{"id":14528,"date":"2025-09-18T23:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/concrete-sculptures-surface-from-the-pond-of-mies-van-der-rohes-barcelona-pavilion\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T23:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:38:18","slug":"concrete-sculptures-surface-from-the-pond-of-mies-van-der-rohes-barcelona-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/concrete-sculptures-surface-from-the-pond-of-mies-van-der-rohes-barcelona-pavilion\/","title":{"rendered":"concrete sculptures surface from the pond of mies van der rohe\u2019s barcelona pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">mies van der rohe\u2019s barcelona pavilion hosts \u2018lost limits\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Until October 5th, 2025, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/mies-van-der-rohe\/\"><strong>Mies van der Rohe<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/barcelona-pavilion-mies-van-der-rohe\/\"><strong>Pavilion<\/strong><\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-barcelona\/\"><strong>Barcelona<\/strong><\/a> becomes the stage for Lost Limits, an artistic intervention by artists Anne Glassner and Marit Wolters that brings together <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/sculpture\/\"><strong>sculpture<\/strong><\/a>, performance, and architecture to question where private life ends and public presence begins.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wolters\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/concrete-architecture-and-design\/\"><strong>concrete<\/strong><\/a> sculptures are cast using water drawn from the Pavilion\u2019s pond, and, installed within the same pool, they mirror the surrounding<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/marble-and-stone-design\/\"><strong> travertine<\/strong><\/a> surfaces. Their placement within this setting highlights how materiality transforms when situated in a space tied to modern architecture\u2019s ideals of precision, purity, and timelessness.<\/p>\n<p>images by Anna Mas, unless stated otherwise<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Anne Glassner and Marit Wolters perform everyday gestures<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anneglassner.at\/\"><strong>Austrian visual artist<\/strong> <strong>and performer<\/strong><\/a> Anne Glassner\u2019s performance unfolds in parallel. On September 18th, 2025, she and <a href=\"http:\/\/maritwolters.com\/\"><strong>German sculptor<\/strong> <\/a>Marit Wolters wear camouflage clothing that blends them into the <a href=\"https:\/\/miesbcn.com\/\"><strong>Pavilion\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> geometry while enacting everyday gestures, like sitting, drinking, eating, lying down, and looking. These mundane acts, displaced from their domestic sphere into a public architectural icon, make the familiar become estranged. Visitors participate as well, with their movements interrupting or redirecting the performers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The artists propose that architecture is a stage for lived experience and suggest that limits between inside and outside, object and subject, and visible and hidden are flexible rather than fixed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lost Limits also extends Glassner and Wolters\u2019 ongoing collaboration, which began with interventions at Czechia\u2019s Villa Tugendhat in 2021 and 2022, another of Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich\u2019s seminal works.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona becomes the stage for Lost Limits | image by Christian Prinz<\/p>\n<p>an artistic intervention by Anne Glassner and Marit Wolters<\/p>\n<p>bringing together sculpture, performance, and architecture<\/p>\n<p>mirroring the surrounding travertine surfaces | image by Christian Prinz<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>Wolters\u2019 concrete sculptures are cast using water drawn from the Pavilion\u2019s pond<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>a space tied to modern architecture\u2019s ideals of precision, purity, and timelessness<\/p>\n<p>the artists propose that architecture is a stage for lived experience<\/p>\n<p>limits between inside and outside, object and subject, and visible and hidden are flexible rather than fixed<\/p>\n<p>floating flora surrounds the sculptures<\/p>\n<p>Lost Limits extends Glassner and Wolters\u2019 ongoing collaboration<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>the installation runs until October 5th, 2025<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>exploring where private life ends and public presence begins<\/p>\n<p>this collaboration started in Mies van der Rohe\u2019s Villa Tugendhat<\/p>\n<p>Anne Glassner and Marit Wolters\u00a0 interacting with the sculptural installation | image by Christian Prinz<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong> Lost Limits<\/p>\n<p><strong>artists:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/anneglassner.at\/\">Anne Glassner<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anneglassner\/\">@anneglassner<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/maritwolters.com\/\">Marit Wolters<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marit_wolters\">@marit_wolters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>location:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/miesbcn.com\/\">Fundaci\u00f3 Mies van der Rohe<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fundaciomies\">@fundaciomies<\/a>, Barcelona, Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>dates:<\/strong> September 18th \u2013 October 5th, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>photographers:<\/strong> Anna Mas, Christian Prinz<\/p>\n<p><strong>partners:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phileas.art\/\">Phileas \u2013 The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/phileas.art\/\">@phileas.art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bildrecht.at\/\">Bildrecht<\/a>, Austrian Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport, Austrian Cultural Forum in Madrid, <a href=\"https:\/\/hangar.org\/en\/\">Hangar \u2013 Centre for Artistic Production and Research<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/concrete-sculptures-surface-pond-mies-van-der-rohe-barcelona-pavilion-09-18-2025\/\">concrete sculptures surface from the pond of mies van der rohe\u2019s barcelona pavilion<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mies van der rohe\u2019s barcelona pavilion hosts \u2018lost limits\u2019 \u00a0 Until October 5th, 2025, the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona becomes the stage for Lost Limits, an artistic intervention by artists Anne Glassner &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - 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