ARTWORK DESCRIPTION:
From the project ”photographic parabola in blue” the installation ”staging of life” is shown.
A triptych of real states of human existence. A day on the beach times three.
The perception is three-dimensional: reception, memory and reconstruction. The three-dimensionality is illustrated by the portrait cube. The cords inside of the cube illustrate the individuality of the perception and the music enables an audible immersion.
What is seen is saved in individual parts and reassembled. Enveloped by a past banal reality - yet in a seemingly calm atmosphere. In the repetitive reception, memories are made visible and audible.
Music in the portrait cube installation by Ian Constable. (www.ianconstable.ch)
BIOGRAPHY:
Brigitte Gaggl - 1978, born in Villach, Austria. I live and work in Vienna and Zurich.
After studying business administration in Vienna, I trained as a photographer and videographer at the College for Photography and Audiovisual Media at Grafische XIV Vienna from 2000 onwards, followed by a master’s degree in image science at Donau Universität Krems. During my master’s thesis, I worked on journalistic war & confict photography.
Focussing on aesthetic change and visual communication of conflicts through photography, my thesis proved to be particularly valuable for my photographic work, among other things for the further development of my own visual language.
I’ve been self-employed since 2006. Leveraging my extensive experience, I’ve also worked as a lecturer in adult education (dipl. adult trainer) in Vienna and Zurich.
The passion to produce and work with pictures becomes stronger every year. Because a photograph is more than an image. It can inform, emotionalize and manipulate.