Upon loading the webapp on an electronic device with an internet connection and camera, wait for the webapp to open and for the camera view to appear on the screen.
Then aim the camera at the targets below, minding to have the black squares below the images in the view of the camera:
Five pieces of furniture, part of a jewish archive, from pre-1920s Germany have been re-imagined in their possible uses in day to day life.
What is the project about?
This project, combining digital and traditional media, focuses on artistic work with and about archives and visualising how the objects from the archive might have once been used by the owners.
I am working from photographs of furniture from the Ehrenberg family, a liberal jewish family who is one of the lucky few that could keep ownership of their possessions during the Nazi regime in Germany. Their adopted, non-jewish son Heinz Ehrenberg, still alive today, has a collection that includes the furniture I am working with here.
Despite not being able to get into contact with him personally I had the chance to work from photos… and my imagination.
Click on the images to view the individual project pages with essays about the process and the meaning behind the displayed images.
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When it all comes together and works
The Images are all photographs from the live installation during Rundgang 2019 at Kunsthochschule Kassel.
General Disclaimer!
I am not jewish yet myself. I am studying towards becoming jewish and working on the conversion process. This is a long process that can take many years and requires intense studying under rabbinic guidance. My opinions do not necessarily represent the jewish majority (which would be difficult anyway, judaism is anything but monolithic).
