Time Flies
Opening, Deutschland
2011
A closer look at the work
Opening (2011) brings together two phases of the opening of the Bread & Butter trade fair at the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport: thousands of visitors waiting and the crowd streaming in once the entrances open. The photographic collage was created from two analogue long exposures, subsequently combined digitally.
The hall’s regular architectural structure provides a fixed framework for the crowd. While the architecture remains sharply defined, bodies overlap as traces of movement. The long exposures extend the captured moment; the montage brings situations separated in time into a shared pictorial space.
Anticipation and the beginning of movement thus appear side by side. The gaze shifts between recognisable individuals and a crowd whose movement shapes the image.
An edition print has been held in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale) since 2017 as a gift from the artist: ChromaLuxe print, framed, 180 × 105 cm.
Format and edition details
Größe:
180 × 105 cm, Auflage 4/5 + 2 AP
240 × 140 cm, Auflage 2/3 + 2 AP
Jahr: 2011
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