Works
julia thalhofer › possible.
Solo show of the Bavarian artist with 14 prints and more than 100 original Polaroids, mostly taken in central and southeastern Asia. There the Polaroids were exposed to an intense chemical transformation process under the influence of light, heat and extreme air humidity. Once in this process the respective ideal states were reached, Thalhofer fixed them by creating a high resolution scan file as basis for digital prints.
22 January – 28 March 2015
On 22 January beginning at 7 p.m. all are invited to the opening reception at the gallery. The artist will be present.
The following works are presented in the show:
julia thalhofer › possible.
Julia Thalhofer (born 1987) from Inning am Ammersee, Bavaria, preferably seeks out locations that represent the slowly-fading, traditional Asian culture. Rather than concentrating on well-known tourist attractions, she finds completely unspectacular places and settings that still reflect an old, tranquil lifestyle and everyday culture. Due in part to the analog nature of the technology she uses, the resulting images completely raise the consciousness of the subjects, however the characteristics of the Polaroid process release the motifs from being an empirical experience. Thus the peculiar color behavior, patchy blurriness, and the indifferent contrasts move the image into the sphere of an impossible fantasy. This provides an interpretation of how another fantasy world could be truthfully perceived as a transcendent alternative design demythologized by a digitized presence.