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Contribution to the group show pictorale molto male
Sugary Photographs with Tricks, Poses and Effects – A Festival on Photography
Antwerp; 2010, March 19 – April 4
Long-term project collecting traces on walls in abandoned living spaces that are understood as proto-photographic images.
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For years, I have been collecting photographs of traces on walls of abandoned living spaces. I am particularly interested in traces that are caused by the interaction of light, matter and, not least: time. These imprints of furniture and wall decoration have interesting similarities with photographic images. They are references to the (passed) existence of individuals.
The high-resolution reproductions of these volatile traces are collected in archive files. In the framework of installations, the traces are presented as prints on a scale of 1:1.
In Antwerp, Essen and Dortmund one room in which traces were found was reconstructed as a theatre-like stage set. It corresponds to the original find spot‘s dimensions, and every picture is located in the place corresponding to the original trace‘s position.
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Contribution to the group show pictorale molto male
Sugary Photographs with Tricks, Poses and Effects – A Festival on Photography
Antwerp; 2010, March 19 – April 4
![](https://axelbraun.org/media/pages/wenigstens-am-bild-sollte-man-festhalten-konnen/678fee99fb-1680673554/wab_01.jpg)
Contribution to the group show pictorale molto male
Sugary Photographs with Tricks, Poses and Effects – A Festival on Photography
Antwerp; 2010, March 19 – April 4
![](https://axelbraun.org/media/pages/wenigstens-am-bild-sollte-man-festhalten-konnen/ea3337613b-1680673556/wab_06.jpg)
Contribution to the group show pictorale molto male
Sugary Photographs with Tricks, Poses and Effects – A Festival on Photography
Antwerp; 2010, March 19 – April 4
![](https://axelbraun.org/media/pages/wenigstens-am-bild-sollte-man-festhalten-konnen/85a5e6e98a-1680673556/wab_07.jpg)
Contribution to the group show pictorale molto male
Sugary Photographs with Tricks, Poses and Effects – A Festival on Photography
Antwerp; 2010, March 19 – April 4