In her works Johanna Kotlaris elaborates narratives that examine dynamics of relationship, and the way proximities and boundaries are established and negotiated. Kotlaris’ work is interested in the relationship between emotional, psychological and physical spaces, and how identities, hierarchies and forms of dependance are created within these.

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The installation Von Tiefdruckgebieten angetriebene Starkwindereignisse bei gleichzeitigem Einbruch von polarer Kaltluft consists of a video and a series of sculptures. In the video work Kotlaris—in different variations of a self—accompanies the viewer through a narration which tries to dissect the complexity of feelings and the idea of boundaries: Sea and mountain love each other in a bathtub, rain heals wounds like magic balm, snowstorms and tornados are scientifically sung of. Finally a guided meditation melts mountain, sea and the spectators themselves into each other, and one could think that «tout ne fait plus qu'un».