Michael Kleine's 'Space 13 Room 14 Crypt' at Fundació Joan Miró

Michael Kleine's solo exhibition 'Space 13 Room 14 Crypt' at Espai 13, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, runs as part of the program 'from 6:12 pm to 5:48 pm' curated by Alejandro Alonso Díaz. The installation borrows objects from the Museu Frederic Marés collections, rearranging them to explore architectural, psychological, and historical dimensions. Kleine emphasizes immateriality through labor-intensive gestures that blend into the space's existing conditions—light, acoustics, emptiness. The exhibition is co-produced by Fundació Joan Miró, Museu Frederic Marès, and Fundació Joan Brossa – Centre de les Arts Lliures. Kleine, based in Berlin, works across architecture, performance, music, and sculpture, often uprooting objects from their original contexts. The show creates a 'choreographed void' where visitor presence completes the work, invoking themes of time, duration, and ephemerality drawn from Kleine's background in music and opera. Objects are staged with contradictions—mundane items given prominence while valuable ones appear neglected—mirroring religious techniques. The body is invoked through absence, with worn clothes and delicate fabrics suggesting transience.