION

    Idiopolis, Dialectics between subject and society, State Of Concept, Athens

    Ceramic, tripod photo, dimension variable. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    ANOTHER KIND OF DOCUMENTATION

  • MOVE 7: 42 min AFTER – FEUILLE DE VIGNE FEMELLE – by MARCEL DUCHAMP

    Never Shown on Purpose, Circle1 Gallery, Berlin

    Galvanized plaster, 2013 / 2016, 7 cm x 12 cm x 14 cm. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    MOVE 7: 42 min AFTER – FEUILLE DE VIGNE FEMELLE – by MARCEL DUCHAMP

  • HIEROGLYPHENDECKE

    Openstudio, Berlin

    Steel, screws, a roll of paper, carbon, plastic, silicon, ribbons, drawings / Dimension 300 cm x 300 cm x 215 cm. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    HIEROGLYPHENDECKE

  • READING ROBERT MORRIS: NOTES ON SCULPTURE, 1967

    Openstudio, Berlin

    Head drawing / charcoal on paper, 150 cm x 150 cm. (Photo: Thomas Bruns, Stella Geppert)
    READING ROBERT MORRIS: NOTES ON SCULPTURE, 1967

  • 2015

  • TALK ABOUT WESENSZÜGE KÜNSTLERISCHEN UND POLITISCHEN HANDELNS (TRAITS OF ARTISTIC AND POLITICAL ACTIONS)

    BURG:100 Professoren und Professorinnen der Burg aus Kunst und Design, curated by Dr. Jule Reuter, Burg Galerie, Volkspark, Halle an der Saale

    TALK ABOUT WESENSZÜGE KÜNSTLERISCHEN UND POLITISCHEN HANDELNS with LB, 45 min / charcoal on paper, 150 cm x 120 cm, 2015. (Photo: Thomas Bruns)
    TALK ABOUT WESENSZÜGE KÜNSTLERISCHEN UND POLITISCHEN HANDELNS (TRAITS OF ARTISTIC AND POLITICAL ACTIONS)

  • 2014 / 2015

  • BUONGIORNO – YOU ARE WELCOME!

    Moving Studies & Homeopathic Interventions, Centro Tedesco Di Studi Veneziani, Venice

    Intervention in public space / concept: Stella Geppert, camera: Melanie Brugger, sound: Wladimir Gelwich / Full HD, Loop, 14 min
    BUONGIORNO – YOU ARE WELCOME!

  • 2014

  • ARBUSTI

    Moving Studies & Homeopathic Interventions, Centro Tedesco Di Studi Veneziani, Venice

    Performance in public space / concept: Stella Geppert, camera: Melanie Brugger, sound: Wladimir Gelwich / Full HD, Loop, 10 min, branches, cable clip
    ARBUSTI

  • 2013 / 2014

  • SANDALO

    Studio, Berlin

    Sandals, engraved. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    SANDALO

  • 2013

  • RESET

    Remap 4, Athens, Greece

    Installation / acrylic glass, wall. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    RESET

  • 2012

  • DER APFEL DER BEI FRAU STUBBE AUF DEM SCHREIBTISCH LAG / DREH DER LIBELLEN 2 x 2

    Ab in die Ecke, Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst

    Apple / wooden slats, libera (plastic), adhesive tape, lacquer. Two wooden slats are bent horizontally and vertically. (Photo: Johanna Ahlert)
    DER APFEL DER BEI FRAU STUBBE AUF DEM SCHREIBTISCH LAG / DREH DER LIBELLEN 2 x 2

  • ÉGALITÉ

    Undercover Sculptures, kjubh e.V., Cologne

    Objects / 12 wood bars, 12 libera, lacquer. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    ÉGALITÉ

  • ONE-ZERO-ONE

    Undercover Sculptures, kjubh e.V., Cologne

    Shoes, acrylic glass, wood panel. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    ONE-ZERO-ONE

  • 2011

  • CROSS-LINKS

    Senatsreservenspeicher (Artitude e.V.), Berlin

    All over installation / 42 pre-extant openings (f.ex. that of a silo, broken window panes, drill holes, cracks …), 1000 meters of rope. (Photo: Thomas Bruns)
    CROSS-LINKS

  • WHEN DESTRUCTION BECOMES NEW FORM # 1 – 12

    Aufruhr, frontviews gallery, Berlin

    12 letter trays (the letter trays have been treated in different ways: folded, thrown, crushed, kicked, jumped on, hammered, …), wooden and metal shelters, chairs, and walls from the art fair. (Photo: Thomas Bruns)
    WHEN DESTRUCTION BECOMES NEW FORM # 1 – 12

  • BOTH AT THE SAME TIME

    Undercover Sculptures, kjubh e.V., Cologne

    Fingerprints on Din A4 paper, acrylic glass. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    BOTH AT THE SAME TIME

  • 2010

  • HANDOUTS # 1 – 3

    Statics And The Movement In Between, frontviews gallery, Berlin

    Fingerprints on paper with a single fold, 29,7 × 20,8 cm / acrylic glass.
    HANDOUTS # 1 – 3

  • 2009

  • UNABHÄNGIG VON DER LAGE

    Cuxhavener Kunstverein

    All over installation/curtains, ceiling illumination, and ceiling construction from the Cuxhavener Kunstverein, plasterboard, cable clip, electricity cable, and acrylic glass. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    UNABHÄNGIG VON DER LAGE

  • 2007/ 2009

  • BIST DU DA?

    Künstlerhaus Bremen

    All over installation, acrylic glass, wooden rods, cut-outs from the exhibition walls (Photo: Stella Geppert, Künstlerhaus Bremen)
    BIST DU DA?

  • 2007

  • NOWHERE IS EVERYWHERE

    Cluster, Berlin

    All over installation / acrylic glass, wooden bars / Invitation card for the installation NOWHERE IS EVERYWHERE / C – Print/ 40 × 60 cm (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    NOWHERE IS EVERYWHERE

  • 2002

  • PARASITÄRE VERHÄLTNISSE UND DIALOGE

    Underground Station Alexanderplatz U2, nGbK, Berlin

    All over installation in public space / PARASITIC RELATIONS AND DIALOGUES / 62 cushions, metal, color. (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    PARASITÄRE VERHÄLTNISSE UND DIALOGE

  • STANDPUNKTE UNTERSCHIEDLICHER SICHTWEISEN

    downtown Solothurn, Architektur Forum Solothurn, Switzerland

    All over installation in public space / STANDPOINTS: DIFFERENT VIEWS / 28 blue dots, coat of paint, 50 cm diameter (Photo: Stella Geppert)
    STANDPUNKTE UNTERSCHIEDLICHER SICHTWEISEN
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