Triangular Water Pavilion, 2007
Material: water, high-polished steel, iron grating, nozzles, pumps, spy mirror glass
Dimensions: 9,50 × 9,50 × 2,30 m

Courtesy: Johann König, Berlin
Exhibited at Johann König Gallery, Berlin, D, 2007

Photo credits: Nick Ash

On the outline of an equilateral triangle, two walls made of spy mirror glass and a wall of water rise up over a basin of water.
When moving close enough to the water wall the visitor activates a sensor and the water wall falls opening up the space before him. After entry, the water starts flowing again, enclosing the viewer in a space surrounded by mirrors and water.
The glass walls, transparent on one side and reflective on the other, create a multiple optical effect. Allowing a view from the outside to the inside and vice versa and at the same time reflecting each other, the water, the visitors and the surrounding, everything seems to almost visually dissolve. The lighting in the gallery influences the intensity of the reflections at the same time enlarging the basic triangular shape and creating a new visual space.
The work directly addresses the physical and psychological experience of the visitor and points at the encounter between the visitors and the social interaction that could come out of this.