Esther-Judith Hinz / Maria Schindelegger
29 May - 27 Jun 2010
Talents 19 . and in the middle, me
ESTHER-JUDITH HINZ / MARIA SCHINDELEGGER
Mai 29th until June 27th 2010
Opening Mai 28th 2010
Home. It is the static antithesis of mobility and globalization; the symbol of rootedness, identity, security, and intimacy. We usually equate home with our place of birth, the site of our earliest formative influences and sensory experiences. It fulfills our longing for a sense of attachment to place, for orientation, perspective, a feeling of getting down to the basics. In the face of humankind’s “transcendental homelessness,” the idea of home takes away the feeling of alienation from the modern world. Or at least it seems to. Home is also a non-place, non-existent, a projection and a utopia; it is flexible, amorphous, individual, and lost forever.
By attempting to define her own individual position, Esther-Judith Hinz gradually separated herself from the places of her past, and her photographs became experiences situated in the present. In them, she dissects her sense of her own roots, breaking it down into individual components: landscapes, portraits, still-lifes. The places and people remain nameless and undefined, leaving the viewer free to make her own connections or associations. In a sense, the viewer can adapt Esther-Judith Hinz’s images of home. In this process, home loses its aura of the self-evident and instead appears as something that has to be rediscovered and redefined over and over again.
In a formal sense, Esther-Judith Hinz’s photographs reflect their content—they are consciously blurred, with only certain details in focus. This heightens their timeless quality, and suggests that these are not meant as documents of concrete everyday situations but rather as fleeting sensory impressions. Esther-Judith Hinz often uses low-angle shots from a child’s perspective to create views from childhood. This technique makes it clear that many of the con- crete places, people, and situations are overlaid with feelings, and especially, memories.
A program by C/O's e.V.
In Cooperation with Deutsche Börse Group
Suported by Goethe Institut . DruckConcept . av tour . Dinamix . Veltins
Media Partner Freshmilk tv
ESTHER-JUDITH HINZ / MARIA SCHINDELEGGER
Mai 29th until June 27th 2010
Opening Mai 28th 2010
Home. It is the static antithesis of mobility and globalization; the symbol of rootedness, identity, security, and intimacy. We usually equate home with our place of birth, the site of our earliest formative influences and sensory experiences. It fulfills our longing for a sense of attachment to place, for orientation, perspective, a feeling of getting down to the basics. In the face of humankind’s “transcendental homelessness,” the idea of home takes away the feeling of alienation from the modern world. Or at least it seems to. Home is also a non-place, non-existent, a projection and a utopia; it is flexible, amorphous, individual, and lost forever.
By attempting to define her own individual position, Esther-Judith Hinz gradually separated herself from the places of her past, and her photographs became experiences situated in the present. In them, she dissects her sense of her own roots, breaking it down into individual components: landscapes, portraits, still-lifes. The places and people remain nameless and undefined, leaving the viewer free to make her own connections or associations. In a sense, the viewer can adapt Esther-Judith Hinz’s images of home. In this process, home loses its aura of the self-evident and instead appears as something that has to be rediscovered and redefined over and over again.
In a formal sense, Esther-Judith Hinz’s photographs reflect their content—they are consciously blurred, with only certain details in focus. This heightens their timeless quality, and suggests that these are not meant as documents of concrete everyday situations but rather as fleeting sensory impressions. Esther-Judith Hinz often uses low-angle shots from a child’s perspective to create views from childhood. This technique makes it clear that many of the con- crete places, people, and situations are overlaid with feelings, and especially, memories.
A program by C/O's e.V.
In Cooperation with Deutsche Börse Group
Suported by Goethe Institut . DruckConcept . av tour . Dinamix . Veltins
Media Partner Freshmilk tv