photo by Masha Kulch / DANCÆ
„I create artworks with minimal technology and minimal design. I want the physical process to determine the final shape. My aim is to set the perfect stage for physical forces to perform. I design experiments rather than artworks.“
„Failure is a very essential element in my work. Most of my artworks started with just an accident. My work is to identify what is interesting about these accidents and to decide which parameters to change for the next experiment in order to intensify the interesting thing."
„My artworks are always trying to challange our visual perception. I’m dealing with the most basic mechanisms of vision, without being too theoretical during the process of making. When I create an artwork, I act intuitively. I do not make big plans. I often start with something very simple and play around with it until something interesting happens. My artworks are growing. With every new work that is born, I always co-create the DNA for brothers, sisters and children. The development is never at an end. An ever growing family.“
photo by Marisfrolg
Biography:
Dominic Kießling is a German multi-disciplinary visual artist. In his current practice he is transforming large structures made of foil into kinetic installations using fans, hair dryers or human performance.
As his way of creating artworks is very experimental, his practice is transforming constantly. Driven by great curiosity for new visual aesthetics, he already crossed many creative fields like product design, computer aided motion design, audio visualization or live video performance.
Dominic Kießling studied industrial design in Dresden, where he was born in 1984. After his studies in 2009 he joined a Berlin-based studio for motion and stage design, called Pfadfinderei, where he was working as a creative director and has been responsible for the visual appearance of big international touring music shows and brand events. This time was strongly shaping his creative routines by using digital design tools for creating immersive audio visual experiences.
After ten years of mind blowing digital design work for big time artists and brands, he decided to move back to Dresden in 2019 and to focus again on more analogue fields of visual art. Driven by the curiosity of discovering new aesthetics, he returned to study and started experimenting with new materials and techniques. Based on his experiences with digital design tools and immersive audio-video shows, he was trying to create similar experiences with a more low-tech mindset.
In 2023 he rented an old factory building to begin one of his most ambitious projects. Starting with not much more than a hair dryer and some plastic bags, he embarked on a creative journey with the aim of creating large-scale life-like aesthetics. He soon realized that he found a visual expression with an enormous potential and that it will strongly be shaping the artist’s future output.
Portfolio:
https://www.instagram.com/dominic_kiessling/
Contact:
mail@dominickiessling.net