A cooperative symbiotic approach
Lichenlounge is conceived as a sustainable, modular and cooperative work of artistic research by different authors that focus on lichen symbiosis in nature. The installation and process are dedicated to the patient waiting for lichenogenic fungi and microalgae to merge. In the dioramic set-up of a lounge, all subjects are invited to feel comfortable in their interspecies community. Approach and observation, for example, by microscopes, wild and cultured myco- and photobionts are present. The space can be entered freely, and most of the exposed naturalia and artifacts can be used and inspected hands-on.
LICHENLOUNGE / Klaus Fritze (DE) and Julius Continental (DE), Betül Peker (TR), Ursula Damm (DE), Carmen Draxler (DE), Jörn Hentschel (DE), Jan Vondrak (CZ), Photo: Klaus Fritye
Klaus Fritze (DE) and Julius Continental (DE), Betül Peker (TR), Ursula Damm (DE), Carmen Draxler (DE), Jörn Hentschel (DE), Jan Vondrak (CZ)
Klaus Fritze is a biologist and a visual artist. He is currently a research assistant at the Faculty of Art and Design, Bauhaus University. He studied biology in Marburg and Heidelberg. He completed his doctorate with Jeff Schell at the MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne. Fritze also completed his postgraduate studies in audiovisual media at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, with Valie Export and Jürgen Klauke.