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monadi

For the four floors of the Heart Clinic, we created 142 original artworks. These pieces, designed to complement the architecture, shape the overall appearance of the building. It was essential that all the artworks form a cohesive whole, conveying an image that reflects the essence of the Heart Center: a place where human destinies and anxieties meet the high technical precision and perfection of the treatments performed there.

• 44 digital drawings printed on wall panels for the corridors
• 19 Makrolon laser-cut glass panels with reverse glass painting for the waiting areas
• 76 reverse glass paintings for the patient rooms
• 2 hand-drawn illustrations for the meditation room and the farewell room

The heart, as the central organ that controls life, has a direct influence on well-being and performance, and thus on the quality of life of every person. Metaphorically, it is also a symbol of love. For many patients, heart disease is frightening, often prompting reflection on their own life and its finiteness. The art in the heart clinic aims to offer hope. The temporary focus on one's illness should be transformed into confidence in recovery. People from all walks of life and age groups are treated at the heart clinic. Each individual comes with different worries and expectations. Each has their own life story – yet all are united in their hope for healing.

The Bézier curve on a circle as a symbol for individual life paths. A perfect circle forms the framework for a well-rounded life. Decisions, events, etc., create points in life that cause the subsequent course of life to deviate from the uneventful ideal line of the circle. Highs and lows make life worth living. A self-contained, endless line serves as a symbol for these individual life paths. It has no clear beginning, which can also be interpreted as meaning that life does not necessarily always begin with birth. Healing after an illness can also be experienced as a rebirth. The artworks for the Heart Center are intended to playfully illustrate these connections. Bézier curves are used as a common basic element of all the planned artworks, and their form can depict a wide spectrum of line drawings, ranging from the perfect circle to extreme, organically shaped deformations.
As a symbol for each unique individual life path.

The complexity of each curve depends on the number of points on the curve (life points) and the angle and length of these points. The planned artworks will use 3, 5, and 7 points on the curve. This keeps the individual curve elements within a moderately shaped, average deformation pattern. Extremes are avoided to prevent any unpleasant associations. The tangents in the Bézier curves symbolize the decisions made at a given moment in life. The further—perhaps even more radical—a deviation from the ideal line occurs, the greater the twisting within the life curve. A return to a more stable path—a shortening of the tangents—leads back to calmer lines.

Public and Private Spaces, Places of Retreat
The individual areas of the cardiac clinic have varying degrees of privacy. The corridors are the most public areas. Here, there is the highest density of movement and interaction. The open waiting areas leading off the corridors slow down the flow of visitors and encourage patients to focus on themselves. The highest degree of privacy, or rather, deceleration, is found in the inpatient rooms, the holding area, the room of silence, and the farewell room. In these places, people are most focused on themselves. The different "focuses" of the patients in the spaces are also reflected in the site-specific artworks. The density and complexity of the artworks are inversely proportional to the degree of privacy of the spaces.

Conclusion:
All planned artworks are composed of individual Bézier curves, or “monadi.” No two curves are alike. Each curve used is unique, just like the people in the heart clinic.

44 digital drawings using wallprinting for the hallways

19 Makrolon laser cutters with reverse glass painting for the waiting areas

50 reverse glass paintings for patient rooms. White ink, acrylic, ink behind plexiglass, 40 x 240 cm

26 reverse glass paintings for patient rooms. White ink, acrylic, ink behind plexiglass, 40 x 240 cm

2 hand drawings for the room of silence and the farewell room