Monty Richthofen, Full Mouths / Empty Words
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exhibition
With Capsule, Luxembourg Art Week invests the vacant spaces of the city center. Monty Richthofen (born in Munich in 1995), also known as Maison Hefner, studied Performance Practice and Design at Central Saint Martins University of the Arts in London. Since graduating in 2018, he has been intensely questioning conventional poetry by visualizing text through painting, writing in public spaces, and tattooing.
He currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. The text FULL MOUTHS / EMPTY WORDS, which spans the light boxes, offers a critical reflection on societal dynamics. It prompts passersby to think about the concept of "Leerstand" — the German term for vacant or unused spaces — and how this concept relates to power imbalances within the city.
The work encourages viewers to question how urban spaces are allocated, asking if these spaces are used in a way that truly benefits the community. The work invites a rethinking of the type of spaces truly needed and the role these spaces should play in creating more equitable and inclusive urban environments.
Good to know
The work "Full Mouths / Empty Words" (2024), a five-part light box installation, uses acrylic paint on acrylic glass, lightboxes measuring 190x600 cm.
Automatically translated from French.
Where does it take place?
Luxembourg Art Week
Glacis square (Fouerplaatz)
Ville-Haute Luxembourg
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