Installation
Denise’s installation practice emerged from a rigorous printmaking background that was always deeply rooted in site-specificity and social relationships. Her transition into three-dimensional space was sparked by experiments with film, where the act of projection shifted her focus from static surface to the architectural volume of the gallery. This evolution resulted in a body of work that often treats the gallery itself as a sculptural element, sometimes incorporating film, print, and/or found objects as physical components that redefine the viewer’s experience of the site.
A sustained engagement with direct, physical intervention—often collaborative in nature—defines much of this work, most notably in a series of installations that involve axing, slashing, or perforating the gallery’s own fabric or built architectural structures. The resulting marks, patterns, and voids exist in a state of cognitive dissonance; they remain “evidence of a violent act” (Susan Douglas) that simultaneously produces a strange, formal beauty through the play of light and shadow. In these site-specific tensions, “the soft is held by the hard.” (Brigitte Kölle)
Reflecting the transdisciplinary nature of her practice, many projects expand from a specific medium into the physical environment; consequently, installations are also represented within the Print and Artist Books categories of this website.
