The Salt Axis – Stadtlohn-Wenningfeld

Salt along the Borders – Borders along the Salt

From the time of the primeval sea, there living beings have had cell membranes that retain salt. Membranes are semi-permeable, which can cause a concentration gradient to build up along the border.

Concentrations of salt create suction. Differences in concentration move organs and transport substances invisibly inside the body. Salt sets signals there. Salt only passes through porous skin with water as an element in sweat. You can taste it. With isotonic drinks, athletes replenish the body with the lost minerals. Salt is a reminder of our origins in the salty primeval sea. It is a sea of possibilities that one always carries throughout life.

Dr. Nicole Karafyllis, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main


Franz John

1960
Geboren in Markleugast bei Bayreuth; lebt in Berlin.
  
  
1978–1984
Studium »Visuelle Kommunikation«, Würzburg.
1980
Aufenthalt in Italien / Assistenz in »Arte Povera« Ateliers in Turin.
1996
»Artist in Residence« im Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco: Projekt Military Eyes in den Bunkeranlagen am Golden Gate.
1999–2000
CD-ROM »interzone« - Eine interaktive Zeitreise durch die Berliner Grenzanlage.
2001/2003
Visiting Faculty, Ohio State University - Department of Art, USA.
2003
Gastlehrauftrag, Universität Paderborn, FB Medienwissenschaften.
2006
Visiting Artist, University of Michigan - School of Art & Design, USA.
2006/2007
Aufenthaltsstipendium, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, D.
2007
Visiting Faculty, University of Michigan - School of Art & Design, USA.
2008
Visiting Artist, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Auckland, NZ.
2012/2013
Stipendium, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Schöppingen, D.
2013/2014
Gastdozent, Carl v. Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Institut f. Kunst & visuelle Kultur).
  
  
  
  

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Location
Stadtlohn
Stadtlohn - Wenningfeld
Artist
Franz John
Year
2004
Size
Total distance: 80km, 8 fields of rods spanning 30 to 500 meters each with heights ranging from 1 to 5 meters depending on topography
Material
Galvanized stainless steel, painted in shades from ultramarine to gray