Author: d. kellner

The opening

Ander licht, Announcement

Yesterday morning Ander licht was opened officially. At the local hospital in Enschede portraits of employees will be shown for one year. Every month one portrait will be added until it April 2019. The chaplain of the hospital chose people who have the power to inspire others within their special scope of medicine or just as human beings. These people were interviewed about their motivation and personal ways to find strength for their quite often burdensome work. The interviews can be read on site. The chapel/room of silence is a very new and beautifully designed space and certainly worth a visit. After the adding of the next portrait I will show it on this website as well.

OpeningMST

At the opening

Ander licht

Announcement, Portraits

Next wednesday – the 16th of May at 10:00 a.m. – there will be my next opening at the hospital in Enschede. For this project twelve employees (doctors, nurses, administrators etc.) were interviewed in order to tell about their inspiration and motivation to help the sick. I was asked to make the portraits of the employees. Every month one portrait will be added until one year is full. They are shown at the wall of the Chapel/centre of silence. Come and have a look, if you like!

Dr.Hom

Dr. Hom

The end of my expo at ArtOne

Announcement, Portraits

KastanieToday I removed my pictures out of ArtOne and that was that. Later this month there will be a new show on employees of the hospital in Enschede. For the project “Ander licht” they were interviewed by a minister about their work and inspiration. And I got the chance to make portraits of them. Therefore I made them leave the hospital to also show some beautiful sights of the city. And make visible how the hospital is part of the city as well. I am curious how the portraits will turn out as a series: the hospital plans to add one person each month.

Katalog der Angst

Announcement

On Sunday, 22nd of April 2018, at 3 o’clock the exposition “Discomfort” will be opened at the HeArtGallery in Hengelo. The Enschede art platform KunstNonStop will be celebrating its 10th anniversary and therefore this expo is organized. The participating artists were asked to show their most discomforting artwork. At that time I was reading the novel Die fürchterlichen Tage des schrecklichen Grauens by Roman Ehrlich and was very much intrigued by the thought that fear is always included in all our thoughts and deeds. So I started a photo project on it, that is still going on. Four of my pictures will be shown at the HeArtGallery until the 3rd of June and I am very about it (and also curious about the work of the other artists of course). After the opening I will publish the pictures on my website.

New project – On fear

Geen categorie

These days I am very focussed on a new project. It came to me by reading the German novel by Roman Ehrlich: Die schrecklichen Tage des fürchterlichen Grauens. A very long read and for me it somehow worked as a catalogue of fear. Not as in being afraid of spiders, darkness, large squares – but actual existential fear. The fear which won’t go away but always is present under a very thin layer of normality. There is a very quickly approaching deadline and in the end of April hopefully six images by me will be shown at the exposition “Discomfort” in Hengelo. To be continued…

(The picture below is an outtake from last Sunday but very well contains the tension I am looking for.)
Angst.Katja

The opening

Announcement

Yesterday my expo at ArtOne was opened and Cyril Wermers, photographer and curator, made these beautiful impressions of the afternoon. If you are around please take your chance and visit in march and april the show. The pool pictures you can see on Mondays to Thursdays until 4pm and on Fridays until noon. On the outside ten of my pictures are 24/7 on display.

A new year has begun

Thoughts

I love the time after christmas with minimized light when being feels somehow like floating in a space without time or borders. The hours are ticking away – like they always do. And then after the big noise – arriving and departing – the new year is here, always bringing new light. A moment to reflect of course. Which beautiful things of the passed year to not forget and to remind yourself of the battles that were won. But what about new plans and making resolutions? This year for me it feels rather like I have to cut down on them in order to get a peaceful mind. I read a book on the psychology of making portraits including a chapter about mindful photography. This teaches one how to stay in the moment, how to appreciate little things and to maybe find poetry within. I used to do that during my 1 000 a picture a day-project and sometimes I miss doing it. I guess I will return to that plan someday. For now it is: good bye 2017, hello 2018! nieuwjaar18