unperceived, 2022
steel shelves, transparent paper, window frame, silicon cast
We walk the same paths every day, passing numerous objects and situations that go unnoticed. Only when they change do they attract our attention. Light makes structures visible – like the windows in the stairwell. Suddenly, things that previously seemed uninteresting take on an importance and value. The four corners of my bedroom surround me every day and every night. My bedside lamp casts a cone of light and the corner changes its shape, becomes three-dimensional, appears like a sculpture that changes its silhouette depending on the angle of view. The change that is needed to recognize these unnoticed moments is not (only) in the fall of light, it lies in the change of perception. When the eye begins not only to see, but also to perceive and recognize, the artistic process begins. My presentation is based on an examination of this process.
The production and development of analogue photographs reduce the perceived structures from the three-dimensional to the two-dimensional and from the colorful to the monochrome. Printed on transparent paper, it allows light to pass through, changing and blending with the surroundings through transparency. The contrast of the black and white photographs is combined with the contrast between the fragile paper and the hard steel strips on which the prints are mounted and which allow light to shine through due to the distance to the wall. In addition to the photographic approach, the window of the stairwell is also reconstructed in terms of feel and form. Frame and window are detached from each other, the glass loses its transparency and rigidity, becoming soft and flexible. The frame leaves the wall and stands freely in the room. The perception changes.
