das Eck
As a gesture to the complex historical significance of Koblenz's post-war architecture, das Eck is a detailed, abstract portrayal of space and memory.
In the work series Das Eck, I focus primarily on post-war architecture in Koblenz. As holder of the "Koblenz City Photographer" grant in 2015 and 2016, I explored the city’s public urban space. Contrary to its touristic depiction, Koblenz is characterized by buildings built quickly with little aesthetic consideration after the violent destruction of the city during the Second World War. The images are painterly, abstract, and surreal fragments that have nothing to do with what we perceive in everyday life. I am concerned with the perception of structures of space, history, and memory, as well as visual disturbances and that which is simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar. In my folding installations and objects, I re-address the photographic act. By folding on the depicted lines and edges, I bring the photographs back into the three-dimensional. The impression changes depending on the viewing angle and how the light falls. A shift in perspective.
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Photo: Andrea Grützner, Galerie kornfeld
