Fish Factory

Nora Fuchs is a sculptor from Germany and lives in Berlin and Dortmund.
She has been a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund since 2003. There she teaches in the bachelor’s program in three-dimensional design and in the master’s program in scenography and is active in a network for the improvement of artistic teaching at universities. She has taken part in many exhibitions and has worked and curated at the Alte Schule Baruth art and culture association for 20 years.

“For me, a month in Stöðvarfjörður means having the freedom to try things out, discard them and develop new approaches to artistic work. Most of the time I was obsessed with observing the rapidly changing weather phenomena with my camera. At the moment I am working on the theme of tipping points. The moment of fragile equilibrium leaves open what is about to happen. But what if the fragile state tips in one direction? Is it possible to reverse this process?

10 found Fragments. An experiment with shards found on a staircase in Stöðvarfjörður: Does anyone know anything about the history of the vase? I posted it on Instagram, but I didn´t get a response.

I reconstruct the Vase and returned it to the place where it was found.I got information about the story of the house: it is the accommodation for workers in the fishing industry or other businesses. Most of them only live there on a daily basis. The house could have been the old postoffice.

After some days: The vase was probably knocked over by the wind. After the first time, I simply put it upright again. The second time it fell down the stairs. It is now supported by a wooden base that has been temporarily glued together with hot glue. This time the vase contained flowers to be noticed.

After the third fall, there are now 14 shards instead of 10. I decide not to damage the vase any more and put the pieces back where I found them, one by one, just as I found them.”

Website: www.norafuchs.de