In the “Wir Sind Schmutz” project, I will work with the archive of the Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft in Berlin. In my art, I have always been working with the reinterpretation of historical material. One of the earliest is from 2001. Here I was working with the famous Muybridge photographs of animals and people in movement. In his photographs, Muybridge used a very early stop motion technique to freeze time, making it possible to see each step of a movement. It was in the interest of science, the interest of artist, he said. But when I saw the naked men and women jumping, fighting and crawling in front of the camera, I wondered if an element of voyeurism and domination was not also hidden motives in taking the photos.
Working with Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom
Why work with Athena? Athena is known by many names such as Minerva, Pallas Athene or Parthenos Athene — which translates to “virgin Athena”…