Fluides Gestein. Himmlische Funken

Evelyn Möcking, Fluides Gestein. Himmlische Funken (Fluid Stone, Heavenly Sparks)

Fluid Stone, Heavenly Sparks is an artistic experiment between matter and imagination, knowledge and intuition. My practice is process-oriented, materially conscious, and open to transformation. I work across media—drawing, sculpture, installation, and organic substances—and conceive my studio as a laboratory where intuition, control, chance, and material meet on equal terms.

The starting point of the project is a self-created pigment archive made from plant-based substances such as red cabbage, spinach, algae, fungi, and grapes. These organic dyes are layered into modified laboratory glass vessels. Over time, the hues change—becoming lighter, darker, or more opaque. Thus, the glass objects function both as experimental setups and as sculptures, at once carriers and observatories of transformation.

Evelyn Möcking, Overlapping Templates, 2025 | © Evelyn Möcking / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Parallel to this, I have developed digital drawings which, in turn, serve as the basis for plexiglass templates. They function as tools in my drawing and painting process as well as independent sculptural objects in their own right. Their transparency and reflection open up a play with space, light, and movement. Layering, interpenetration, and superimposition become central compositional principles.

Additionally, I have developed 3D-printed sculptures whose forms are derived from the digital drawings and coated with mineral pigments—creating a connection between natural materiality and digital transformation. A central concern is making color acoustically perceptible. And site-specific sound collages have been created in collaboration with the Mineralien-Museum Essen-Kupferdreh.

The Mineralien-Museum Essen-Kupferdreh not only serves as an exhibition venue but also as a historical point of reference. The museum was a key source of inspiration for Sigmar Polke’s Athanor installation in 1986. This project picks up on this connection and translates it into a contemporary dialogue between art, science, and perception.

Evelyn Möcking, Fluides Gestein. Himmlische Funken (Fluid Stone, Heavenly Spark)
Exhibition, tbd, Mineralien-Museum, Essen-Kupferdreh