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I work with object-based constellations from everyday systems of use. Through subtle displacements, familiar elements enter relations that remain plausible while becoming internally unstable. The works appear coherent – yet this coherence falters: functions stay legible but no longer fit their conditions.

Repetition, seriality, and procedural constraint structure the work. What appears rational tilts through minimal shifts, allowing strain or latent absurdity to surface without spectacle. Humor emerges as a by-product of precise misalignment.

Grounded in objects, the practice unfolds in relation to space. The work focuses on moments where structures remain intact yet lose their self-evidence – departing from one basic intuition: that the stability of things is always provisional.

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GlogauAIR Project

During the GlogauAIR Online Residency, I will pursue a series of object-based and spatial investigations revolving around how apparently coherent systems begin to shift when their internal relations are slightly displaced. Rather than working toward resolved outcomes, the residency will function as a structured research phase – testing emerging configurations through sketches, physical studies, and visual renderings, allowing formats to evolve through critical dialogue.

The focus will be on clarification rather than expansion: examining whether an underlying logic is forming across my practice, and how far it can be articulated without closing down the openness that sustains it. The objective is to clarify direction, not to fix outcome.

CV Summary

Karl von Orb is an artist based in Berlin, working with objects, images, and spatial situations drawn from familiar functional and cultural contexts. His practice mainly relies on subtle displacements that render familiar structures quietly unstable.

He studied philosophy, German literature, and medieval and modern history at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. His artistic education began at the Akademie für Malerei Berlin, followed by specialized training in classical atelier practice with Sadie J. Valeri.