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Nico Pachali

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spatial development

space vs. space (transported space)

sprachgruppen (alphabet, 2023

- studio view (home studio), 05/26 - language body language space - Negativräume, spaces for drawings

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

12/25, studio

drawing expansions - horizontal installation

- group of drawings, 2023

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

SPRACHSKULPTUREN, MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT (folded)

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

POSITION UND FORMATION,d

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

03/2022 studio view, ORDNUNG und SORTIEREN

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

drawings and book objects, stacked and ordered - line

SPACE DIAGRAM 1-3

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

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

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

Sprachskulptur, EDGE

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

detail2

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

SPRACHSKULPTUREN

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

POSITION UND FORMATION

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

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

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

studio view 06/18, language in space 01

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

language sculptures

sprachskulpuren edge and line

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

studio view 10/21

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

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

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

MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT /MOVING; four book objects in space

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

progression history, studio view 10/21

FIRST MOVESET, floor installation in my studio (2020)

studio view 03/25 (arrangements, horizontal setting)

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

- MAPS OF PROGRESSION 1-3, 2020-21

drawings, positioned in space

studio view 09/21

placement and positioning, floor situation, 12/21

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

positions -

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

SPACINGS - horizontal storage system, studio positioning 1

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

SPACE DIAGRAM (overwritten, fragmented), deconstruct language

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

Sprachskulpturen, Positionen

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

SPRACHSKULPTUREN, MOTION FIELD MOVEMENT

POSITION UND FORMATION,c

placement and positioning, process, studio view

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

POSITION UND FORMATION detail

horizontal storage system (spacings)

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

variuos objects, folded, stored, overlayed

studio view 12/25 (körperräume)

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

wall formation (alphabet), studio view 06/22

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

language fields (deconstructed, fragmented), installation

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

SPRACHSKULPTUREN - language fields, view x

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

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

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

HANDLUNGSSTÜCKE, ordered (2020)

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)

HANDLUNGSSTÜCKE, studio installation with objects and drawings (2020)

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

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

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

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

- space vs. space (space in space), Schulenburger Landstraße 150b, process, 04/26

language fields test 1

studio view 02/20

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIRST MOVESET, studio installation (2020)

drawing formation on wall

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

sprache sprechen raum denken 1

placement and positioning, 12/21

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

SPRACHSKULPTUREN - folded, stored

- studio view (home studio), 03/26, symetric field

studio view 01/20, mobile fields - bodies

SPACINGS - horizontal storage system (studio view)

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

studio view 01/20

language fields (deconstructed, fragmented)

POSITION UND FORMATION,b

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)