Maya Økland
27 Sep - 19 Oct 2008
MAYA ØKLAND
"I recognize You"
Eingeladen von/invited by Doris Frohnapfel
Eröffnung: Freitag, 26.9.2008, 19 - 22 Uhr
Ausstellung: 27.9.-19.10.2008
Öffnungszeiten: Donnerstag, 18 - 20 Uhr, Samstag / Sonntag, 16 - 18 Uhr
Und nach tel. Vereinbarung: 0049 (0)163 6222872
Verlängerte Öffnungszeiten: Samstag, 27.9.2008 / Sonntag, 28.9.2008, 14 - 18 Uhr
Maya Økland - "I RECOGNIZE YOU"
Die Ausstellung "Ich kenne Dich" oder "Ich erkenne Dich" und "Ich erkenne Dich wieder" zeigt fotografische Arbeiten von Maya Økland, einer jungen norwegischen Künstlerin. Sie setzt sich aus autobiografischem Impetus mit der Wiedererkennbarkeit auseinander. Wie der Identifikation von Körpersprache oder "online chat room alter egos". Wie der Anerken-nung von entfernten Beziehungen, Geschichten und Begegnungen. Wie der Überprüfung von Orten und Gesichtern.
"I was born in Bergen, Norway, but lived mostly in Varberg, Sweden, together with my younger sister and Brazilian mother. My sister and I spent weekends and holidays together with our Norwegian/Icelandic father who moved around a lot. Every five years I went to the other side of the world to visit the maternal side of my family in Tocantins, Brazil. ... As I grew up, photography became important to me in the sense of overcoming distance and recalling faces."
(Maya Økland, New Nordic Photography, Hasselblad Center, Gothenborg 2006)
In den letzten Jahren hat die Künstlerin ihre Besuche in Tocantins, Brasilien fotografisch begleitet und "Stranger in Motherland" wird in einer umfangreichen Auswahl gezeigt, die die Frage nach der Portrait-Subjektivität neben den Blick auf globalisierte Lebensumstände stellt.
Works of the exhibition:
Stranger in Motherland, 2005-2008
"I was born in Bergen, Norway, but lived mostly in Varberg, Sweden, together with my younger sister and Brazilian mother. My sister and I spent weekends and holidays together with our Norwegian/Icelandic father who moved around a lot. Every five years I went to the other side of the world to visit the maternal side of my family in Tocantins, Brazil. ... As I grew up, photography became important to me in the sense of overcoming distance and recalling faces."
Tableau # 1-4
Tablå nr. 1-4 is a project that was made in collaboration with artist Jan Freuchen for the book called The Meaning of Sex. Edited by Wencke Mühleisen and Christel Sverre.
Published December 2007
IRL - in real life, 2003
IRL consists of 20 portraits of persons who I came in contact with through online chat communities. Each portrait is presented with its online nickname/identity.
In the void of meaning I cry for sanity, 2008
"The theme of the exhibition Rykk tilbake til start, 0047, Oslo, Ferbruary 2008 was to experiment and try out new perspectives in your art. Encouraged to go back to our starting points, show scetches and unfinished projects I chose to make an art project in the technique I was originally trained in: analogue black and white photography, to see, if, and how it communicates within contemporary art scene."
Ausstellung im Rahmen der 19. Internationalen Photoszene Köln
Unterstützt von Stadt Köln - Kulturamt
und OFFICE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART NORWAY
"I recognize You"
Eingeladen von/invited by Doris Frohnapfel
Eröffnung: Freitag, 26.9.2008, 19 - 22 Uhr
Ausstellung: 27.9.-19.10.2008
Öffnungszeiten: Donnerstag, 18 - 20 Uhr, Samstag / Sonntag, 16 - 18 Uhr
Und nach tel. Vereinbarung: 0049 (0)163 6222872
Verlängerte Öffnungszeiten: Samstag, 27.9.2008 / Sonntag, 28.9.2008, 14 - 18 Uhr
Maya Økland - "I RECOGNIZE YOU"
Die Ausstellung "Ich kenne Dich" oder "Ich erkenne Dich" und "Ich erkenne Dich wieder" zeigt fotografische Arbeiten von Maya Økland, einer jungen norwegischen Künstlerin. Sie setzt sich aus autobiografischem Impetus mit der Wiedererkennbarkeit auseinander. Wie der Identifikation von Körpersprache oder "online chat room alter egos". Wie der Anerken-nung von entfernten Beziehungen, Geschichten und Begegnungen. Wie der Überprüfung von Orten und Gesichtern.
"I was born in Bergen, Norway, but lived mostly in Varberg, Sweden, together with my younger sister and Brazilian mother. My sister and I spent weekends and holidays together with our Norwegian/Icelandic father who moved around a lot. Every five years I went to the other side of the world to visit the maternal side of my family in Tocantins, Brazil. ... As I grew up, photography became important to me in the sense of overcoming distance and recalling faces."
(Maya Økland, New Nordic Photography, Hasselblad Center, Gothenborg 2006)
In den letzten Jahren hat die Künstlerin ihre Besuche in Tocantins, Brasilien fotografisch begleitet und "Stranger in Motherland" wird in einer umfangreichen Auswahl gezeigt, die die Frage nach der Portrait-Subjektivität neben den Blick auf globalisierte Lebensumstände stellt.
Works of the exhibition:
Stranger in Motherland, 2005-2008
"I was born in Bergen, Norway, but lived mostly in Varberg, Sweden, together with my younger sister and Brazilian mother. My sister and I spent weekends and holidays together with our Norwegian/Icelandic father who moved around a lot. Every five years I went to the other side of the world to visit the maternal side of my family in Tocantins, Brazil. ... As I grew up, photography became important to me in the sense of overcoming distance and recalling faces."
Tableau # 1-4
Tablå nr. 1-4 is a project that was made in collaboration with artist Jan Freuchen for the book called The Meaning of Sex. Edited by Wencke Mühleisen and Christel Sverre.
Published December 2007
IRL - in real life, 2003
IRL consists of 20 portraits of persons who I came in contact with through online chat communities. Each portrait is presented with its online nickname/identity.
In the void of meaning I cry for sanity, 2008
"The theme of the exhibition Rykk tilbake til start, 0047, Oslo, Ferbruary 2008 was to experiment and try out new perspectives in your art. Encouraged to go back to our starting points, show scetches and unfinished projects I chose to make an art project in the technique I was originally trained in: analogue black and white photography, to see, if, and how it communicates within contemporary art scene."
Ausstellung im Rahmen der 19. Internationalen Photoszene Köln
Unterstützt von Stadt Köln - Kulturamt
und OFFICE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART NORWAY