2nd place
silver star award
Thomas Friedrich Schaefer
germany 
title
Experiential Spaces
The family home is often defined by the things we associate with it. These entities exist as both objects in their own right and referencepoints upon which we frame our memories. Recalling these places and the things evokes the experience of nostalgia.
In creating the space the artist experiences an emotional novelty as the installation triggers memories of a previously experienced space.
These experiential spaces are historically accurate reconstructions of childhood memories- bringing to mind questions of the accuracy of memory. Hand build sets were constructed and documented with digital photography before being deconstructed- making the place as ephemeral and intangible as one's memory. The installation is only evident in the photograph itself.
The depicted space, reconstructed from memory and imagination can lead to a new view when looking at the past.
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entry description
Experiential SpacesThe family home is often defined by the things we associate with it. These entities exist as both objects in their own right and referencepoints upon which we frame our memories. Recalling these places and the things evokes the experience of nostalgia.
In creating the space the artist experiences an emotional novelty as the installation triggers memories of a previously experienced space.
These experiential spaces are historically accurate reconstructions of childhood memories- bringing to mind questions of the accuracy of memory. Hand build sets were constructed and documented with digital photography before being deconstructed- making the place as ephemeral and intangible as one's memory. The installation is only evident in the photograph itself.
The depicted space, reconstructed from memory and imagination can lead to a new view when looking at the past.
about the photographer
Born 1983 in Mainz, Germany, raised in Sao Paulo, Brasil and re-imigrated to Germany for studying, Thomas Friedrich Schaefer was faced with different social and specially family backgrounds. Since moving back to Germany, he tries to dispute himself with his memories and his past.back to gallery
