CURRENT: GENOA, ITALY, GALLERIA GUIDI, MOSTRA COLLETTIVA, Dic 25 -Jan 26

Artist Statement:

In search of empathic-dialogical relationships with ‘nature’, the work of Carolina Goedeke (Berlin/Genoa) dissolves the boundaries between animals, people, cellular structures, oceans, mountains and forests, drawing inspiration from the hierarchy-free relationships between different species.
Her art celebrates vital energy and reinforces the connection of the human being and his energy system with structures found in nature such as the sea current, the growth of plants, or the power of fire.
Carolina Goedeke interweaves spontaneous picturesque elements with fundamental structures of nature and relates them to each other, creating abstract scores, similar to musical patterns.
Goedeke uses art as a means of approaching metaphysical dimensions, drawing inspiration from pantheistic philosophies such as Tibetan Buddhism and shamanism, but also from Donna Haraway’s writing (The Companion species Manifest) and J.W. Goethe’s theory of ‘Intuitive Observation’ described in his book “The Metamorphosis of Plants’.
Her works, paintings, clarinet performances and dance videos, are tools for going beyond, to dive deeply into realms between meditation, near-death experience and vision, with the intention to support management of individual crisis, resilience and healing and to increase the level of energy in both space and people.

Carolina Goedeke’s artistic practice consists of exploring interconnectedness where there is no longer any separation or duality: a common spiritual space to which all living beings – including stones, plants and planets – have access in order to share it with each another.
In her art, the separation between the audience and the works becomes permeable; the artist opens ‘doors’ in a multi-sensory and meditative space that allows a dialogue between the viewer and her works, accessible for those who wish to enter.
She creates anvases in bright colours and delicate, almost abstract watercolours which are visualising the invisible, the connection between the tangible world and the spiritual spheres:
the vital flow of creation itself to support the resonance and connection with the primary energies of ‘nature’. Goedeke’s videos featuring her Indian classical dance performances, set in a contemporary urban context, and live concerts complete her artistic universe.

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Carolina Goedeke studied painting and video installation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany and at the UdK in Berlin.
After 20 years as an interdisciplinary artist in Berlin, in 2017 she moved to Italy. She has realised exhibitions, performances and art workshops in museums, galleries, theaters and public spaces: Galleria Guidi, Genoa/ Italy, Berlinische Galerie, Museum für Asiatische Kunst Berlin, Sophiensaele Berlin, Galerie Weißer Elefant Berlin, Gasteig Munich, Pasinger Fabrik Munich, Yavanika Theater Bangalore/India, Galerie Hinterconti, Hamburg, Palazzo Ducale space 46, Genoa, Galata Museum del Mare Genoa, Robert Bosch Stiftung Berlin, Embassy of India Berlin, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Museum of European Cultures Berlin, TV ARTE, ZDF, as well as video installations in underground stations and airports in Milan, Rome, Genoa, Brescia (IT).
Her works can be found in private collections in Europe, America and Asia.