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title: Marvin Schwenk
tags: [artist, student, new-media]
related: [public-art-seminar, rozbeh-asmani]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_bildende_kunst_aktivitaeten_publicart.md"]
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# Marvin Schwenk

**Marvin Schwenk** is an artist and student at the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut (CDFI) known for exploring the translation of digital phenomena into physical, analog urban spaces.

## Key Work: "Die Säule ist nicht erreichbar" (The Column is Unreachable)
This site-specific work was designed for a Litfaßsäule located at the University's computing center (URZ).
- **Concept:** The work mimics a digital error message (e.g., a 404 error or "Page Not Found") on a physical advertising column.
- **Thematic Exploration:** 
    - **Digital-Analog Translation:** It asks what happens when the logic of the internet (errors, crashes) manifests in the physical world.
    - **Critique of Advertising:** By making a commercial surface "unreachable," Schwenk questions the impact of advertising on daily life and whether we only notice its presence when it fails.
    - **Perception:** The work challenges the viewer to consider if the "error" lies in the object itself or in the viewer's expectation of the object's function.
