Tobias Dostal: Vice Versa

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In a society that strives for explanation and knowledge, connections that were believed to be safe can be resolved with surprise and amazement. A moment that for Dostal can unleash enormous creativity in thinking: It's like in the dark, you see a huge spider and when the light comes on it's just a clothespin. In this moment the human being manages to create another reality that is real for him.

Whether in animated films, overdrawn real films, rotating sculptures, or his acrylic animations, Dostal surprises and amazes on several levels. His goal is always to liven up and transform his drawings. To do this, he constructs equipment and tests different materials. Either his moving drawings or the functioning of his equipment, ideally both, are often not immediately comprehensible and require a closer look. For a brief moment organic lines combine to form complex situations and two illuminated acrylic glass panels become infinity.