Over Flow
Artist: Achim Zeman
UPART CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St West
October 22nd- October 25th 2009
2009 Rooms of Wonder
Achim Zeman, an artist from Cologne Germany has taken over the main room on the second floor of the Gladstone Hotel
Achim likes to find out everything about the space he is working in. He analyzes the architecture, empathizes with it and begins to think and feel out a colored pattern which will create an illusion of movement.
He has covered the walls in a second skin that takes us into a different dimension.
Bright lime green squares burst off the walls and onto the ceiling altering our vision. I feel like a kid in one of those circus rooms where everything is tilted the optical illusion is powerful and I find my self feeling a little disoriented.
This color treatment gives us the opportunity to view the atmosphere and architecture of this space in a whole new way allowing your eye to go beyond the walls and follow the design as it overflows the surface of the Gladstone and goes outside the corners of this space.
This is only the beginning of a myriad of other rooms and installations that must be seen to be believed.
Curated by Lausberg Contemporary Gallery Toronto/Düsseldorf
www.galerie-lausberg.com
www.achimzeman.de
Author: 
Publisher-Creator Mikhail Saavedra began life down by the deepest tip of southern Latin America. He started life with a deep curiosity for all things, with music and books being at the forefront, a curious child by all accounts. As he grew and opened his eyes to the world, he developed a sense of justice and dignity in part as a reaction to growing up in a military dictatorship. Alas, this did not fill him with fear or cynicism but a more rebellious spirit, which led him to being incredibly popular at the principal’s office and the local riot police department….
Then came Canada and it was here that he was able to formulate his deep desire to learn about the world, with Toronto being the kind of multicultural soup that could engage his need to know and embrace. It started with writing, then moved on to what became Toronto’s first Latin Alternative radio show, followed by an all-English show in the same vein. It was this desire to find the true “crossover” among people, which led him to the concept of “Alternavox”
He is a lover of wine, good food, Neruda, Eduardo Galeano, rebel music, revolutionaries, dancing, family and beautiful people. Believes that kindness in this much too cynical world is revolutionary, that you are a better person when able to give a little without asking for the change and that on the same token you should laugh at yourself and the madness surrounding you as often as possible as you set out to change the world bit by bit. 