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Are you in line?
New works by Katrin Paul created in & around Ho Chi Minh City with the support of the Goethe Institut Vietnam during a 37 days artist-in-residence at a little blah balh (ALBB) Saigon, September/October 2007Katrin Paul, a German artist, manly using photography as her medium, has been working in Saigon for a month developing a new series of photographs and line drawings that challenge the traditional concept of the photographic portrait. The work, “Are you in line?” raises many questions about the conventions and expectations of portraiture. The work has allowed her to work intimately with several families that have 4 generations.
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In my photographic work I am very interested to find new ways of visualization by simple means. At the moment I am especially interested in situations of "light in total blackness".
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Black is the new theme of Katrin Paul. Her large-sized photographs, in which she is concerned with the presence of light in almost absolute blackness, indicates a change of direction within Katrin Paul's artwork. Previously explored themes, the human being and the human portrait, have been temporarily set aside to pursue this new field of questioning.
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This work, to be viewed playfully like an oversized flipbook, exudes a profound self-contained charm.
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これらの写真と同時に ペーパーワーク「墨本」も生まれることとなった。ここでは様々な完全な黒、憧れ、浸透、光、そして時間がテーマとなっている。まるで巨大なパラパラ漫画のように遊び心をもって眺めるならば、そこからはそこに休らう、深い詩情が漂ってくる。
PotchPotch 2007
PotchPotch 2007
Mixed material, ink, books
Slowly ink drops from the ceiling onto a book. The same situation three times. The books the ink is being dropped on are books concerned with culture, heritage and language. The ink will sink into and through the books creating visual patterns. Over the period of the 3 days exhibition the books will be black, almost covered completely with ink. Over time, creating new, loosing old?
PotchPotch ぽちぽち
インクの雫(しずく)が天井からゆっくりと本の上に落ちる。インクの雫は文化、アイデンティティ、言語に関する三冊の本の上に落ちている。そのインクは本の中に染み込んで模様を作り出す。そして本は黒く染みて三日間の展示のあいだに、ほとんど黒で覆われてしまうだろう。
時が過ぎ 新しいものが生まれ古いものを失っていくのか？
Work presented at Yatsuo Slow Art Show 2007
August 24-26, 2007
PotchPotch ぽちぽち
インクの雫(しずく)が天井からゆっくりと本の上に落ちる。インクの雫は文化、アイデンティティ、言語に関する三冊の本の上に落ちている。そのインクは本の中に染み込んで模様を作り出す。そして本は黒く染みて三日間の展示のあいだに、ほとんど黒で覆われてしまうだろう。
時が過ぎ 新しいものが生まれ古いものを失っていくのか？
Work presented at Yatsuo Slow Art Show 2007
August 24-26, 2007
The drunken Spider 2007
The drunken spider 2007
Knitted fishing thread
The drunken spider tries to mimic real spiders. The drunken spider situates himself close to places where real spiders are already doing their work. After a moment of slight irritation the imperfection of the human hand can be realized.
The drunken spider
酔っ払いの蜘蛛(くも)
酔っ払いの蜘蛛が ほんとの蜘蛛のまねをしてる
酔っ払いの蜘蛛は ほんものの蜘蛛がすでに巣をつくってるそばにいる
しばらくして気づく、だってこれは本物の蜘蛛じゃなくて酔っ払い蜘蛛がつくったから。
