Delicate Bodies

Friedl Kubelka School for Artistic Photography 2024/2025, 13. - 20.8.2025, Fotogalerie Wien

The roof is leaking oder kipppunkte einer demokratie, 2025, Aleksandra Kolodziejczyk

75 silver gelatin prints on baryt paper, 2025, 12.7 x 17.8 cm
9 lenticular images (from 35 mm black-and-white negatives), 2025, 15 x 10 cm

Democracy is like a living organism. It has grown, is constantly changing, is vulnerable and robust at the same time, and needs care and dedication. 75 images of a tree canopy come together to form an overall picture that resembles a slightly permeable roof – 75 half-format images from a 35 mm film strip. Each view is a detail, each view a perspective. All the views together form a dialogical whole. The cedar is a living, grown, adaptable but vulnerable organism. Dialogue and diversity of perspectives are core elements of a democracy. The nine postcard-sized reversible images also represent the vulnerability of democratic institutions and values. Depending on the viewer's perspective, what is seen changes, shifting from grey to blue. Parliament, the European Union and the United Nations are symbols of an agreement based on democratic values. The roof is leaking oder kipppunkte einer demokratie is one view among many on current socio-political developments.

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Images by Ben Kaulfus