In her proposal The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you for Art Düsseldorf 2025, Amélie Esterházy intertwines maps of celestial fragments into a vision that blurs the boundaries of space, time, and perception. Guided by humanity's timeless longing to chart the cosmos, Esterházy’s work reimagines celestial maps as fluid, subjective landscapes, blurring the line between scientific order and artistic interpretation. Her work reimagines the cosmos not as a map, but as an enigma-a confluence of celestial charts, abstract data, and futuristic concepts.
Esterházy plays with the human need to measure, categorize, and understand the cosmos, using her distinctive folding techniques to dismantle and reconfigures it into abstract landscapes. Each woven paper-folded chart of a celestial map reflects the segmentation of the stellar sphere and zodiac signs, transforming these symbols into fictional topographies.
Amélie Esterházy (*1982 Regensburg), lives and works in Berlin. Her work examines and questions universal notions of science and philosophy through symmetrical structures and their underlying algorithms. Esterházy's diverse practice includes sculptures, installations, works on paper, videos and drawing. She participated in numerous national and international exhibitions, including in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Art Biesenthal with a large-scale outdoor sculpture. In collaboration with the German-Israeli architect Zvi Hecker (1931-2023), she created her first 'Land Art' installation.