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She writes with 0.1 millimeter fine writing on wafer-thin paper. She works with brain scans, bulletproof glass and quotes from Paul Celan, Bob Dylan and Anne Carson. Berlin-based artist Paula Doepfner (*1980, Berlin) combines medical precision with literary depth and a multi-layered visual language. In the exhibition “Paula Doepfner ‘I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin’'”, which the Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt is showing until June 29, 2025, her work unfolds between fragile written images and monumental spatial installations. The medical sketches that the artist made during brain operations at Charité Berlin, poetic texts and the United Nations Istanbul Protocol form the starting point for her complex works.
In the first episode of the second season of “Schönheit & Verstand”, we talk to Paula Doepfner about her artistic practice, her research into the documentation of torture, her fascination with neuronal structures and the role of literature in her work. Together with Julia Reichelt, the director of the Kunstforum, Ute Hochhuth leads the conversation.
How does Paula Doepfner deal with the themes of suffering, violence and transience? How does she translate medical content into an artistic form? And can art give hope in spite of all the heaviness? These questions accompany us through an intensive conversation about inner worlds, vulnerability and the beauty of language.
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