Kathrin Schlegel is a German installation and visual artist creating research-based, site-specific, and conceptual works exhibited internationally. Her projects explore spatial perception, human experience, and site-specific narratives.
   Kathrin Schlegel
Ex Post et Ex Ante
2004, a ceremonial blessing of the Post CS Building as a centre for contemporary art. Ceremony with Cessna, pastor Cor van Onzenoort, stage, sparkling wine, high-frequency transmitter, Belgian sugar-coated almonds. Intervention, commissioned by W139, Post CS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Curator: Ann Demeester. May 16, 2004, 3:45 p.m.

In collaboration with Reverend Cor van Onzenoord Kathrin Schlegel conceived a ceremony for the inauguration of the Post CS, the former TPG Post building, in Amsterdam as a centre of contemporary art, staged as a ‘live broadcast from Heaven’. Following the welcome speech by artistic director Ann Demeester, pastor Cor van Onzenoort blessed the building and the audience from a Cessna sports airplane. The consecration was broadcasted live to the public via a sound system and speakers on an empty stage. Sparkling wine and traditional baptism sweets were then handed out, together with souvenir cards of the building with a vapour halo floating on top.

In memory of Reverend Cor van Onzenoort, † 2010, Breda.


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Videostills of the ceremonial blessing


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