stretched cube (spast) consists of a two-metre tall object comprised of six aluminium plates that can be assembled and disassembled and then stored in a custom-built backpack. On account of its easy portability, stretched cube (spast) has a fundamentally improvisational nature, reacting to any context and all spatial situations.
The physical and formal properties of stretched cube (spast) allow the work to be interpreted as a three-dimensional anamorphosis of a true cube; from a certain perspective, the viewer perceives the work as if it all its angles were 90°. By determining the context in which the object is exhibited, the curator controls whether the viewer can access this idealised cube or sees only the stretched one.
For this occasion, the work is installed on the roof of the Neue Nationalgalerie. From a standpoint directly in front of the museum’s entrance, the work appears as a cube. As viewers deviate from this perspective, the actual, physical shape of the stretched cube is revealed.