The winners of Kunstförderpreis der Stadt Neuss 2021 was given to Amédé Ackermann and the Till Bödeker. https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/neuss/neuss-till-boedeker-erhielt-den-kunstfoerderpreis-der-stadt-neuss_aid-58122771 https://www.neuss.de/kunstfoerderpreise-vergeben https://wissenschaft-kunst.de/extra/kunstfoerderpreise-neuss-2021
“Test Chamber: Isolation” is an experimental installation that explores self-awareness through a low-stimulation environment and sensory deprivation in a warm salt water tank.
The work Think outside the box at the 74. Internationale Bergische Kunstausstellung at the Kunstmuseum Solingen, shown with works by Swinda Oelke, Moritz Riesenbeck, Rebekka Benzenberg and Nicholas Grafia, among many others. https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/solingen/in-solingen-oeffnet-die-74-bergische-kunstausstellung_aid-53429651 https://www.solinger-tageblatt.de/solingen/solingen-kuenstler-schwebt-eine-stunde-salzwasser-13915720.html https://www.solinger-tageblatt.de/solingen/werke-beschaeftigen-sich-selbst-13909622.html https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/solingen/preis-der-bergischen-kunstausstellung-2020-geht-an-max-hoelter_aid-51085995 https://www.engels-kultur.de/internationale-bergische-kunstausstellung-kunstmuseum-solingen
“THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX”, first exhibited at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2020, is an isolation tank that enables sensory deprivation.
The artwork “You don’t understand things” can be understood as a metaphor that ironically treats the search for conceptual understanding in experiential contexts, such as the art world and how to deal with it.
“Till on Chess” is an installation that uses a modified chess computer, paying tribute to Marcel Duchamp and John Cage’s similar work.