JOACHIM KOESTER

I myself am only a receiving apparatus. The subject matter of the Danish artist Joachim Koester shows a preference for the occult, hidden, dark or repressed aspects of our history. Analogously he describes his way of working as hunting ghosts.In Boarded Up Gallery 1994 2008 he barricaded his galleri [...]
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I myself am only a receiving apparatus. The subject matter of the Danish artist Joachim Koester shows a preference for the occult, hidden, dark or repressed aspects of our history. Analogously he describes his way of working as hunting ghosts.In Boarded Up Gallery 1994 2008 he barricaded his galleries from outside with wood, so that they looked like useless, forbidden rooms. In such places, according to Koester, the spirit of chance is present, which we need in order to see and move on history. This idea of a constructive utilization of the repressed and abandoned is conveyed by the exhibition architecture, which separates the film