Gamut 5 Painting

Marius D. Kettler (b.1961) is a painter, composer sound and video artist, who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Kettler works thematically, for his sound installations and multi channel sound/music compositions. Experimenting with spatial environments, artificial or natural, investigating the physical aspect of sound, acoustic transparency and site specific, interactive sound transmission.The sound installations vary from combined multi channel compositions presented in the form of sound/paintings where the surface of the canvas functions as the speaker. Other sound installations are sculptural interactive large format installations, either, electromagnetic,seismographic, mechanical or hybrid works. Visual and acoustic space is configured with maximal simplicity. The compositions are recorded with instruments, mechanical sounds and electro noise, the digitally processed material is then transformed into multi channel or mono sound installations. Field recordings include : natural sounds, industrial cites, sounds from rural and urban areas. He investigates the origin and boundaries of sound, where the sensory characteristics of memory and association influence the perceptive moment. The series of paintings that are titled Color rooms are works, acrylic paint on canvas, utilizing day glow fluorescent color pigments. Examining the contrasts and similarities of color that correlates and lead to color congruity, parallel the non contrasts become color sensations. Experimenting with the interaction of surfaces where ordinary paint pigments on plane surfaces interact with the pigments of day glow paint. In these works vibrant color rooms originate from surfaces, structures and patterns, creating an abstract perspective through the interaction of color and light.The exploration of color, the creation of surfaces and structures with a glowing color impact and depth, resulting with an additional intense three dimensional quality.