In drawings, installations, performances, and films, Sibylle Burr explores archaic forms, which appear as patterns. Experiencing the surfaces of her artworks in performative processes the artist tries to reach a realm outside space and time. Thus the art of Burr can be regarded as being beyond reason. Here the seemingly mysterious derives solely from the paradoxa, which the attempts of speaking about the visible produce. Burr’s works of art always aim at experiencing and acting in the present moment and in this way include the unity of feeling and thinking. In the performances “tremor” and “nuts” for example, the virtual reality of the projected video and the tangible physical reality of the stage performance condense seemingly divergent levels. For the fragile balanced contrasts in Burr’s performances and video art self-absorption is an essential precondition, and the communication with the audience can only succeed if it has a similar willingness to an open perception and communication process.

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