Zu den Waffen, Genossen
| Edition | Original Art |
|---|---|
| Sujet | Narrative Art |
| Technique | Sculpture |
| Height | 32 cm |
| Width | 70 cm |
| Length/Depth | 18 cm |
2024, PLA, PETG and 2K adhesive
This artwork operates at the intersection of digital design and physical manifestation. It explores the convergence of technology, materiality and social symbolism.
The assemblage is first created in virtual space – a composition of digital artefacts whose irregularities are not corrected but deliberately preserved. It is only through the 3D printing process that these objects materialise and reveal their unique aesthetic vocabulary: the low print resolution is used here not as a technical flaw, but as a conceptual means of highlighting the fragility of digital perfection.
The work takes as its starting point a model of a weapon freely available on the internet – an object that symbolises power, control and the ambivalence of technological democratisation. The transformation of this model through the artistic process raises questions about the interplay between digital reproducibility, material appropriation and the social implications of new production methods.
Is 3D printing a form of artistic emancipation or a critical reflection on the dissolution of traditional boundaries of production?
What does authenticity mean in an era in which digital templates can be reproduced infinitely?
Through its inherent imperfection, the artwork opens up a discourse on the aesthetics of the fragmentary, the materialisation of the digital and the ethical dimensions of technological accessibility.
Raphael Wutz
Born in 1991 in Bad Mergentheim
lives and works in Berlin and Bremen
2022–2024 Master’s student under Prof. Ingo Vetter, University of the Arts Bremen
2020–2022 Fine Art (Diploma), University of the Arts Bremen, under Ingo Vetter and Kayle Brandon.
2020 KODEKÜ residency in Bischofswerda
2018 Kwakeye residency in Koforidua, Ghana
2014–2019 Studied Integrated Design at the University of the Arts Bremen, in the classes of Peter Bialobrzeski, Andrea Rauschenbusch, Frieder Nake and Asli Serbest
2012–2014 Trained as a fashion tailor at Kuhn Maßkonfektion, Schneeberg
Interdisciplinary projects
2025 Happening ‘Mahlzeit mit den Performativen’ by sineumbra, Centre for Art, Bremen
2025 Sculptures for ‘Es kann zu Missverständnissen kommen’ (Misunderstandings May Arise), Centre for Art, Bremen
2024 Costume design for ‘becoming with’ by sineumbra, Orsoni 1888, Venice, Italy
2024 Exhibition production for ‘Panopticum – New Wave’ at Offspace, Bremen
2023 Costume design for ‘Faber Un’Opera per le Cartiere di Fabriano by Luisa Eugeni’, Fabriano, Italy
2021–2023 Co-founder of “studio multi”, Bremen
Exhibitions (selection)
2024 Feminist City Utopia, action dinner with Carolin Küpper, Galerie neurotitan, Berlin
2022 A&DT International Invitation Exhibition – Beyond Design, Spatial Metaverse, South Korea
2021 Digital Autumn Exhibition of the Kunstverein Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover
2021 “chat here”, Geronimo Rebellion Gallery, Würzburg
2021 Forced Feral – New Landscape Artworks, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen
Grants/Awards
2022 ‘Independent Arts Scene’ project funding from the Senator for Culture, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
2022 Project grant from the Senator for Culture, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
2022 Shortlisted for the South-West German Art Prize, organised by Kreissparkasse Esslingen
2021 Grant from the Central Fund of the Bremen University of the Arts for independent projects
2021 Individual grant from the Senator for Culture, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
2019 Shortlisted for the Hoepfner Foundation, Karlsruhe
2018 University Prize for the group exhibition ‘Tetractys’
2016 Award at the 30th Poster Competition organised by the German Students’ Union
