Jana Schumacher

Lives and works in Hamburg, Germany

Artist statement

At the core of my artistic practice is an investigation of order and chaos as fundamental dynamics that structure our perception of the world. I am interested in how scientific models and symbolic belief systems operate as parallel frameworks of interpretation, shaping our understanding of the invisible. In response to conditions of uncertainty and change, I examine the systems we develop to orient ourselves within the world and to make the imperceptible tangible. My practice spans drawing, sculpture, installation, and material-based processes, with drawing forming its conceptual foundation. I understand drawing not only as an image on a surface, but as a means of tracing relations, movements, forces, and systems. The choice of medium and material evolves in response to each work and its spatial context. My work develops through a research-driven approach that brings scientific, historical, and cultural forms of knowledge into dialogue. An ongoing collaboration with DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) and the University of Hamburg forms an important point of reference, particularly in relation to questions of visibility, measurement, and the construction of knowledge. I work with materials such as wax, paper, minerals, and metal for both their physical properties and their metaphorical potential. They become carriers of transformation, instability, and transition: wax changes state, paper holds traces and impressions, while metal reflects and shifts with light. The...

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