博客來Between the Images
Özlem Altın (b. Goch, 1977; lives and works in Berlin) examines the relationship between photography, the archive, and the body. For her work, Altın refers to a collection of photographic images that she has assembled over the past years and combines found imagery with her own photos and paintings into dense compositions. Some motifs that resonate emotionally--the mask, the mermaid, the heron--are recurring symbols, which embody a state of in-betweenness. Altın invites viewers into immersive installations to witness processes of change and becoming. Altın is awarded the 2024 Hannah-Höch-Förderpreis. Her exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie can be read as a ＂speculative cartography.＂ The accompanying catalogue unites two volumes and is an experimental continuation of the exhibition. It contains essays by Maren Lübbke-Tidow and Federica Bueti, as well as forewords by Thomas Köhler and Katia Reich.
