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spatial development

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

studio view 12/25 (körperräume)

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

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

drawing formation on wall

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

drawing expansions - horizontal installation

12/25, studio

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

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

studio view 09/21

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

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

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

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

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

POSITION UND FORMATION,b

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

sprachskulpuren edge and line

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

studio view 02/20

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

studio view 06/18, language in space 01

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

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

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

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

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

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

SPRACHSKULPTUREN, MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT (folded)

studio view 10/21

FIRST MOVESET, floor installation in my studio (2020)

11/25 (Position My Body Motion In Reverse (me) - wall installation with other drawings

SPRACHSKULPTUREN, MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT

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

SPACE DIAGRAM 1-3

sprache sprechen raum denken 1

POSITION UND FORMATION

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

HANDLUNGSSTÜCKE, studio installation with objects and drawings (2020)

HANDLUNGSSTÜCKE, ordered (2020)

sprachgruppen (alphabet, 2023

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

POSITION UND FORMATION,d

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

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

SPRACHSKULPTUREN - language fields, view x

language sculptures

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Raum 01 (Schulenburger Landstraße 150 -OG H 06, studio / 3,86 x 5,1 m), 2026

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

FIRST MOVESET, studio installation (2020)

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

SPRACHSKULPTUREN

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

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

progression history, studio view 10/21

language fields (deconstructed, fragmented)

placement and positioning, process, studio view

horizontal storage system (spacings)

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

- compendium (welt1) - complete (fragment), 2024

Sprachskulpturen, Positionen

- group of drawings, 2023

placement and positioning, 12/21

drawings, positioned in space

language fields test 1

space vs. space (transported space)

placement and positioning, floor situation, 12/21

positions -

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

wall formation (alphabet), studio view 06/22

detail2

language fields (deconstructed, fragmented), installation

MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT /MOVING; four book objects in space

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

studio view 01/20

POSITION UND FORMATION,c

variuos objects, folded, stored, overlayed

SPACINGS - horizontal storage system (studio view)

POSITION UND FORMATION detail

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

drawings and book objects, stacked and ordered - line

- MAPS OF PROGRESSION 1-3, 2020-21

Sprachskulptur, EDGE

03/2022 studio view, ORDNUNG und SORTIEREN

SPRACHSKULPTUREN - folded, stored

studio view 03/25 (arrangements, horizontal setting)

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

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

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

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

SPACE DIAGRAM (overwritten, fragmented), deconstruct language

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

SPACINGS - horizontal storage system, studio positioning 1

studio view 01/20, mobile fields - bodies

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)

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)