"In ChertLüdde, evocations abound: the show is a transcription of California (I've never been, but I imagine it to be sun drenched and a bit dehydrated), which is transposed onto the grid of the gallery in Schöneberg. Shells, dried stalks, bits of pottery, sea urchins, art left behind by visitors, are arranged on a stage (a duplication of the one found in Horvitz's garden in Los Angeles),"
"Mirrors line the edges of the walls, akin to those found in Horvitz's LA garden, implicating our shoes and ankles in the installation, and if we crouch to look closer, the whole of us, face and all. The mirrors could be read as a portal, in a certain way, to Los Angeles and vice versa. Just as those who walk by the perimeter of the garden in Southern California are reflected in these mirrors, so are we, as we circumnavigate the exhibition."
David Horvitz's 2021 book Nostalgia consists of descriptions of deleted images from his photo archive that evoke scenes rather than depict them, such as an "egg drop soup in a bowl like a photograph of the sun." Horvitz's ChertLüdde installation transposes a sun-drenched, slightly dehydrated vision of California onto the Schöneberg gallery grid through shells, dried stalks, pottery, sea urchins and visitor-made objects arranged on a stage duplicating his Los Angeles garden. The installation is activated by readings from Berlin-based writers, includes a dried palm branch, and uses mirrors to reflect visitors and forge a portal-like shared experience across continents.
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