Ewa Axelrad
MA work
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Solution, Ewa Axelrad
Photography installationSolution, Ewa Axelrad
Photography installation
By creating spaces that restrict and coerce the viewer’s movement and gaze, confusing the observer with the observed, and the subject with the object, I use photography and site-specific installations that insinuate themselves into the existing architecture. A state of heightened vigilance increases a viewer’s awareness and challenges his behaviour, both inside and outside of the space. These disinfected, antiseptic spaces hygienically estrange the viewer further, aggravating the coercion to the point of violence. A violence that is directly associated with my family’s war and postwar experiences; the traces of which still resonate profoundly in my generation.
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Photography, 2010
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Contact
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07517 444097
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By creating spaces that restrict and coerce the viewer’s movement and gaze, confusing the observer with the observed, and the subject with the object, I use photography and site-specific installations that insinuate themselves into the existing architecture. A state of heightened vigilance increases a viewer’s awareness and challenges his behaviour, both inside and outside of the space. These disinfected, antiseptic spaces hygienically estrange the viewer further, aggravating the coercion to the point of violence. A violence that is directly associated with my family’s war and postwar experiences; the traces of which still resonate profoundly in my generation.
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Degrees
- Magister, Multimedia Communication, Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland, 2008
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Exhibitions
- EAST International, Norwich, 2009; Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, 2009; fresh & polish, Budapest, Hungary, 2008; SCAN 08, Tarragona, Spain, 2008
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Awards
- Visual Arts, National Cultural Center Mloda Polska Visual Arts Award, 2009; British Arts Council Visual Arts Award, 2009