Irène Hug, SENSATION & REFLECTION at LAGE EGAL, 2021

At first glimpse, the bigger lightbox situated outside on the balcony above LAGE EGAL’s entrance looks like a commercial display placed between others, although it does not aim to attract the interest of a consumer. It refers to the principal sources of all the ideas we have, mentioned by the 18th century English empiricist John Locke. Language, writing, and text are common thread in Irène Hug's work. She often plays with the meaning as well as the typographic function of signs, logos and advertising slogans. She does this by appropriating, reworking, or repurposing found materials and transforming them into lightboxes, installations, photographs (which she often manipulates), objects, (wood) sculptures, among others. The works become temporary placements on walls and buildings while adding new meaning to existing structures. By doing so, the artist questions our entanglements in everyday consumerism and challenges us to understand the true meaning of things and words behind the surface. Die Balkone 2 - Scratching the Surface 30.4.-2.5.2021 An exhibition in Prenzlauer Berg windows and balconies/ Eine Ausstellung in den Fenstern und Balkonen des Prenzlauer Bergs Curated by / Kuratiert von Övül Ö. Durmusoglu & Joanna Warsza. The video interview made by Jagna Nawrocka & Mateusz Nowak.