Michael Müller presents Radiowaves at BKV Potsdam e.V., curated by Gerrit Gohlke.
Radiowaves
Exhibition period: 22 May - 16 August 2026
Opening reception: 21 May 2026 (Thursday), 18:00 (GMT+2)
Venue: Freundschaftsinsel (Friendship Island), Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam e.V. (BKV Potsdam e.V.), Potsdam, Germany
Starting in May, the Freundschaftsinsel (Friendship Island) will temporarily become another site within Potsdam’s historically developed research landscape. In the BKV exhibition pavilion, Michael Müller aims to make radio waves visible through the medium of painting. Located a good fifteen kilometers from the former Observatory for Solar Radio Astronomy, signal patterns are depicted on large-format, abstract canvases.
… "As with any painting, the process of translation that leads to the painted surface remains hidden from us. We pick up signals that originated years ago – a tune from the car radio whilst crossing the Alps or the background hum of a moment in the studio – which have ultimately found their way onto the canvases as flickering, oscillating gestures. It is left to the audience to make the signals transmitted years ago audible once more. Wasn’t there something there? Whilst the art world and communication within it are becoming ever faster and more impulsive, running an observation station requires a different understanding of time and focused patience in dealing with signals that are easily overlooked." (Excerpt from the press release, translated from original in German)
Text and images courtesy of the artist and BKV Potsdam e.V.
Learn more --
http://www.bkv-potsdam.de/michael-anthony-mueller-radiowaves
