Dialogfeld 2 - Dialogfelder

Marie Donike und Johannes Specks

https://johannesspecks.de/

turning space into a place
In their shared artistic approach, Marie Donike and Johannes Specks examine cultural-historical aspects of cuisine and places of conviviality. They analyse the aesthetics of everyday life and imitate individual elements in order to place them in new artificial contexts. In this way, collective and individual memories are both used and created. A multimedia structure becomes a site-specific work, a walk-in installation, intervention and/or an interweaving of this with action.

Their approach is conceptual, interdisciplinary and process-oriented. In addition to conventional exhibition spaces, they also use spaces in problematic urban districts or the countryside for their consistently situation-specific works. In doing so, they imitate an everyday life that does not exist in reality, but is often transfigured and imagined. Marie Donike and Johannes Specks turn spaces into places where people come together. They use mimicry, everyday aesthetics and communal eating for their spatial installations to shed light on central human issues and offer a place for exchange. The inclusion of a diverse audience is achieved with a sensitive feeling and honest interest in the other person, sociability and humor. The focus is on the moment of reflection of the recipients, which is triggered by the specific situation. Her theoretical and practical approach also includes collecting and processing food, foraging, cooking, preserving and a multidisciplinary documentation and presentation of this.

Marie Donike (*1992), artist, lives in Cologne. She studied art history at the TU Dresden and the University of Vienna. Johannes Specks (*1991), artist, lives in Cologne. He studied fine arts at the HfBK Dresden. Together they have had exhibitions in Düsseldorf, Chemnitz, Heidelberg, Dresden, Cologne, Berlin, Kassel, Norway and Japan.

Marie Donike und Johannes Specks

https://johannesspecks.de/

turning space into a place
In their shared artistic approach, Marie Donike and Johannes Specks examine cultural-historical aspects of cuisine and places of conviviality. They analyse the aesthetics of everyday life and imitate individual elements in order to place them in new artificial contexts. In this way, collective and individual memories are both used and created. A multimedia structure becomes a site-specific work, a walk-in installation, intervention and/or an interweaving of this with action.

Their approach is conceptual, interdisciplinary and process-oriented. In addition to conventional exhibition spaces, they also use spaces in problematic urban districts or the countryside for their consistently situation-specific works. In doing so, they imitate an everyday life that does not exist in reality, but is often transfigured and imagined. Marie Donike and Johannes Specks turn spaces into places where people come together. They use mimicry, everyday aesthetics and communal eating for their spatial installations to shed light on central human issues and offer a place for exchange. The inclusion of a diverse audience is achieved with a sensitive feeling and honest interest in the other person, sociability and humor. The focus is on the moment of reflection of the recipients, which is triggered by the specific situation. Her theoretical and practical approach also includes collecting and processing food, foraging, cooking, preserving and a multidisciplinary documentation and presentation of this.

Marie Donike (*1992), artist, lives in Cologne. She studied art history at the TU Dresden and the University of Vienna. Johannes Specks (*1991), artist, lives in Cologne. He studied fine arts at the HfBK Dresden. Together they have had exhibitions in Düsseldorf, Chemnitz, Heidelberg, Dresden, Cologne, Berlin, Kassel, Norway and Japan.

Katariin Mudist

https://www.instagram.com/katariin.mudist/?hl=de

Katariin Mudist (b. 1994) is an estonian artist exploring the multifaceted nature of humanity and its manifestations our social world. Her practice combines humor and irony to examine societal norms, value systems, and materiality.

She is currently studying in the Craft Studies MA program at the Estonian Academy of Arts, where she is working on the intersection of visual and material-based art. She holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art (EKA, 2022) and a degree in Media and Advertising Design (Pallas University, 2018).

She is a member of the Estonian Artists' Association, the Estonian Association of Young Contemporary Artists, and the Association of Estonian Printmakers. Her recent exhibitions include “Slugs Like Us” at the HOP Gallery (2024) and “Sisters have sisterhood” at ARS Project Space (2024) with Johanna Mudist). Her latest exhibition at Tartu Art House (2025) focused on recognition in the art world and society more broadly (“Unfortunately, You Were Not Selected This Time”, with Keithy Kuuspu).

Katariin Mudist

https://www.instagram.com/katariin.mudist/?hl=de

Katariin Mudist (b. 1994) is an estonian artist exploring the multifaceted nature of humanity and its manifestations our social world. Her practice combines humor and irony to examine societal norms, value systems, and materiality.

She is currently studying in the Craft Studies MA program at the Estonian Academy of Arts, where she is working on the intersection of visual and material-based art. She holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art (EKA, 2022) and a degree in Media and Advertising Design (Pallas University, 2018).

She is a member of the Estonian Artists' Association, the Estonian Association of Young Contemporary Artists, and the Association of Estonian Printmakers. Her recent exhibitions include “Slugs Like Us” at the HOP Gallery (2024) and “Sisters have sisterhood” at ARS Project Space (2024) with Johanna Mudist). Her latest exhibition at Tartu Art House (2025) focused on recognition in the art world and society more broadly (“Unfortunately, You Were Not Selected This Time”, with Keithy Kuuspu).