Schlagwort: Trauma
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Arhant Shrestha : Loose Fist
A victim of homophobic assault, Arhant Shrestha uses images to conjure up fear of others and judgment. Here, in carefully staged fictional scenes, he photographs members of Kathmandu’s queer community, offering a counterpoint to candid flash photos of crowds of ultra-masculine men at traditional festivals.
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Anselme Alma Servain : La Rumeur
Tying in with my ongoing corpus of self-portraiture work, this daily intuitive practice is the result of a compulsive investigation into a question I asked my mom when I was a kid : could I have been abused as a child?
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Marcus Gustafsson : Filling in the Gaps
Filling in the Gaps is an emotional exploration of trauma, showing how revisiting painful memories can open paths toward reconciliation and peace with the past.
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Tracey L. Chandler : A Poor Sort of Memory
“As I revisited old hideouts in concrete washes and private bunks in rock formations, I was reminded of a past laden with trauma and my desperation to find both a sense of belonging and an independent self,” she says.
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Mika Sperling : I Have Done Nothing Wrong
Dans cette enquête intime, Mika Sperling brise un tabou familial et sociétal. Avec vulnérabilité et résilience, elle se confronte à son traumatisme à travers trois récits plastiques.
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Ali Shobeiri, Helen Westgeest : Psychosomatic Imagery. Photographic Reflections on Mental Disorders
This book explores the potential of specific photographic images for reflecting on experiences of mental disorders. Instead of looking at photographs of (people suffering from) mental disorders, this volume aspires to comprehend the complexities of such conditions through photographic lexicons, metaphors, and practices.
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Richard Kern : Medicated
Porträts junger Frauen in Unterwäsche, die von ihnen regelmäßig eingenommene Medikamente vorzeigen. Dazu Texte (Englisch), in denen sie über die Wirkungen der Medikamente und die Gründe für die Einnahme berichten.
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Jonathan Torgovnik : Disclosure. Rwandan Children Born of Rape
… this project continues to highlight the use of sexual violence as a weapon and its consequences. It is a tortuous and profound trauma that affects the children born as a result and is also passed down to future generations.
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Mara Palena : Things that happen inside and outside of me
„Conscious and unconscious, present, transfer and recollection, blend into the existential fragments combined by Mara Palena within her projects, based on different self-investigation methods. From psychoanalysis, to sound therapy, to EMDR, the experience of the artist returns in the form of her very personal elaboration.
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Jan Banning, Dick Wittenberg : Blood bonds: Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda
Jan Banning and Dick Wittenberg portrayed, in words and images, improbable pairs: people who once wished each other harm but now live side by side as good neighbors, friends—even family. One by one, they say they’ve become human again.
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Cécile Menendez : Prémonition
With sensitivity and a highly personal touch Cécile Menendez addresses the difficult and rarely broached topic of prenatal death.
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Olaf Heine : Rwandan Daughters
Vielen jungen Frauen gelingt es jedoch, ihre traumatisierten Mütter aufzufangen und sich von dem Stigma zu befreien. Der Mut und die Zuversicht dieser Frauen in einer von Traumata geprägten und autoritär regierten Gesellschaft sind beispiellos.