Blaue Distanz (Adam Erdmann and Franzi Goralski)
die Blaue Distanz (the blue distance) are Adam Erdmann (pronouns: they/them) and Franzi Goralski (no pronouns).
They are working together as an artist duo since 2016. Their artistic collaboration focuses on queer ways of living and learning, the potential of low-hierarchy spaces and the visibility of underrepresented decisions. Their concept and reasearch based approaches result in visionary “Space Designs”, scripted rituals, printed goods and interaction provocing settings.
Adam studied Communication Design at Folkwang University Essen/Germany (2006-2010). Franzi and Adam studied Fine Arts at HfBK Dresden/Germany (2011-2017) and the temporary Masters program »The Commoners’ Society« at Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam/Netherlands (2019-2021).
Art & Spatial Praxis – The Art & Spatial Praxis research group is proud to announce the publication of three new articles featuring queer and anti-colonial perspectives on its Plot(ting) platform. Open Glossary for Queer (Immaterial) Architectures by artist collective Die Blaue Distanz traces emotional and temporal queer connections across cities and scenes. In SELL YOUR FART! BUTT PLUGS AGAINST GAS DRILLING! BLACK HOLES MATTER! Amelia Groom interviews art collective Yangamini on the meaning of holes, sexuality, and extractive violence on indigenous lands. Queer and Anti-Colonial Gardening: A Syllabus by M. Ty offers a rooted invitation to unlearn colonial ecologies through dispersed, non-normative gardening practices. Together, these contributions offer readers critical tools and imaginative propositions for rethinking how space, bodies, and resistance are entangled. Read more on the plotting website: plotting.rietveldsandberg.nl