By means of the precise, creative technique of folding Simon Schubert creates a three-dimensional space from a simple sheet of paper. In a certain light the impression of spacial depth reveals itself with views of columns and doors, passageways and stairs. These perfectly crafted illusionary rooms often include a gap in the form of a human silhouette. Absence, disappearance or the internal perception of remembrance are recurring themes in his works on paper.
The interiors, devoid of humans, which sometimes show an inkling of the shadow of a person, emanate something mysterious. We are wandering through old mystical houses, seemingly uninhabited. Few furniture, no decoration which allows us to gather information on the inhabitants or former owners. The viewer asks himself: What would I find, if I stepped down these stairs, what is in the basement? What view does the window at the end of the corridor offer: a garden, houses, a wood, the sea..., what a luxurious hall, secret laboratory, comfortable library might be behind this large double door, where do these stairs lead to and what is behind the door at their foot?
Simon Schubert is virtuosic at playing with our thoughts. Our imagination is challenged, his rooms form a canvas for a plethora of different films.
