honorable mention
Dirk Friese germany
title
Kunfando
In 2009 a process of experimentation with the manipulation of digital images and the combination of several photographs into one image began. So gradually a new kind of image emerged, which I now call "Kunfando", which means as much as fusion. While processing these images on the computer uses technical means, it follows primarily the intuition.
These new pictures are made from photographs of very different things, often only small details, but sometimes also of great extent. Their shapes, textures and colors form the basic material of the works created from it.
Manipulating and combining these photos changes the content. The fusion of several photos creates new shapes, new colors and images, in which the objects of the underlying photos are usually no longer recognizable. But the photos are not simply superimposed, instead only parts of the individual photos reconnect with parts of other photos. Other parts disappear completely. The original elements dissolve and something new emerges.
The resulting images are more reminiscent of abstract painting than of photography. The result is complex, sometimes very color-intensive - it creates rooms for associations.
The work deliberately does not carry any titles in order not to lead the imagination and impression of the viewer in a certain direction or restrict it.
Following several years living and working in Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Berlin, I finally moved to Landin (Westhavelland), where I currently live and work.
After unfinished University studies with a focus on art therapy and cultural work and an employment at the Ministry of Culture of North-Rhine-Westphalia I received an apprenticeship as an ergotherapist with subsequent, long-time work in the psychiatric field.
During these years I worked with various artistic and craft media and techniques, especially working with clay / ceramics and photography.
From 2009 to 2011: training as a ceramist with Felix Reinhard Mields at the Künstlerhof Blankenfelde in Berlin and the ceramist school in Naumburg.
Also since 2009 own artistic work with experimental photography and development of the Kunfando images.
At the end of 2012 I moved to Landin as a full-time artist and put up my own workshop and the Atelier Saralya.
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entry description
About the origin of the pictures:In 2009 a process of experimentation with the manipulation of digital images and the combination of several photographs into one image began. So gradually a new kind of image emerged, which I now call "Kunfando", which means as much as fusion. While processing these images on the computer uses technical means, it follows primarily the intuition.
These new pictures are made from photographs of very different things, often only small details, but sometimes also of great extent. Their shapes, textures and colors form the basic material of the works created from it.
Manipulating and combining these photos changes the content. The fusion of several photos creates new shapes, new colors and images, in which the objects of the underlying photos are usually no longer recognizable. But the photos are not simply superimposed, instead only parts of the individual photos reconnect with parts of other photos. Other parts disappear completely. The original elements dissolve and something new emerges.
The resulting images are more reminiscent of abstract painting than of photography. The result is complex, sometimes very color-intensive - it creates rooms for associations.
The work deliberately does not carry any titles in order not to lead the imagination and impression of the viewer in a certain direction or restrict it.
about the photographer
Born and grown up in Essen/Germany.Following several years living and working in Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Berlin, I finally moved to Landin (Westhavelland), where I currently live and work.
After unfinished University studies with a focus on art therapy and cultural work and an employment at the Ministry of Culture of North-Rhine-Westphalia I received an apprenticeship as an ergotherapist with subsequent, long-time work in the psychiatric field.
During these years I worked with various artistic and craft media and techniques, especially working with clay / ceramics and photography.
From 2009 to 2011: training as a ceramist with Felix Reinhard Mields at the Künstlerhof Blankenfelde in Berlin and the ceramist school in Naumburg.
Also since 2009 own artistic work with experimental photography and development of the Kunfando images.
At the end of 2012 I moved to Landin as a full-time artist and put up my own workshop and the Atelier Saralya.
back to gallery
