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Living Altar

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Der lebendige Altar · 2025

The 29th Catholic Art Award – Exhibition of Awarded Artists.
Gallery VOGOZE in South Korea [20th.February–6th.March.2026]

Dimmable light programming synchronized with 3-channel looping video (3'00")
Filmed at Groß St. Martin Church, Cologne

Living Altar brings three moving images and synchronised physical lighting into relation. Filmed hands, shadows and a cloth lifting from a stone surface establish a sequence in which the image of a body gives way to the place it has left. The viewer’s attention moves between the screen and the space around it.

The installation takes the triptych as a spatial structure. A wide central image and two vertical side panels hold different gestures in the same field of view. Across a three-minute loop, changes in projection correspond with two dimmable lamps, extending the rhythm of the images into the room.

The gestures on the side panels remain distinct from the central scene. Their relation is composed through timing, light and the intervals between movements. Produced in and around Groß St. Martin in Cologne, the work engages the existing architecture while examining what a moving image can and cannot make present.

Music - Arvo Part < My heart's in the highland > My thoughtful thanks to Arvo Pärt for the graceful inspiration.
Sound Design - Anna Eunjung
360VR Filming - Paul Younghoon Kim

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