Project: twenty #changes twenty


Title: #01   fragmented by light, thoughts and data

Intro: Initiated, or rather triggered, by a trip to Vancouver/Canada (2018), to a good friend and incredibly important person in my life, one of the most important processes in my life started.
Suddenly and abruptly, the view of my life began to change in a drastic way. Something was loosening. A mental block and tension that had built up over almost 20 years finally became conscious and clearly visible. I struggled with it a lot, and it took another 2 years, 2 lock-downs, unhealthy self-intoxication with copious amounts of alcohol, many sleepless nights, as well as meeting a very special woman, that by the end of 2020 I was finally ready to face it all and make a change.
This project, '20 #changes 20', is the story and coming to terms with these past 20 years and also the time before that. It is an examination of my struggles, my history, my present and also my future. But it is also about much more, because everything is ultimately connected. It's about us, our perceptions, and the problems in Western society.

More about this shortly ...

The 'Perfected' Digital Image (Fujifilm X-T3, Edited With CaptureOne & Photoshop)

The 'Fragmented' Correspondent Analog Print (Thermal Print On Label Paper, Cardboard, Aquarelle Paint)

The Fragmented Social Perception (@twenty_changes_twenty on instagram - Profile View - 'Fragmented' According To The Print Edition)

The Abstracted Social Perception (@twenty_changes_twenty on instagram - 'Timeline View - The Single Fragments)



Title: #02   quarantine

That is how it all began, as an infinite flow of changes, progress, and even small setbacks. The first major hurdle was my divorce, or rather the solution to a mutually toxic existence. Moving out and relocating to a truly small apartment, and then, almost seamlessly, my first experience with COVID-19.
Separated from my new partner, nearly two weeks in quarantine. No severe symptoms, but mentally foggy and profoundly affected. Imprisoned in my tiny apartment. Surreal, no, Kafkaesque, was this time.
These photos were taken when we reunited after my recovery. They are also another key to this project. It revolves around perception - how perspectives and viewpoints can shift/change, how they can vary from person to person, even though supposedly experiencing/seeing the same thing. This also applies to memories, where the aspect of changing those memories due to the increasing passage of time plays a significant role.
In addition to the pursuit of processing the past, these artworks are also about exploring these shifts and boundaries, visualized through photographic images and processes.

To be continued ...

The Analog Origin (4 Baryta Paper Prints, Metal Leaf, Wooden Frame)

The Digital Reshaping (Photoshop)

The Social Perception (@twenty_changes_twenty on instagram)


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