HALFSLINK
2014
print on duraskin
studium: fotografie,film,graphic in krefeld & darmstadt bei prof.opitz,bartel und magnus. ausstellungen im in/ausland. buchprojekte: 2006 the chelsea project/ 2008 for ruth/ 2011 america online/ 2013 behind the painted smile/ 2013 DVD-project "the red 2013 saatchi-gallery/london,2014 buchproject:Bilderbuch",2015 "Saatchi-London"2016 buchprojekt "UNSEEN".er lebt mit seiner frau,der malerin ruth dahm, in den bayr.alpen. contact: michadahm@gmx.de
moray mayr,curatorBy demonstrating the omnipresent lingering of a ‘corporate world’, I investigate the dynamics of landscape, including the manipulation of its effects and the limits of spectacle based on our assumptions of what landscape means to us. Rather than presenting a factual reality, an illusion is fabricated to conjure the realms of our imagination. Using written and drawn symbols, a world where light-heartedness rules and where rules are undermined is created. By exploring the concept of landscape in a nostalgic way, I touch various overlapping themes and strategies. Several reoccurring subject matter can be recognised, such as the relation with popular culture and media, working with repetition, provocation and the investigation of the process of expectation