LOST PLACES
Photographs from the group "Liachtmola"
Empty spaces, deserted rooms, abandoned factories – we sought these apparent "LOST PLACES" in order to create a picture of how it might have been. We are surrounded by locations such as these, however in daily life they do not penetrate into our consciousness as they do not meet the prevailing criteria of abnormality. Significantly the past is often seen to equate a place of hazard; therefore not easily accessible to, or experienced by, the public.
To us it seems essential to make these places experienceable. Thanks to our imagination the fragments of memorabilia are held in an image, and recompose the once whole and alive picture, through which they become accessable for the viewer.
The ubiquitous past of these places produces a real connection to the present, and thus influences our sensation and perception of the here and now. Our images are projections of the past and we offer viewers, through the medium of photography, the chance to find their own presence.
The exhibition "LOST PLACES" is understood as a fragmented picture book of the past. |
Photo: Nikki Harris
Photo: Bernd Bogensberger
Photo: Sonja Bachmayer 