2024 Sculpture, Installation, & New Media Artist Residency Program
20.05.-16.06.2024
Financially supported with a working grant from the city of Marburg, DE.

School of Visual Arts
335 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

Open Studios
Wednesday, June 12th
6 – 9рм

Text on the works for “Spatial Intimacies” by Steven Montgomery:

„The exhibited pieces are made of steel, aluminium and by acetone transfer on fabric based on screenshots taken from a video work which Gina filmed autonomously from her car window in the Hessian region Germany, as she drove from her home to her studio, a distance of 14 miles.
The pieces form an inquiry into her intentions as an artist. Does her imagery show respect for her surroundings? Is she honoring her subjects? Or is it possible she was using the camera in an invasive way, or even as a weapon? She saw prominent security devices installed in homes such as fences, gates, and elaborate locks. Strangers passed right next to her car. Day after day, the atmosphere of forbidding homes, and uncertain looks of strangers caused uncomfortable questions to arise in Gina’s mind. Were the homeowners trying to tell her to stay away as they saw the camera?
The structures Gina has created are inspired by house facades and respond to her car rides. They honor the homeowners and are at the same time a critique of their preoccupation with security and safety.
During her art residency in New York City, she found similarities in how people secure their homes from the unwelcome gaze of strangers in both worlds.“