Plexus
Φωτογράφος: Helfrecht, Elena
Σχεδιαστής: Linneu, João || Steirou, Myrto
Φωτογραφίες της/του: Helfrecht, Elena
Κείμενα: Grudova, Camilla
Επιλογή περιεχομένου: Linneu, João || Steirou, Myrto
Εξαντλημένο
ISBN: 978-618-5479-28-2
Void, Αθήνα, 9/2023
1η έκδ., Αγγλική
€ 45.00 (περ. ΦΠΑ 6%)
Βιβλίο, Σκληρόδετο
31 x 24 εκ, 909 γρ, 104 σελ.
Σύντομη περιγραφή
Photography book by Elena Helfrecht
Περιγραφή
Following the death of her grandmother, artist Elena Helfrecht embarked on a photographic journey through her family’s estate in Bavaria. Employing the interiors, objects and archives, she began to explore the ideas of inherited trauma and postmemory—the relationship following generations have to the traumas of those who came before.
In her black and white photographs, Helfrecht uses the house and its contents to stage an allegorical play. The interiors and still lifes, which at first glance appear to show mundane objects and scenes, become increasingly unsettling: stalactite-like deposits drip sideways from walls, dark chasms open up beneath the floor boards, a snake coils around a dolls’ house and chairs hang from the beams. As the narrative progresses, motifs of eggs, birds and fleshy growths (a nod to the title, ‘Plexus’—a network of nerves or vessels) are interwoven with archival family photographs, hinting at links and connections between inscrutable symbols, people and places.