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Daniel Hölzl

Site-specific intervention “soft cycles”

Daniel Hölzl, soft cycles, 2025 [mock-up]

Daniel Hölzl, soft cycles, 2025 [mock-up]

© Daniel Hölzl, Foto: Noshe

For the 50th anniversary of the Berlinische Galerie the artist Daniel Hölzl will mark the entrance of the museum with a temporary site-specific intervention. The inflatable volume measuring 800m³ will fill the void above the main entrance. The work “soft cycles” uses a transparent membrane to create a space where fragments of inflatable sculptures from earlier projects implemented by the artist at various places in Berlin are rearranged into one huge structure.

The objects, made of recycled white parachute silk, absorb and release air at pre-defined intervals. This unbroken repetition is a reference to constant change: in the museum, where exhibits and exhibition architecture are regularly mounted and then dismantled; in the city, which is always evolving; and in all materials as they erode almost imperceptibly over time. As the installation switches from one phase to the next, the impression of bursting fullness gives way to one of apparent emptiness, and new forms emerge from the old. Watching the work is an experience like fast-forwarding the steady alteration of monumental structures.

Hölzl’s installation responds to the museum’s distinctive architecture and to the work “marked space – unmarked space” by the artist Fritz Balthaus, built in 2004 after a competition for art in the urban environment.

Next dates

24
April
Thursday
Vernissage

Opening: Daniel Hölzl “soft cycles”

Artistic outdoor intervention as part of the museum's 50th anniversary

The artist

Daniel Hölzl (*1994 in Schwaz, Austria) has lived and worked in Berlin since studying at the Kunsthochschule Weissensee. He specialises in site-specific installations which either contain an element of constant change or are themselves ephemeral. One recurrent theme in his work is what he calls “cyclical nature”. Thoughtfully selected materials, often recycled, focus our attention on the impermanence of matter and challenge our ideas of continuity. Through his artistic practice, Daniel Hölzl opens up new perspectives on key issues in a globalised world with limited resources.

The project has been funded by the Förderverein Berlinische Galerie.