Solidarität
2024-2025
Different collections of items from family members who lived in East Germany (GDR, 1949-1990) were used as an inspiration for this project.
Fascinated by ordinary items produced under socialism with vastly different aesthetics and purposes, I reinterpreted and processed them to create a new visual composition.
Utilizing fabric as canvas and experimenting with risograph, I created a pair of curtains and a set of postcards to display the different visual combinations.
The project leaned in on “serendipity”, where coincidence played an important role in the making and production.
Materials
Donation stamps from organizations from East Germany (ex. for workers, women and youth), family photos taken with Practika cameras, patterns from ordinary household items (ex. plates, cups and textiles)
Layers
1. Donation stamps and family photos that went through multiple rounds of scanning, processing and reordering
2. Patterns from different household items made into geometric shapes
Photography support: Seongjin Joeng
Course
Fragmenting Found Footage (WS 2024/2025)
Faculty of Art and Design, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Supervised by Prof. Markus Weisbeck, Dipl. Des. Adrian Palko
