MASTERS 2015 / Lucy Rogers: Con­s­truc­tion Frame

Eröff­nung: Don­ners­tag, 22. Janu­ar — 19.00 Uhr
Bau­stel­le Schau­stel­le e.V. | Bri­git­tastr. 9, 45130 Essen
22.01. bis 14.02.2015 | Öff­nungs­zeit: Mitt­wochs 15.30 — 18.00 Uhr und nach Vereinbarung

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Con­s­truc­tion Frame is an instal­la­ti­on deve­lo­ped from a series of images taken through the struc­tu­ral frame­works of unfi­nis­hed buildings.
Shot on slide film and pro­jec­ted for the instal­la­ti­on, the light shi­ning through the image echo­es the land­scape cap­tu­red through the buil­dings. The slides use the archi­tec­tu­ral ske­le­tons as a frame for the land­scape, imi­ta­ting the camera’s crop. Repe­ti­ti­ve and homo­ge­nous, the buil­dings’ struc­tures begin to redu­ce into geo­me­tric shapes, mer­ging into sculp­tu­ral meta­phy­si­cal forms.
Com­bi­ned in a two-chan­nel pro­jec­tion, the instal­la­ti­on of the work com­pa­res and con­trasts simi­lar images, as the slides flow from one loca­ti­on into ano­ther. Cen­tral to the work are ide­as of still­ness and flux. Taken in Cala­b­ria, Sou­thern Ita­ly, the series reflects on the con­tem­po­ra­ry ruins of Wes­tern Euro­pe as a per­ma­nent and inte­gra­ted part of the land­scape. The buil­dings lie unoc­cu­p­ied as a con­se­quence of eco­no­mic standstill. This still­ness is deve­lo­ped through the mate­ria­li­ty of the work and the emer­gence of sculp­tu­ral structures.
Rogers’ work focu­ses on the decon­s­truc­tion of archi­tec­tu­ral inte­ri­ors. In her images and instal­la­ti­ons, she cap­tures emp­ty or aban­do­ned spaces, whe­re human life is no lon­ger pre­sent. Using a repe­ti­ti­on of for­mal ele­ments, her work crea­tes a fee­ling of the estran­ged in the ordi­na­ry. The under­ly­ing the­me of the work is influen­ced by a wider inte­rest in glo­bal forces, par­ti­cu­lar­ly economics.

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MASTERS 2015
„Pho­to­gra­phy Stu­dies and Practice”

Eröff­nung: Don­ners­tag, 29. Janu­ar — 19.00 Uhr
Scheidt’sche Hal­len | Ring­str. 51, 45219 Essen
ab 29.02.2015 | Öff­nungs­zei­ten: Frei­tags 15.00 — 19.00 Uhr, Sams­tags 13.00 — 17.00 Uhr

Der Stu­di­en­gang Foto­gra­fie der Folk­wang Uni­ver­si­tät der Küns­te zeigt in Koope­ra­ti­on mit der Bau­stel­le-Schau­stel­le und den Scheidt’schen Hal­len aktu­el­le Arbei­ten sei­ner M.A. Studierenden. 

Zu sehen sind Foto­gra­fien, Instal­la­tio­nen, Buch­kon­zep­te und Film­bei­trä­ge von Nina Gschlößl, Hen­ri­et­te Krie­se, Chris­toph Nau­mann, Sabi­ne Nig­ge­mann, Tania Rei­ni­cke, Danie­la Risch und Lucy Rogers.

Nähe­re Infos dazu erhal­ten Sie unter www.folkwang-uni.de/fotografie und unter 0201. 183 3343
Besich­ti­gung der ein­zel­nen Aus­stel­lungs­or­te sind eben­falls nach Ver­ein­ba­rung unter 0201. 183 3343 möglich