Dynamic nature meets culture Sterea skia is a group of works that transforms and designs spaces through shadows. With this proverbial transcendent use of shadows, Tim Otto Roth continually creates new forms of presentation that enter into dialogue with the respective exhibition situation, both indoors and outdoors. The projection surface is not necessarily flat, but can also take on sculptural features. Sometimes, projections are playfully cast over a corner.

Physis Shadows in nature are a recurring central theme, which he has been exploring for over two decades. He is driven by the concept of phýsis (φύσις), the ancient Greek equivalent of nature, which emphasises processes of growth and development. He now brings this dynamic nature into the exhibition space in a completely new form and deliberately confronts this virtual shadow oikos with cultural artefacts.

Second Nature (2016/17) Sterea skia was presented as a 3-channel projection in the exhibition Second Nature. Artistic reflections on nature in the digital age at the House of Electronic Arts (HeK) in Basel (CH). For the projection with a red-blue double sun, Tim Otto Roth incorporated the celestial orientation of the approximately 16-metre-wide projection wall into the shadow scenario and simulated the winter sun's path over the Swiss city on the opening day. The simulated light of a double sun creates a virtual shadow theatre with its own unique depth, in which the viewer can experience everyday scenes between nature and culture in a completely new way.
The exhibition was curated by Alexandra Adler and Sabine Himmelsbach.

ⓘ 3-channel video 1080p (day and night scenes), 3:20 min., no sound.

XX or 'Mummelsee in the Pan' (2016) With this solo show at the Städtischen Galerie Offenburg, Tim Otto Roth literally left visitors standing in the forest in one of the rooms, but not among the trees themselves, rather in the midst of their shadows. The computer-modelled museum space was artificially filled with wintery, leafless trees and then illuminated with a red and a blue light source emanating from the centre. The walls thus became a projection surface. The hanging textile panels onto which the shadows were printed were presented in a floating U-shape, emphasising the immaterial, superficial nature of the world of shadows.

ⓘ approx. 280*363*310 cm, digital print on fabric. The work was carried out in collaboration with the Alfred Apelt Company (Oberkirch).

Light from the Other Side (2016) For the exhibition in the foyer of the Goethe Institute in Washington DC, Tim Otto Roth has further developed the forest motif as a wall installation and literally unfolded it: The rectangular projection, as developed for the museum space in Offenburg, is unfolded here and thus presented as a giant poster print, produced especially for the exhibition. The tree motif takes up the entire width of the wall, transforming it into a showcase window onto the realm of shadows.

ⓘ 930 * 275 cm, Digital print on paper wallpaper