Repetition – Material in Motion
Name(s) of graduate(s):Jana Junker
2025
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Repetition – Material in Motion explores the tension between body, material, and repetition. Latex becomes a performative surface: it stretches, responds, resists. In the friction between movement and recoil, a choreography of its own emerges. The body activates the material – and the material shapes the movement. Repetition appears here not as the repetition of the same, but as a process of change, shift, and intensification. At its core lies material research into elasticity, resistance, and material behaviour.
Through experiments with industrial and self-cast latex, casting methods, surface development, reinforcement techniques, and movement studies, the project investigated how material properties generate physical tension, restriction, and interaction. Graduating with the highest grade (1.0), the work was nominated for the PBSA Award and exhibited at NRW Forum Düsseldorf as part of New Design from Düsseldorf (2026), accompanied by two live performances and a publication by Slanted.
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Credits Video: Jana Junker
Jana Junker
2025
Description
Repetition – Material in Motion explores the tension between body, material, and repetition. Latex becomes a performative surface: it stretches, responds, resists. In the friction between movement and recoil, a choreography of its own emerges. The body activates the material – and the material shapes the movement. Repetition appears here not as the repetition of the same, but as a process of change, shift, and intensification. At its core lies material research into elasticity, resistance, and material behaviour.
Through experiments with industrial and self-cast latex, casting methods, surface development, reinforcement techniques, and movement studies, the project investigated how material properties generate physical tension, restriction, and interaction. Graduating with the highest grade (1.0), the work was nominated for the PBSA Award and exhibited at NRW Forum Düsseldorf as part of New Design from Düsseldorf (2026), accompanied by two live performances and a publication by Slanted.
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