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spatial development

studio view 11/22, working on new Body for writing exercises

Drawing Expansions - folder objects with drawings (analytic drawings) on the floor (2020)

horizontal positioning (placement and positioning), studio view 12/21

studio view 06/18, language in space 01

progression history, studio view 10/21

sprachskulpuren edge and line

studio view 03/25 (arrangements, horizontal setting)

POSITION UND FORMATION

letters, notes, thoughts, drawings, diary (daily routines) /06/23, studio view

FIRST MOVESET, studio installation (2020)

wall formation (alphabet), studio view 06/22

placement and positioning, floor situation, 12/21

POSITION UND FORMATION,c

studio view 09/21

03/2022 studio view, ORDNUNG und SORTIEREN

a new alphabet (Teile für Welt 1 - SPRACHE), studio view 04/22

language fields (deconstructed, fragmented), installation

sprache sprechen raum denken 1

studio view 02/20

spaces, 43 drawings with felt tip pen on pvc, each 12x17cm

SPRACHSKULPTUREN - language fields, view x

- studio view 05/22, drawings for alphabet/language/sculptures

body placements (placement and positioning) with drawing on floor and wall, studio view 12/21

HANDLUNGSSTÜCKE, ordered (2020)

FIRST MOVEST - inside out movement sculpture with four slots for drawings - in process (2020), mobile archive system, drawing archive

SPACINGS - horizontal storage system (studio view)

SPRACHSKULPTUREN

- studio view, 08/25, Raum-Feld-Handlung-Körper (body scores, body progressions/progress, motion, movement)

studio view, 01/25, body imprints/body scores

drawing installation - notations on movement, full set of 56 drawings

Position und Formation (placement and positioning, situation 1), horizontal formation with drawing, studio views, 06/21

SPRACHSKULPTUREN, MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT (folded)

03/2022 Anordnung x (placement and positioning), group of 7

studio view 04/22, what is (a)body, in progress

studio view 01/20

- 2024 body-forms, drawings, pencil on paper, 76x130 cm each

horizontal situation with ten drawings and two bodies, wall drawing, 12/21 (placement and positioning)

horizontal storage system (spacings)

Bodies with drawings, floor situation (placement and positioning), 12/21

drawing expansions - horizontal installation

studio view 12/21, placement and positioning, body placements

studio view 04/22, body progressions, working on new bodies (BODY 6, BODY 7)

two spaces, series 43 drawings with felt tip pen on pvc, each 12x17cm

four letters to space (drawing expansions/bodies for drawings), wall/floor position with pencil drawing on wall, studio view 12/21

- notes, letters, thoughts (studio view 06/23)

06/23 studio view, letters, maps, writing exercises and thoughts/drawings on wall and floor

SPACE DIAGRAM 1-3

various drawings - a new alphabet, studies for language fields (deconstructed, fragmented)

- group of nine drawings (leaned on wall), wall-floor connection, studio view 04/23

b o d y s c o r e s, studio view, process, 05/25, set of drawings and bodies - positioned on the floor, with wall drawing (position overlaps with three characters/bodies)

sprachgruppen (alphabet, 2023

- wall vs. floor (situation)/my body my space/ set of drawings/

- MAPS OF PROGRESSION 1-3, 2020-21

studio view 07/19, drawing expansions/language/bodies

parts for: b o d y s c o r e s, Allgemeiner Konsumverein Braunschweig (in process, folded and rolled up state of works)

drawings and book objects, stacked and ordered - line

SPACE DIAGRAM (overwritten, fragmented), deconstruct language

positions -

BODY FIELD LANGUAGE - map, foldable double sided map on wall, 05/22

FIRST MOVESET, floor installation in my studio (2020)

BODY 4, language sculptures (folded) and drawings - positioned in space

- group of drawings about finding my language, studio view 05/22 -(sketches for objects in space)

writing exercises (wall formation), studio view 06/22

placement and positioning, process, studio view

alphabet (fragments) and parts for world 1 (fluid), studio view 08/22

MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT /MOVING; four book objects in space

placement and positioning, 12/21

- wall-floor formation (alphabet) /what is body, studio view 04/23

BODIES, body 1-3, horizontal positions, different appearances, 07/19

SPRACHSKULPTUREN, MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT

BODY 5, BODY 6, BODY 7 (in progression)

POSITION UND FORMATION,d

- group of drawings, 2023

a new alphabet (Teile für Welt 1 - SPRACHE), several drawings, 04/22

language sculptures

writing exercise/body-space relations/alphabet/Sprachelemente (auf Boden, gelegt, geordnet)

drawings, positioned in space

SPRACHSKULPTUREN - folded, stored

SPACINGS - horizontal storage system, studio positioning 1

language fields test 1

Position und Formation (placement and positioning, situation 1), wall installation with drawings, studio views, 06/21

formation/field/wall vs.floor/setting/group/positions, 08/23

drawing expansions (bodies), mobile appearances, 06/19

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Position und Formation (placement and positioning Situation 1), studio views, 06/21

wall vs. floor (progression history/progress/letter/thought/note/body), 08/23

horizontal vs. vertikal explorations, Sprachskulpturen - line and edge with two drawings on the wall and on on the floor

Sprachskulpturen, Positionen

FIRST MOVESET, drawing series to understand und examine movement possibilities in space and in interaction with my sculptures in space

studio view 10/21

Sprachskulptur, EDGE

language fields - sprachskulpturen (motion field movement), folded, deconstructed, overlayed

language fields (deconstructed, fragmented)

drawing formation on wall

studio view 01/20, mobile fields - bodies

alphabet (maps), studio view 07/22, felt-tip pen on folded and cutted paper, doublesided, each 42x59cm

POSITION UND FORMATION,b

HANDLUNGSSTÜCKE, studio installation with objects and drawings (2020)

variuos objects, folded, stored, overlayed

SPRACHSKULPTUR MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT, in process - half folded (2021)

FIRST MOVESET - three objects - folded with slots for drawings (archived and stored) - (2020)

- body formation, bodyprogressions (wall-floor settings) , studio view 03/23

POSITION UND FORMATION detail

Nico Pachali

Texts
- notes: writing notation (2025) / thoughts on wall drawings/keeping score/b o d y s c o r e s
- Kraftfelder, Andreas Bee (2018)
- Zweifel in Permanentmarkern und Gedankenstrichen, Julika Bosch (2024)
- In Formation bringen , Lisa Thiele (2023)
- Spielfeld des Verstehens: Durchdeklinieren von Raum, Sprache und Bedeutung , Annekathrin Kohout (2024)
- notes: my drawing process (2023)
- notes: Reminder to myself (2022)
- notes: what is (a) body? (2022)
- SPACE BOOK, vocabulary of space, Annett Reckert (2020)
- MOBILE BODIES, Aneta Palenga (2019)
- LANGUAGE SPACE SCULPTURE, Petra Stegmann (2019)