»let’s wait and see how far we get«
In my photographic work, I explore the hopeful yet painful rupture between what was and what is yet to come. The moment just before the after — and after the before, when identity, memory, and perspective collide in an almost unbearable way.
“Pictures generally have a secure place in a frame. The square of the rectangle encloses the defined area and focuses our attention. When pictures leave their frames, this indicates a loss of protective routines and habits.
Based on this idea, Sven Weber stages the departure of his elderly grandparents from their home in the most economical way imaginable as the pictures leave their frames. Three slightly displaced photos are enough for him to quietly hint at the upsetting drama that accompanies old people leaving their own four walls for good and moving into so- called assisted living. They lose the framework that has given them support up to now – ideally to gain a new supporting structure.
However, the frames and the images are still intertwined on a formal level: Alongside the driving energy of new beginnings, the inhibiting forces of inertia also become tangible.”
(Text: Bertram Kaschek, Curator of the State Gallery Stuttgart)
The quotes on the frames were spoken by my grandparents during the move.
»let’s wait and see how far we get.«
»Leave everything as it is, we’ll be back.«
»You young people always imagine it’s so easy — but it’s not.«
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