Initially and foremost conceived as a book project, I am now almost finished editing my images of Critical Distance - a perpetual absence of home also into exhibition-ready works. It has been a four-year long process, and I am excited but also anxious about reaching the final stretch.
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| framed photo / installation view |
I have produced a number of triptychs, diptychs and single images for this "gallery format" of the series. The triptychs consist of images taken in the US, reflecting on my state-side quasi "triple identity" and contemplating the location, significance and meaning of
Heimat (home/land). The diptychs, on the other hand, are edited together from images I took in Germany and are often more polemical about the politics of belonging, representation and the writing of history - from the perspective of this East German. I envision the triptychs and diptychs to hang in a somewhat interchanging sequence, interrupted occasionally by single images, positioned below or above (see sketch below), that depict views from or of planes and airports.
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| installation sketch - click to enlarge |
In the next few days, I will introduce here the majority of these new works. Please feel free to comment and critique them. Meanwhile, I hope to find opportunities to exhibit the full series. Excerpts could be seen in two small exhibitions in Germany last fall (see previous blog entries).
If you would like to get in touch with me regarding
Critical Distance, you can
e-mail me here. If you are interested in acquiring works from this series, please contact
me or
Galerie Vahinger (Germany).
Also, I am still looking for a publisher for the book version of
Critical Distance. It will probably undergo another edit before it (hopefully) will become available as printed matter. Copies of the self-published limited edition are no longer available.
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