Tinka Bechert

tinkabechert(@)gmail.com

For More Info/ German/ Upcoming Exhibition see: http://jahresthema.bbaw.de/2011_2012/veranstaltungen/2011/dezember/triangulations


2009-11

CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:.
NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin.

Triangulations is an extensive research and art-making project, which focuses on the retelling of the historic prussian expedition to Egypt (1842-1845) that the Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius led. Tinka Bechert retraced this journey as an artist-in-residence in Cairo, Egypt in 2010 and also as an artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy of Science and Humanities (2011) where much of the expedition diaries are stored.The project is a work in progress which and will culminate in a publication (artists book) in 2012.

Project text: 'The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.'(1)

Most often, time is seen as the 'straight arrow' envisioned by Isaac Newton: Time marches in a straight line at a uniform pace from past to present to future. Time can only move in one direction - always forward, never backward, certainly not to the left or right, and never in circles.

The scientific concept of non-linear time is fairly recent and emerges most clearly in Einstein's quantum physics and the mechanics of relativity. These concepts have been largely ignored in a more general perception of time. Except under extraordinary circumstances, most of us viscerally experience time exclusively as a one-way ticket from past to future.

My current work is an exploration and re-conceptualisation of time, realized through a wider research subject on Egypt as a measuring scale of time and history, past and present. In particular I have been retracing the 1842-1845 expedition of Karl Richard Lepsius, who was 'the father' german Egyptology and also my own great-great-Grandfather. Among Lepsius achievements is the chronological or linear ordering of Egyptian artifacts and kingdoms. Questioning the understanding of historical 'truth', I am introducing the idea of kairos and non-linear time as a critique of the conception of history that emerged with 19th century german idealism which includes the 'homogenous and empty idea of time'.(2)

The ongoing collaborative Project Triangulations also included a recent expedition to Cairo, Egypt, some installation work in Ireland, some drawing on the train and some collaborative cooking with fellow artists Sarah Badran (Cairo) and Anne Devine (San Francisco).

(1) Albert Einstein (2) Walter Benjamin

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Next project: → CURRENT: Eine Spur im Strom: Limited Edition: Artists' Book 2011

Previous project: ← Paint 2003/ 2004 Solo Show

CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Research, Gizah, Egypt, 2010
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Measurements, Gizah Plateau, 2010
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Architects at GEM Site, Cairo with models of pyramids, 2010
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. The Imaginary Unit, Collage on Trigonometry Book, 2010
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Cover Page of Lepsius' Publication 'Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sinai Peninsula', (german edition, 1852) travel diary in letters written by Lepsius during the expedition.
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Letters from Egypt, Found Objects, Gizah Plateau, 2010
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Letters from Egypt, Found Objects, Dimensions variable, (@ Oonagh Young Gallery/Mavis, Dublin, 2010)
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Natural Selection, Found Objects, Gizah, 2010
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Order, Found Objects & Colour Wheel, 60 cm x approx. 120 cm,
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. 'Timeline', Installation, Mixed Media, Dimensions Variable
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. 'You are here', Mixed Media & Video Installation, Dimensions Variable
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. 'You are here', Detail
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Treasure Hunt, Found Objetcs, Installation, Dimensions Variable, The LAB, Mavis, Dublin, 2010
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. where you hang your hat, Archaologists Office, Gizah, Egypt, 2010
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Darwins' Hat, Collage & Resin on Plastic, 18 cm x 16 cm
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Untitled, Oil on Canvas, 54 cm x 42 cm
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Kairos, Mixed Media on Linen, 14 cm x 32 cm (Dyptich)
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Da-sein, Paintings and Wall Drawing, Dimensions variable
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Now, Marker on Paper, 57 cm x 48 cm
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Now, Detail
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Timeline, non linear, Paper Object
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. L200, Pyramid Cake in Honour of Lepsius' 200th Birthday: 23.12.1810, baked on 23.12.2010, Mixed Media (Egges, Flour, Butter, Candle)
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Current Research/ Lepsius Diaries & Calendars @ The Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin
CURRENT: triangulations: 2009/10/11: ongoing project .:. .:. .:. <br> NEWS: Tinka Bechert is currently artist-in-residence at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy for Sciences and Humanities, BBAW Berlin. Display of Triangulations Research & Work at Open Studios, GlogauAir residency, Berlin