AniLighters

MUZE’UM L is pleased to announce AniLighters, an exhibition of new work by German artist Marina Jacob.

For this exhibition the artist presents series of site-specific sculptural objects and large format drawings.

The word that sounds like „any lighters” is an invention compiled of “animal” and “lighters”. The word is an homage to the French Philosopher Jacques Derrida who often came up with such hybrid words.

From the very beginning the artist has been fascinated by the challenge of bringing together two seemingly unrelated motives: that of the Light central for the MUZE’UM L, and that of the difficult human relationship to other species central for Marina’s artistic practice.

The first inspiration came from the oculus, a striking architectural feature of the venue. The artist imagined huge unknown animals attracted by the light of the oculus. Arriving from everywhere, they fall under the spell of the building and, hypnotized, change…