In Translation — The Contexts of Nature

10.12.2022–6.1.2023

Park View Gallery Sea World Culture & Arts center, 1187 Wangh.ii Rd. Nanshan Dist., Shenzhen, China

Co-organized by Shangqi Art and Photographers Association of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, In Translation — The Contexts of Nature takes the form of a parallel project of the 6th Shenzhen International Photography Exhibition. The main theme “in translation” refers to both the various photographic practices as the translation of nature and the project as a derivation of The Use of Landscape, a collaboration started as a workshop with Michael Höpfner and Iosif Király in 2020. Featuring artists from Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Bucharest National University of Arts and multiple regions within China, the exhibition invites the public to encounter the nature in a dialogic context.

Artists: Amy-Casilda Bartoli, Dominik Buda, Chen Dandizi, Chen Xiaoyi, Cheng Xinhao, Chyanga, Flora Franke, He Lin, Hu Jieming, Jiang Pengyi, Elena Kristofor, Li Ji, Li Wei-Chen, Liang Yue, Liu Yujia, Denise Lobonț, Ma Haijiao, Ouyang Heli, Diana Păun, Qin Jin, Nora Severios, Shen Jingfeng, Shu Chutian, Shi Wenbin, Tang Han, Tong Wenmin, Wang Kejing, Wang Yezi, Xuxu, Yang Yang, Yao Qingmei, Zhang Peng

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Photo: Shangqi Art

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The Use of Landscape

26.03.-15.05.2021 Exhibit Eschenbachgasse 11, 1010 Wien, AT
24.06.-07.08.2021 Galeria Posibila in Bucharest, RO

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4384
Analog C-Print 20x30 cm
2020

Vollzeit
Artist Book 21,7 x 29cm, 24 Pages
1st edition 2017 of 40 copies printed at full moon, 2018

Die Felsen der Calanche (Index)
Artist Book, 12x18cm, 119 Pages 2017

Artist's book consisting of scans of a personal archival estate of photographs taken on various tourist trips between 1988 and 2003. Each photo is labeled on the back with the date and location it was taken. Scanned and sorted in the pointing motion sequence given by the index finger.

Europe – The Secret of Good Living
Pigment Prints, from 30x40cm to 70x100cm 2015–2017

The photographs of this series focus on an urban planning phenomenon in china. Due to the enormous population growth there was a need for new solutions – to decentralize the city center the plan was to create european themed New Towns at the outer districts of megacities like Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou or Huizhou. The euro- pean lifestyle became a marketing tool for the real estate industry to attract investors or upstarting citizens. Some of these projects were more successful than others - while Anting New Town in Shanghai is a ghost town, you need to buy a ticket for the entrance to Hallstatt-See, Huizhou. After my research I travelled in china for 4 weeks seeking those New Towns, trying not to focus on the fake architecture but on the casualness of the cities and the citizens. I did an Artist Book in 2015 containing 53 photographs and became part of an exhibition at Fotoforum Braunau in 2017, where I showed 12 prints of the series.

Auslöser (Press the button, do the rest)
Pigment Prints, each 50x60cm, 2014

I press the release button to expose the film. The building disappears in the dark of the night, each window lights up on its own. Separated from the context, brought to- gether by the image frame. Just like the residents of the building, they have nothing to do with each other. If someone actuates the light switch, he subconsciously changes the overall picture. A small click triggers another overall image, which is just visible the moment it takes place. Only the direct comparison between the images makes the changes visible, which can’t be seen with pure observation. The image can be read as an abstract code, consisting of light and dark, on and off, one and zero. If you change a single small variable of a code, this can go completely unnoticed but have a strong impact on the result. As well, the arrangement of the bright windows on a black background is reminiscent of a contact sheet, in which each resident can expose one frame - the light switch becomes the shutter release.