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There's nothing interesting here
Just the ruins of Atlantis
But no sign of you
I don't think you're coming back
We missed each other in a dream
Stella Maris, Einstürzende Neubauten,1996
The title Sophie Esslinger has chosen for her exhibition can be translated as “Star of the Sea.” Stella Maris refers to a paradoxical image of guidance: a star that remains forever out of reach yet promises to point the way from afar. As an epithet for the Virgin Mary, this metaphor has been closely associated with notions of guidance, protection, and hope since the Middle Ages, especially for travelers and seafarers. However, interpretations have varied considerably as to which star –and thus which cardinal direction– the term specifically refers to.
Esslinger’s stella maris, her own reference system, is her catalog of forms: imagined and real, conceived and collected images, pictograms, and symbols whose origins oscillate between art history and pop culture. They permeate her visual worlds and form the…
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There's nothing interesting here
Just the ruins of Atlantis
But no sign of you
I don't think you're coming back
We missed each other in a dream
Stella Maris, Einstürzende Neubauten,1996
The title Sophie Esslinger has chosen for her exhibition can be translated as “Star of the Sea.” Stella Maris refers to a paradoxical image of guidance: a star that remains forever out of reach yet promises to point the way from afar. As an epithet for the Virgin Mary, this metaphor has been closely associated with notions of guidance, protection, and hope since the Middle Ages, especially for travelers and seafarers. However, interpretations have varied considerably as to which star –and thus which cardinal direction– the term specifically refers to.
Esslinger’s stella maris, her own reference system, is her catalog of forms: imagined and real, conceived and collected images, pictograms, and symbols whose origins oscillate between art history and pop culture. They permeate her visual worlds and form the…
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