“I realized that my thoughts and feelings can’t be put into words, but into pictures and forms.”
Name
Theresa Rothe
Profession
Artist, sculptor
Website
Where are you from?
Leipzig
Your style in 3 words?
Colorful, creaturely, ambivalent
Your weakness?
A lot of feelings
Your strength?
A lot of feelings
What makes you different?
Nothing really, but I love hairy and slimy materials, feelings, worms, and sleeping.
When did you decide to become an artist?
At about 17, when I realized that my thoughts and feelings can’t be put into words, but into pictures and forms.
Do you choose your art form, or does the form choose you?
We find each other 🙂
What do you find most fascinating about your work?
Having found a language that allows me to communicate more clearly with myself and with others.
A few words about your favorite creation?
wiggle, little hands, play dough
What surprised you most about your first art shows?
Hat everything worked out despite difficulties.
Someone else’s work that inspired or inspires you…
C. Schlingensief’s “Church of Fear,” G. Scheider’s “Dead House”
Who would you like to work with someday and why?
I like to work alone, but I would like to work with a technically skilled person.
A new project coming up or an idea you want to work on?
I’m trying to get more sculptures moving and I’m learning motor translation for that.
Finish the sentence „More important than my career is…“
justice, fairness, love, fun, and sleep
2023: Where are we going?
To Vienna
Do you think about time as an artist?
Yes and that often makes me laugh.
Put on your future vision glasses: What direction is our generation moving in, what will our world look like in 50 years?
I vacillate from day to day between apocalyptic end times scenarios and hopeful ones, we humans will get our act together and the world will be more just, fair, and sustainable.
What would you do if you could change the World?
Equal opportunities for all and I would save all animals.
What does freedom mean when it comes to art?
To be allowed to live out fantasies…
If the universe is everything and it’s expanding, what is it expanding into?
Into nothingness
Tell us about your future plans…
I would like to have a tree house one day
Your city’s favorite spot?
Hain der Jahresbäume
A book that everyone should read…
Steppenwolf
Last but not least: what is your favorite Song?
kokonoku – LAST CHANCE LAST DANCE
One last statement please: „Wood or stone, gold or art?“
Wood and art
Your #…?
#theresarothe
