Katerina Tsakiri:
“If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.“ Agnes Varda
Inspired by Agnès Varda’s quote, I create landscapes of the psyche through manipulated Polaroids.
I chose the Polaroid because it is a material sensitive to weather, usage, and preservation conditions. Its treatment is etched into its physicality, which resonates deeply with my interpretation of the human psyche.
I capture a photo of a moment, and through the pressure of my hands or the application of chemicals, I interrupt the photograph’s development process.
The results reflect intervention, loss of control, and the joyful element of surprise.
Klara Lord:
The raw material for my recent project was collected from a waste recycling station. Leftover tiles and porcelain plates were re-fired to create sculptural compositions. Since the collected ceramic tiles are made from various clays, they each have different melting points. When fired together some stay more intact, some soften and fold, while others even transform into running glaze. Tracing the movements of the material, once part of a mountain that was weathered down and ran with rain to find rivers and become clay. In the heat of the kiln the squares that seemed fixed are still malleable.
The Infinite Pond describes how the chosen techniques could present the artists with an infinite amount of possibilities and outcomes, but could also refer to consumption and how planetary resources are used in a way as if they were endless.
Welcome to the observation of overheated destructions and exposure interruptions.