Karin Sander's 'BASE' Exhibition in Florence Challenges Digital Cartography
At BASE in Florence, Karin Sander (born 1957 in Bensberg) presents an exhibition that uses digital tools to map local identity while questioning the reliability of systems like Google Maps. The show features geographic coordinates as mural painting, a neon light installation as a pointer, and finger-trace marks on screens as analytical painterly interventions. Sander's work evokes Arte Povera through its materiality but engages with contemporary technology, creating a dialogue between past and present. The exhibition critiques the uncritical acceptance of digital data, referencing her earlier intervention in Skulptur Projekte. Through this fusion of old and new, Sander explores how a technologically advanced society still struggles to reconcile with modernity.
Key facts
- Karin Sander was born in 1957 in Bensberg.
- The exhibition is titled 'BASE' and is held in Florence.
- The show uses geographic coordinates as mural painting.
- A neon light installation functions as a pointer.
- Finger-trace marks on screens are presented as analytical painterly interventions.
- The work references Arte Povera and modern technology.
- Sander's practice questions the reliability of digital systems like Google Maps.
- The exhibition critiques uncritical acceptance of digital data.
Entities
Artists
- Karin Sander
Institutions
- BASE
- Skulptur Projekte
- Artribune
Locations
- Florence
- Italy
- Bensberg
- Germany