DK & Magdalena Salner | FROM THE WORKSHOP I
In the exhibition "From the Workshop", we present works by the Slovenian photographer DK and the Viennese moving image artist Magdalena Salner, which were created during a three-week workshop residency in Chemnitz.
With his ongoing series "Remnants ", DK explores the concept of error and the way in which viewers deal with visual imagery.
What constitutes an image and can one discover a meaningful image and perhaps even beauty in the remains of an image carrier? The photographer DK investigates whether it is possible to find meaning and perhaps even the beauty of life in a now. A now that is characterised by the disintegration of values, the collapse of (sub)systems, in short: the carriers of what we used to call humanity, human society.
Magdalena Salner 's artistic focus is the moving image in a wide variety of formats. Her works range from experimental short films, room-filling video installations and 360° videos to experimental 3D films and music videos.
The 360° video work "Breath" deals with the relationship between the viewer's body, the virtual space and its effect on them. The virtual world slowly begins to move to a rhythm that corresponds to the human breathing rate. The breath is synchronised with the surrounding scenery.