Eric Lanz, Morphing, 2007, 2 parallele Videoprojektionen, 22 Min., Ausstellungsansicht Museum Folkwang, Essen; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
The works of Eric Lanz are multimedia-based, bringing together object, human, and machine. His foucs lies on materiality, direct contact with the world, physical processes, and spaces that increasingly recede into the barground due to the use of technology.
In Lanz’s practice, mundane objects and substances unfold a poetic, sometimes surreal life of their own. They appear unexpectedly corporeal, stirring amazement and a desire for discovery. With the artist, we intervene in the flow of images and things; we are playfully drawn in, experience metamorphoses, and yet remain aware that these are also artistic devices: through the seductive parallel world of fleeting images, we are ultimately directed back to our everyday lives—perhaps now grasped or perceived differently.
A publication accompanying the exhibition—Eric Lanz. Works and Materials, published by Vexer Verlag and supported by the Stiftung Kunstfonds—offers an overview of Lanz’s oeuvre. It includes a foreword by Fritz Emslander, a dialogue between the artist and Matthias Winzen, and essays by Katja Pilisi and Laurent Adert.
200 pages, 24 × 29 cm, hardcover with relief varnish
Retail price: CHF 38 | Museum price: € 28
Eric Lanz
Born in 1962 in Biel/Bienne (Switzerland), Eric Lanz studied at the École Supérieure d’Arts Visuels in Geneva and at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He has taught media art at the University of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe and new media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mainz. Since 2010, he has been Professor of Video and Artistic Photography at the HBKsaar. He lives and works in Düsseldorf and Saarbrücken. His field of artistic and academic work includes time-based, linear and non-linear video works, complex interactive installations, as well as photographic projects.
Artist Talk Eric Lanz
Moderation: Fritz Emslander (Kurator)
Sonntag, 27. April, 14 Uhr
Walk & Talk
Rundgang mit Eric Lanz und Fritz Emslander (Kurator)
Sonntags, 12 Uhr: 18. Mai (Kunsttage), 10. August (Finissage)
Öffentliche Führung
durch die Ausstellung
Sonntags, 15 Uhr: 23. März.,13. April, 11. Mai, 8. Juni, 6. Juli, 3. August
Slow Art
Wir lassen uns Zeit. Werkbetrachtung im Sitzen
Sonntags, 15 Uhr: 20. April, 18. Mai, 15. Juni, 13. Juli
Begrenzte Kontingente | Anmeldung erbeten
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Save the Date
Morsbroicher Kunsttage 16.–18. Mai
Samstag + Sonntag freier Eintritt in die Ausstellung
Opening
Sunday, March 16, 12 noon
The artist will be present.
The exhibition will be open from 11 am to 5 pm.
Program
Artist Talk with Eric Lanz
Moderated by Fritz Emslander (Curator)
Sunday, April 27, 2pm
Walk & Talk
Guided tour with Eric Lanz and Fritz Emslander (Curator)
Sundays, 12 noon: May 18 (Art Days), August 10 (Finissage)
Public Guided Tour
through the exhibition
Sundays, 3pm: March 23, April 13, May 11, June 8, July 6, August 3
Slow Art
Taking our time: seated contemplation of selected works
Sundays, 3 pm: April 20, May 18, June 15, July 13
Limited capacity | Registration requested
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Save the Date
Morsbroich Art Days, May 16–18
Free admission to the exhibition on Saturday and Sunday