Membranes
DOM Exhibition at Convento San Agustí
Membranes are a thin layer, a shell that both divides and selectively lets something pass through.
In this project, two German artists, Katrin Bittl and Reiner Heidorn, engage in a dialogue where a membrane becomes a metaphor for perceiving the environment.
In this project, two German artists, Katrin Bittl and Reiner Heidorn, engage in a dialogue where a membrane becomes a metaphor for perceiving the environment.
Dates: 04.06.2026 – 26.06.2026
Katrin Bittel / Rainer Heidorn
→
Place: Barcelona, Carrer del Comerç, 36
📅 Opening houres:
Monday to Friday: 9 AM to 9:30 PM
Saturdays: 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
June 4 – Inaguration at Convent de Sant Agustí . 18:30–21:30 (Barcelona, Carrer del Comerç, 36)
Monday to Friday: 9 AM to 9:30 PM
Saturdays: 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
June 4 – Inaguration at Convent de Sant Agustí . 18:30–21:30 (Barcelona, Carrer del Comerç, 36)
Often, we perceive the “normal” visually, superficially, while the appearance is just a thin barrier behind which a whole universe unfolds (in plants, in human bodies, in every living form).
Reiner works with the world of plants; his research is inward-directed. His gaze doesn’t stop at a form, color, or composition. It permeates deeper, into a space where almost invisible structures create a single living cosmos.
For Katrin, this cosmos is a human being. Her works turn to what is usually concealed: a body, a personal story, vulnerability, and inner strength. She regards a human being not as an image that meets expectations, but as a complex living system. Just as the fibers intertwine in the macrostructures of the plants, here the biography, emotions, memory, physical reality, and dreams create a complex net of connections.
A membrane becomes a barrier and at the same time, a point of encounter between the outer and the inner, between the visible and the invisible.
Reiner works with the world of plants; his research is inward-directed. His gaze doesn’t stop at a form, color, or composition. It permeates deeper, into a space where almost invisible structures create a single living cosmos.
For Katrin, this cosmos is a human being. Her works turn to what is usually concealed: a body, a personal story, vulnerability, and inner strength. She regards a human being not as an image that meets expectations, but as a complex living system. Just as the fibers intertwine in the macrostructures of the plants, here the biography, emotions, memory, physical reality, and dreams create a complex net of connections.
A membrane becomes a barrier and at the same time, a point of encounter between the outer and the inner, between the visible and the invisible.