Here Between There paired the gallery with Aachen’s Dom (Cathedral), dating to Charlemagne’s time — he was buried there in 814 CE — across three groups of work. In the first, two mirrors and three panels of yellow, orange, and blue Mehrzweckplatten (multi-purpose planks) formed a virtual octagon extending past the gallery walls: the white cube on one side, a minimalist representation of the cathedral on the other. The second was three shelves built to Donald Judd’s “shelf” dimensions, holding the complete set of Reclam Universal-Bibliothek editions sold at the cathedral bookshop on a single day; set between mirrors, these books extended into a virtual, infinite but repetitive library. The third was a group of ink drawings hung off the wall, painted on their versos so the color reflected onto the wall; the colors follow Reclam’s cover scheme, which uses yellow for primary texts, orange for translations, and blue for textbooks, and the drawing subject matter corresponded to these categories.
Here Between There
