installed because the museum was going to cover the holes that she described as art. The court ruled that a hole cannot be construed as art, despite other precedents, like Gordon Matta-Clark's holes drilled in buildings. Braun Barends was compensated for the monetary value of her art. PHaradise was a lighting installation in the dome of the Hermann Biling Building and during the night the light shifts and moves in a way that is reminiscent of breathing. The German Supreme Court upheld the decisions and ruled, that the removal of the artworks did not infringe her moral rights as artist. Architecture 1996–2001 – Conception, design and site supervision of the "Hali House de Cirambai" Conceived to be an artist's studio, an optional residence and the future base for the HLife Foundation, Ilhabela, (Beautiful Island) Ponta das Canas, between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. The house has been officially recognised as an art work by the Brazilian "Ministerio da Cultura". References 2009 – Descubriendo la identidad, Art en la rede 2009 – Nathalie Braun Barends en Museo Nacional de Bellas artes/ Descubriendo la identidad 2008 – "art port": revealing paintings & light installations 2008 – [Revealing Paintings and light installations – Kunstmesse Heidelberg 2007 – 100 Yahre Kunsthalle Mannheim 1907–2007 – Kunsthalle Mannheim, 2007 – NatHalie Braun Barends – Light Art Life – Art Space Publisher Berlin/New York/Santiago, 1999 – Participation in the book Der brasilianische Blick – Um olhar brasileiro – Deutsche-Brasilianische Kulturelle Vereinigung in Berlin e V. – Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 1998 Dende, Revista de Arte Salvador Bahia, Brasil – Cover photo and article by NatHalie Braun Barends 1998 Berlin Ticket Berlin, Germany – Cover photo and article about NatHalie Petsirè Braun Barends External links Official Site German conceptual artists Women conceptual artists Light artists Living people German installation artists German multimedia artists Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) University of São Paulo alumni 21st-century German women artists