Michael Michlmayr: Time Stories
© Michael Michlmayr
About The Exhibition
The VASA exhibition of Vienna (Austria) based photographer Michael Michlmayr includes a number of works (photographs and videos) that explore ideas and techniques concerning time and space. As demonstrated by the two images on this page Michlmayr invites the viewer to explore his editorial combinations of the passage of time from the same optical perspective.
The photograph above is a combination or blending of digital files recorded over a short period of time from the same point in space. The image below is a record of the sun's position (the earth rotate) over a 24 hour period on the same frame of analog film. As noted in his video the black and white film develops itself, a result of the long exposure time. (the film is then fixed in the traditional manner) As noted below the sun's intensity burns a surface on to the film
The exhibition includes a number of videos produced on the same concept, masterly edited and combined.
Text commentary is provided by Petra Noll-Hammerstiel a Vienna Austria based critic and curator with essays by Claudia Marion Stemberger and Dan Duda.
Exhibition Curator: Roberto Muffoletto
© Michael Michlmayr
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On VASA Exhibitions:
VASA Exhibitions over the years have provided a platform for individual and group exhibitions, collaborative exhibitions with various organizations and galleries and exhibitions that follow a particular theme or inquiry such as “Where Do We Go Now” curated by Rui Cepeda and the “Kharkiv School of Photography: Soviet Censorship to New Aesthetics” curated by Igor Manko.
VASA Exhibitions are international and multicultural. The curatorial team has strived to present work that not only represents the photographers but also the social, historical and cultural. As an online international project, VASA works to engage various digital tools. Video, as an example, not only offers the potential for the presentation of works, it provides the opportunity and framework for the voice of the author to be seen and heard. Through image, text, sound and animation, VASA works to expand the exhibition paradigm and provide a rich experience for the viewer (as well as the author).
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