Bizarre Spaces at Marta Herford 2016

Curator: This arresting installation, entitled "Bizarre Spaces at Marta Herford," was conceived by Arne Quinze in 2016, bringing together an eclectic range of media within the museum's architecture. Editor: My immediate impression is organized chaos, like a vibrant, otherworldly nest or bizarrely colorful debris after a storm. There’s a fascinating tension between the rigid geometric structure holding up the almost frantic explosion of color and fibrous material. Curator: Indeed. The piece feels deliberately disruptive. Quinze's use of seemingly random, found objects woven with fiber-art creates an ephemeral environment which invites a re-examination of space itself. It echoes an intuitive rather than rational structure. Editor: Yes, I see that tension mirrored in the base - dark rocks opposed to smooth colored stones, a raw material conversation of heavy, anchoring shapes and shimmering, lighter ones. How does Quinze intend for the space to be interpreted? Curator: I think it provokes dialogue about nature versus constructed spaces, memories, and individual experiences. We bring our own understanding to organic structures—an anthill or wasp's nest become models. The artist allows us to project. Editor: The piece is site-specific. So, how do you think its intended commentary about lived space and the "organic" relate particularly to Marta Herford? Does it carry echoes from history in this location, the subconscious, or a collective symbolism that might engage with a sense of time? Curator: Exactly. Located in a city renowned for its furniture industry, Marta Herford, this bizarre space reflects upon what habitation means within these contexts of home and labor. It also allows room for organic freedom; therefore, history, locality, memory are all integral components within our interaction. Editor: Thank you for your insights. Looking more closely at the use of found objects now, I'm struck by how materially aware and sensitive Quinze seems to be, despite what I first thought. The dialogue it prompts extends into surprising places. Curator: I concur. A vital lesson from such art is how human consciousness interprets, then shapes, its perceived world through imagination.