Wir sind ein Kollektiv von sechs aufstrebenden Künstlern und haben 2011 TAPE THAT gegründet. Inspiriert von der Möglichkeit, aus einem Alltagsgegenstand etwas Neues zu schaffen, arbeiten wir meist mit Klebeband als Medium.
We create Tape Artworks live at events. This is especially interesting for visitors as they can observe the creative process and witness how we create our artworks. We can tape on an existing wall in the venue or on a mobile constructed wall that can be disassembled and transported after the event.
We tape on everything we can get our hands on, from bicycles to cars or even whole trains. With our removable artworks we can temporarily transform moving vehicles into eye catching driving artworks that can be seen all over the city.
We create fun visual playgrounds to take astonishing photos and videos. An anamorphotic or 3D artwork is an optical illusion that can only be seen as a whole from a certain point of view. It usually spreads over an uneven surface including the ceiling and the floor. It works especially well in narrow and long rooms like a tunnel or a hallway. Visitors can walk inside the installation and immerse in fantastic landscapes.
We plan and create removable or permanent tape art installations to revive boring spaces. Mostly we get asked to redesign entrance areas, hallways, offices, staircases, conference rooms, lounges, furniture, counters and bars or even whole buildings. Besides offices we work in hotels, pop up galleries, stores, museums, fairs or art spaces. We love to transform empty walls and entire buildings into interesting artworks.
In our Tape Art Workshops we teach participants fundamental techniques and guide them in creating their own artwork. We give inspiration by showing different styles and the history of Tape Art. Our workshops focus on supporting individual creativity – rather than giving strict guidelines we want the participants to express themselves freely and explore adhesive tape as a creative medium on their own. We also do incentives and teambuildings in which groups create a large artwork together.
In our art exhibitions we want to inspire and show the variety of what is possible with a simple medium like tape. We curate tape art exhibitions together with other artists like the Tape Art Convention, which we have hosted for the third time in Berlin since 2016. As individual artists we constantly improve our artistic abilities which we showcase regularly in our own solo exhibitions. Our solo exhibition in Taiwan won the Red Dot Design Award "Best of the best" in 2020.
We design and create immersive and often interactive room installations. Visitors are invited to become a part of the artwork as we cover a whole room in geometric patterns. We confuse and challenge the eye by dissolving dimensions. Sometimes we dress visitors in clothes to camouflage themselves in the artwork. The installation becomes even more impressive in combination with sound to light effects. Visitors can control the visual effect by making noise and animate the artwork with their input.
We transform entire buildings or public spaces into pure eye candy with large scale tape art murals and installations. Our outdoor artworks are often inspired by the surrounding space or the local culture when we work abroad. For outdoor murals we use high quality materials that can last for years on many surfaces like glass, metal or concrete. Our murals can also become a real public happening to create identity and connect. They can also be interventions to transport messages.
