Magdalena Joanna Wittchen

MA work

Red Yellow, Magdalena Joanna Wittchen 2019
C type print
127 cm x 190.5 cm | Photographer: Magdalena Joanna Wittchen
Red Blue, Magdalena Joanna Wittchen 2019
C type print
127 cm x 190.5 cm | Photographer: Magdalena Joanna Wittchen

STREET

A no-man’s land, transitional, anti-hierarchical, a public space.

History – from flaneur to protest;

Gilets Jaunes, socio-political structures;

religion, race, sex. The female presence.

Challenging diversity, the origin, the result and multiple meaning.

NIGHT

Transformation, shadows – echoes highlighting the invisible.

‘Under the cover of night’ social structures change,
roles reverse.

Histories alive. Haunting the senses – Les Chants de Maldoror.

Awake!

COLOUR & LIGHT

Movement, bodies, space. Together but separate.

Constant, the one – the other.

The dynamic of the mass vs the singular entity and all forms

of nothing and everything.

A blaze of dark and light!

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I am interested in group dynamics and visibility of the singular frame within the urban canvas and the incidental happenings which populate it.
I explore the female presence, empowerment and involvement in 'The Moment' against centuries of marginalisation and sexual division toward the female.
I use the canvas of concrete, the urban language of the metropolis, the shadow, the light and the physical language of the inhabitants which cloak my camera’s mood through layers of textures and density of colour.
My aim is to search between the lines while addressing the cause and effect of suggestive moments captured through my camera lens.

Degrees
BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, 2016; FdA Art & Design, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, 2013

Exhibitions
WIP, Royal College of Art, London, 2017; Undergraduate Summer Show, Chelsea College of Arts, London, 2016; Translation Show, Chelsea College of Arts, London, 2015; 'Raw Talent', Hoxton Arches, London, 2015; 'Space in Between', 5th Base Gallery, London, 2015; 'Eigengrau', Fourth Floor Studios, London, 2014; CCC - BAYE - Acme Project Space, London, 2014