Aura
Winter 2016

Chen Hsiang Fu
3D Selfie Stick

Theresa Reimann-Dubbers
A(.I.) Messianic Window

Max Wohlleber
BeuysDIY

Max Wohlleber
Bilderflut

Theresa Reimann-Dubbers
Dionysus <-> Satyr: A Metaphorical Reunion

Chen Hsiang Fu
From Blank

Andy King
Hero with a Thousand Faces

Andy King
IAE_Haikus

Chen Hsiang Fu
Momento Mori

Hsiao Li-Chi
Mountains in Rain

Andy King
My Very Own Personal Louvre

Lugh O’Neill
On Behalf of Deterioration

Hsiao Li-Chi
Portrait

Theresa Reimann-Dubbers
rePRESENT rePLACE rePRODUCE

Valerian Blos
The Aura Harvester

Lugh O’Neill
The Veil of St. Veronica plc

Andy King
Yves Klein Jigsaw Puzzle

Elias Asisi
∞EXPO
Theresa Reimann-Dubbers — rePRESENT rePLACE rePRODUCE
Aura — Winter 2016
An investigation into the nature of the reproduction of artworks, inspired by Nollendorfplatz bei Nacht by Lesser Ury. The impressionist painter harmed his reputation by creating and selling inferior reproductions of his successful compositions. Reproductions of artworks can exist as representations or replacements. The representation object shows evidence of the original object. It is seen as a prop through which to view or gain knowledge of the existence of the original object. The reproduction as a replacement on the other hand, is when the object imitates the physical form of the original. Its function is not to depict but to embody. The physical existence of the derivative overwrites the physical existence of the original object by acting, in Saussure’s semiotic terms, as the signified (of which there can only be one) rather than the signifier. In current times, replacement objects are created by machines, under the authority of a company who then benefits from the sale of the object. I collected a number of ‘Nollendorfplatz bei Nacht’ replacement objects for sale online, labelling each with their company as creator. By attempting to exist in, and occupy the same niche, each of these objects and its creator overwrites the original object and its creator.


