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Kim Köster grew
up in the picturesque artists’ village of Worpswede. In 1994 he begins
to become active in the graffiti scene and to fashion the public space
with his pieces under the pseudonym MIKone. With the decision to move
to Berlin he broke away from the limited letter-based graffiti style
and turned his focus on new media and fine arts. Today Kim Köster
(born 1981) embarks on a random journey through reality and
imagination. His works
(mural painting, photography and installations spanning multiple
rooms) are inspired by individual perception and atmospheric
intuition.
On this intuitive journey “souvenirs” emerge that appear apocalyptic
through the complexity of the used media and nonetheless, even though
without conceptual intent, vitalize existing structures.
In this way in 2003/2004 the
interdisciplinary art project 99rooms in collaboration with Richard
Schumann, Stephan Schulz and Johannes Bünemann comes into existence.
It has lured about 2 million visitors from around the globe in the
rooms of abandoned industrial buildings and turns each individual into
a participant of one of his intuitive journeys.
His recent
works "POSITIVE-NEGATIVE" display contrasted experiences of a surreal
excursion into the constant play of light and shade. The interaction
of painting and negative-developed slides provides impressive
confusion in an inspiring exaggerated world of colors.
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