Monika Grzymala is based in Berlin, she makes her installations using entirely black tape. She takes up the entire gallery, changing the way visitors interact with the space. Her work is site-specific as with the rest of her series.
She describes her work as more akin to drawing than installation, viewing the works as complex drawings that leave the walls to take over the surrounding space.
She also stresses the performative nature of the work, with each piece requiring a hugh physical effort to create. "Whenever I leave a work, I feel as if I leave a part of me, a part of my body behind," she says "there's a connection - an invisible line from Berlin to London to New York."
Grzymala used to work with coloured tape, but has now decided to work entirely with black tape, creating bold lines.
