Mark Manders
at 
Xeno X Gallery
Parallel Occurrence
Actualization between tools an humans
Manders therefore explores his own legacy of fictive landscapes. Here Heidegger explains that Man, the world and the functional objects around them are all inter-dependant on each other for their existence. "Men alone, as mortals, by dwelling attain to the world as world. Only what conjoins itself out of the world becomes a thing ". Compellingly, both Manders and Heidegger understand a universal scheme that encompasses life and art.
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On Language and Symbolism
"It's of no importance whatsoever that I first had to fire the sculpture in a kiln, then cast it in bronze, and finally paint it to look like wet clay. I don't want to use my material symbolicly but in a more actual and direct way. I don't want to say: 'This material stands for this or that meaning or for this or that personal interpretation of the meaning of the material' because that creates an annoying and evasive illustrative rebus that requires too big a detour around language. I prefer to use reality and its rich infinite vocabulary." -
On 88% and reality
"The entire installation Reduced Rooms with Changing Arrest (Reduced to 88%) should be seen in relation to a normal chair which has not been reduced and which is shown behind a glass display case (p. 47). In this way, this normal chair sets itself apart from reality and the reduced installation. An identical copy of this chair at a reduction of 88% is also part of the installation. By placing the normal 100% chair in the display case, reality is in fact displayed." -
On Art and Science
" I still believe that art is the language to work in. It's ultimately closer than science. After all, what am I? A human being who unfolds into a horrifying amount of language and material by means of very precise conceptual constructions." -