{"id":3526,"date":"2025-02-25T10:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koschies.de\/?page_id=3526"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:31:03","slug":"against-the-evil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/koschies.de\/en\/exhibitions-2\/against-the-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Again(st) the Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RETROSPECT<\/span><\/h3>\n

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AGAIN(ST) THE EVIL<\/h3>\n

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AGAIN(ST) THE EVIL<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Approaches to the Inexplicable<\/strong><\/p>\n

The arts have always been dedicated to the depiction of “evil” \u2013 and correspondingly also of “good”. But who or what is “evil”? The devil, in whom no one actually believes any more, can no longer stand alone. Goethe already puts it into the mouth of Mephistopheles: “Rid of the evil one, the evil ones remain”. (…)<\/p>\n

Perhaps it is the paradox of “evil” that it is extremely real and at the same time intangible. Even if “evil” may be considered the epitome of the morally wrong – who defines the wrong and, consequently, the right?<\/p>\n

Exhibition
\nAgain(st) the Evil<\/strong>
\nBomann Museum Celle
\n05.06. – 10.10.2021[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”3538″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763577635060{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”]Excerpt from the exhibition catalogue (translated):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

KOSCHIES | SURFACES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is there such a thing as good and bad photography? Good and evil photographic techniques? Is the supposed evil created in front of the camera or in the minds of the viewers?
\nIn the Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung, the cultural theorist Prof Dr Dirk Baecker explains, following Hegel, that evil is that which can only be seen from one perspective. Baecker contrasts evil in art with the complexity of the surface. The surface is the only true occurrence, even in all its abysmal opacity.<\/p>\n

With their SURFACES series, KOSCHIES explore new paths in portrait photography. In contrast to other photographic positions, such as that of Diane Arbus, who focussed on photographing “evil” in the course of her work, the aim here is to open up another dimension visually in the true sense of the word. The artist duo pursues this goal with special time slit cameras that transform temporal succession into spatial juxtaposition.<\/p>\n

The two-dimensional images created in this way retain the classic height dimension, but replace the expansion of width with the perspective of time. These photographs reject the unambiguousness of the familiar central perspective. Space is no longer a property of geometry, but is held together by the presence of the people photographed.<\/p>\n

These portraits are not limited to faces, but show heads. Their chronological representation not only enables the simultaneous perception of all side views – it also allows the simultaneous perception of the emotions that have become visible during the shooting and the visual effects of states of being such as serenity, tension or inner restlessness. Thirty seconds in front of a running slit camera is too long a time to conceal all the individual’s peculiarities.
\nThe special recording technique creates relief-like landscapes of faces and heads. These panoramic views of the human head, which some perceive as “evil”, are not based on digital manipulation. They are based solely on the influence of time itself, which was instrumentalised during the shooting, and document its progression.<\/p>\n

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Artists of the Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joss Bachhofer
\nThomas Beurich
\nLo Graf von Blickensdorf
\nHorst G. Brune
\nGerd Dengler
\nDagmar Detlefsen
\nEugen Egner
\nRainer Ehrt
\nAnke Feuchtenberger
\nRebecca Fleiter
\nRobert Gernhardt \u2020
\nGerhard Glu\u0308ck
\nKatharina Greve
\nSwaantje Gu\u0308ntzel
\nSimone Haack
\nKlaus Halfar
\nRainer Hofmann-Battiston
\nFrank Hoppmann
\nRudi Hurzlmeier
\nJAMIRI (Jan-Michael Richter)
\nHorst Janssen \u2020
\nErnst Kahl
\nMarian Kamensky
\nKola (Erika Anna Kolaczinski)
\nKOSCHIES (Axel und Birgit Koschies)
\nFrank Kunert
\nDorthe Landschulz
\nUlrike Martens
\nSusannah Martin
\nHiltrud Esther Menz
\nTil Mette
\nArndt M\u00f6ller
\nUlrike M\u00f6ltgen
\nJub M\u00f6nster
\nAnnette M\u00fcllender
\nMartin Nill
\nAndreas No\u00dfmann
\nOliver Ottitsch
\nJustine Otto
\nBernd Pfarr \u2020
\nGideon Pirx
\nAri Plikat
\nSabine Prilop
\nRuth Reiche
\nHaugrund (Jochen Schaudig)
\nEberhard Schlotter \u2020
\nMatthias Schwoerer
\nSOBE (Peter Zimmer)
\nMichael Sowa
\nJantien Sturm
\nPeter Thulke
\nKarl Thun
\nRolf Tiemann
\nPeter Tuma
\nEinar Turkowski
\nAndreas Uebele
\nErnst Volland
\nZoppe Voskuhl \u2020[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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