"As
a teenager, Martin Hotter started his apprenticeship as a carpenter and, from then on, waltzed through the creative industries,
collecting crafts and expressions while systemically examining their premises and achievements, which he relates to each other
as mutual points of reference in changing contexts. His contribution is reminiscent of a stage on which the display for an
exhibition becomes an actor who suddenly begins to perform to the point of exhaustion. As Hotter cites 'the very consistent
nature of gravity' as his main material, what he creates immediately and with minimal effort influences the relationship of
audiences and spaces. His installation is a momentary snapshot of the precarious arrangement between standstill and movement,
which pushes this form of material aesthetics a little further and gives it a theatrical charge, creating pristine, precarious,
frozen poses in the midst of the hyperactivity of the fair.“ - Anette Freudenberger on the occasion of Liste Basel, 2024
"Martin Hotter often encounters questions which are neither realistic nor deserving of answers. His is an exercise
of need, of wants, of urges, intertwined with his perception of life. For him, it is essential to "play" with any and all
things, because it is his genuine belief that “if we don’t play, we don’t learn.”
