Im "Theatre of Youth" hat Susan Sontag während der Belagerung von Sarajevo das Theaterstück "Waiting for Godot" von Samuel Beckett aufgeführt.
Gavrilo Princip sagte in dieser Region gebe es drei Warheiten.
Hier diskutieren drei Mitarbeiter des "Theatre of Youth".
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POTENTIAL TRUTH
On the Ordering of Images
I developed the Encyclopedia of Potential Truth as my graduation project at Hochschule Hannover. I was concerned with photography as a way of representing knowledge, and with the possibilities of sequencing images and narratives.
My research moved between the cave paintings of Lascaux, the first images of the far side of the moon, quantum physics on Helgoland, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the biological experiments of the Heck brothers, to name a few. I followed serendipity throughout the process, from research and image-making to sequencing. An unexpected find could become a reason to pursue another subject or reconsider a connection.
The idea of an encyclopedia gave me a framework for gathering this material. I worked across science, history and art, following associations through the subjects themselves and through the visible details of the images. I was interested in the point at which an association might become a hypothesis, a narrative or an explanation.
Peirce’s abduction and Wittgenstein’s language games helped me reflect on these decisions and develop a practice around them. I wanted to think with images, about images and, especially, between images.
I brought the material together in a 634-page book containing 403 photographs, 43 text fragments, 4 timelines and 439 footnotes.
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Der im vergangenen Winter eingelagerten Schnee wird auf den Hängen verbreitet.
Deutschland, Nidersachsen, Bispingen, 03.12.2017 - Bildsprache - Streben nach Glück
Die Skihalle in Bispingen ist eine der bekanntesten und größten Skihallen Deutschlands.
Ein Ort der ultimativen Künstlichkeit, der totalen Imitation.
FOTO: Elias Holzknecht / HS Hannover
ES WERDE SCHNEE
A Search for Traces of Snowmaking in Alpine Landscapes
A white slope carries an image of winter. In Es werde Schnee, I followed what it takes to maintain that image: snow cannons, reservoirs, pipelines and pumping systems, and the water and energy needed to keep them running.
I worked in Alpine regions in Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Germany. In a warming climate, snowmaking helps sustain skiing when natural snowfall alone is no longer enough. Its infrastructure also changes the landscape. A place is altered so that it can continue to offer an experience of nature.
Once on the slope, machine-made snow can look much like natural snow. The difference lies in how it comes to be there, and in the systems that make its presence possible. I was interested in how our expectations of winter guide what is built, altered and maintained in the mountains. Producing snow also means keeping a particular idea of the Alps in place.
Throughout the project, I was concerned with snow, its disappearance and the effort to prolong its presence, and with what we call natural in a landscape increasingly organised around the production of winter.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 – Chobi Mela Festival, screening, Dhaka, BD
2021 – Galerie für Fotografie, group show, Hannover, DE
2021 – Sparkassenstiftung Lüneburg, solo show, Lüneburg, DE
2022 – 12. Wiesbadener Fototage, group show, Wiesbaden, DE
AWARDS
2020 – VGH Fotopreis, winner
2021 – PUNKT Journalist Award, German Academy of Science and Engineering
2022 – True Picture Award, nomination
Images from the project have been published in Die Zeit, Zeit Campus, Falter, Datum, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).