Shaping the Myth

2011

Installation / Video

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Archival print, Shaping the myth, 2011

Videostill, Shaping the myth, 2011

Exhibition view, gute aussichten 2011/2012 new german photography, Museum für Fotografie, Germany, 2011

Exhibition view, Tapetenwerk Leipzig, Germany, 2011

Exhibition view, gute aussichten 2011/2012 new german photography, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, 2012

Exhibition view, C/O Berlin im Amerikahaus, Germany, 2014

Exhibition view, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Germany, 2014, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Exhibition view, Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2014, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Exhibition view, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Germany, 2014, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Arbeit am Mythos / Shaping the myth
2011
7 Archival prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 70 x 100 cm, framed
Projection, HD-Video, 7:34 min.

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Arbeit am Mythos / Shaping the Myth deals with the myth of the german city Dresden, its visual reproduction and its recent perception. The projection is an abstract reenactment, which refers symbolically to two significant historical events (the bombardment in 1945 / the big flood of 2002). The seven images are the image-products of the reenactment and reflect how various times, histories and spaces merge into each other. They visualize and detect the process of history in the making. The work outlines the process by which history is produced and inscribed into the respective present.

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