La Kunsthalle presents: “Tight Skin and Point Zero” by Iva Šintić

Originally from Zagreb, Croatia, Iva Šintić lives in Mulhouse and works at Motoco.

A visual artist with a passion for physical sciences, she bases her work on research and exploration. She questions human beings and the space they occupy: a non-physical quantity of unknown origin, which can only be grasped through objects and culture.

Her works address both fundamental physics and everyday life. She is interested in how people and objects influence one another. Between what our bodies allow us to perceive within the limits of our physical capacities and the scientific world as it is complex and partly imperceptible she perceives a gap that she explores through experimentation. From her research emerge images, sculptures, and materials that bear witness to a process and reveal themselves as works in their own right.

Tight Skin and Point Zero is a research project that explores the invisible forces that surround us, shape us, and influence us. Through magnetism, the project questions the real space occupied by a simple object, and the form that space would take if our eyes could perceive it.

“There is a half-sphere in my bowl. It is soft, rubbery, slippery…”

The exhibition presents the research and experiments that the artist has given form to. Alongside this installation of drawings, videos, and sculptures, the artist presents a publication simply titled The Research Book. Published by Schlass Editions, the book brings together all of the artist’s data: theoretical context, material research, and exchanges with scientists.

The project was carried out with the support of the Grand Est Region and Mulhouse Art Contemporain.

Opening reception: Tuesday, October 7, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Exhibition presented at La Connexion / off-site exhibition space (La Galerie, 54 rue du Sauvage, Mulhouse).
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Free admission.