Jana Schumacher | In reference to the invisible - pendulum | 2024 | wax and metal elements, size variable | exhibition view: Forces of attraction, DESY, Hamburg
Jana Schumacher
In Reference to the invisible - pendulum
Opening: 28.11.2025 6pm
28.11.25 - 04.01.2026
#5 related to corporeality
At the center of my work lies the question of how order and chaos shape our understanding of the world. My new series examines how scientific models and religious–esoteric systems function as interpretive and strategic responses to societal uncertainty. Chaos, decay, and instability emerge here as fundamental dynamics that structure both individual and collective forms of action.
In this body of work, the pendulum appears as a seismograph of the invisible—at once a research tool, divinatory device, and system of orientation that renders the transitions between rational analysis and intuitive perception visible. The wax-cast sculptures mark a state of transition: wax is only temporarily fixed, malleable, and sensitive to external influences. It embodies that fragile zone of transformation in which interpretation and understanding must continually be renegotiated. (Jana Schumacher)
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