geveldetail by Ellen Korth

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"In her detailed research with her camera, the photograph artist Ellen Korth has detected in the buildings of Herman Bessels traces of the relationship, capturing them in excerpts that nevertheless represent the whole. This book bears no claim to documentary or biography, but makes a theme of the interplay of two closely-interwoven art forms.

It is largely the outer shells of the buildings, which mirror the striving for function, form and shape. And likewise, these are the intentions of the artist, who desires a view behind the façade of human appearance in her photographs."

Les Vitrines #6 by Annette Kisling

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“Annette Kisling photographs unintelligible things with utmost lucidity. In her current b/w series, "les vitrines", these are the shop windows of the early 21st century, embedded in the bourgeois facades of Paris's inner boroughs-commodity stages arranged for optimal visibility. In Annette Kisling's work, however, their purpose is lost. Here the gaze expands to capture both the interior and the exterior, that which lies behind the windowpane and that which it mirrors: cars, trees, sky, building facades, street alignments. Everything stands side-by-side and simultaneously permeates everything else. This is necessarily so, yet the principle underlying this order is difficult to name. Annette Kisling calls this principle "layering", and by this she refers also to an intertwining of history and the present.”

Exhibited in Galerie Kamm, Berlin.

Elvis by Erik Steffensen

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“Erik Steffensen investigates art history and its theoretical perspectives as well as current popular culture. His photos offer a reflection of the significance of our common cultural references and the fascination that they hold, through an exploration of places and phenomena that are part of the contemporary mythology. His work deals with fears of nothingness and with solitude, yet it never lacks humour and irony.

In Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' two men are guided through 'the zone' by a third, the Stalker, in search of a nearly unreachable place called 'the room' where a person's innermost dreams and desires are said to come true. In the film as in the work of Erik Steffensen the journey in itself is paramount compared to its objective.”

Truck stop by Mark Kimber

(copyright by Mark Kimber)

"Kimber is compelled to find "situations where the play of light, form and landscape converge in time and space to create an elusive and ephemeral piece of theatre." To produce EDGELAND he changed cameras, this time using a high definition model and shooting at dusk, the edge of the day. The intense colour of the twilight sky mixes with the artificial lights of the night. The car parks, containers and buildings become poetic summaries of themselves. The street and building lights that proliferate in his scenes are like beacons, calling our attention to details, which we would, in the bright light of day, disregard. Despite the lack of human actors, the lights suggest a stage waiting for the performers to return, with the sun."

Exhibited at the Stills Gallery, Sydney.