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Cosmic Treatment, 2025
The Tourkovunia Mountains divide the north-east of Athens into the urban areas of Galatsi and Psychiko / Filotheio. Athenians visit the hills to walk their dogs, fly drones, drift, climb or have a family picnic. You can find burnt areas, fallen trees and dirt bike tracks. Artists spray gaffities on the rough walls of the quarry and goats graze where crystals grow out of the ground. It's a place where the unexpected comes together.
Over a period of several months I analysed visitors to this multi-dimensional space and created works using materials from the site.
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Cladding (ongoing)
gelatin silver print baryta, eylets, wood
210 x 100 x 60 cm
The work Cladding was created as part of an artist-in-residence programme in Salzburg. It depicts the façade of a shingled house. This technique was used in the past to protect the roof and weather side of a house from the elements. Larch timbers are split and attached to the house as overlaps. The cladding scales the building and makes it stand out. The wall, as the third skin of the body, protects and defines a living space, a property and a place of retreat. It is the boundary between private and public, immovable and precisely defined by contract.
By removing the wall from its original static form, it becomes a performative object that can be worn. The static appearance remains intact and makes people themselves more immobile. Beings create shells, clothes, houses built for an indefinite future. The thoughts and ideals of society harden and persist.
Bodies of Minds of Mental Objects (ongoing)
gelatin silver prints
variale sizes
The tension between body and mind can feel like a path split in two. Am I wearing a body? Or does my body contain a mind? The body, with its physical presence, grounds us in the material world, while the mind is a sphere of abstraction and imagination, the birthplace of ideas, dreams, memories and the very perception of reality.
How did humans discover this duality in the first place, and is it real? Somehow it seems to make sense only through language? I would like to think more about this, but it confuses me. So I grab my parcel and move on.Fragil Handle With CareNeck CarePower Transmission
Photo: Daniel Hill ( Masc Foundation)
Thinking out too loud, 2024
imitation leather, eyelts
35cm x 15 cm x 25 cm
Thinking out loud is a dangerous situation because once a thought is put into words, it is difficult to take it back. Expressed thoughts create realities and can offend oneself and others.
The performative object deals with the everlasting dialogue with oneself in which thoughts are reflected, shaped and translated into language. We are constantly weighing up what is meant for the inner and outer world. When we think aloud, this boundary is broken and words burst out of us uncontrollably, regardless of the possible consequences.
The artificial leather boxing glove can be worn like a helmet. It is an extension of the body and transforms the head into a dangerous weapon. Eyes, mouth and nose are bound. You find yourself in a situation where you are helpless from the inside and seen as an aggressor from the outside
Photo Carlo Zapella
Photo: Johnny Linder
What you hide in the walls, 2024
The idea of dowels is not nearly as old as hanging pictures on walls, and they have accelerated the possibilities and mobility of pictures. At best, they remain hidden in the wall, or if they do become visible, they can be quickly spiked with toothpaste. But they follow their own logic and are the adapter between space and content. The small pins connect the space as an inner shell with the interior. They are variable in size and yet small. The plug is more than a material to be used. It varies in form, application and attitude. It constantly evolves and adapts to its environment.
- Spreitzdübel: oder was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält, 2024 Screenprint on Canvas, Eylets
- Spring IV, 2024 Embossed mould made paper
- Eckstein, Eckstein, alles muss versteckt sein, 2024, Plaster Emailpaint
Spreizduebel: oder was die Welt im Innersten zusammen hält, 2024,
Dito Space
Spring IV, 2024 , Dito SpaceEckstein, Eckstein, alles muss versteckt sein, 2024, Dito Space
Photo: Paula Kreuzer (from left. Hoelzgen, Linder, Mahlknecht)
This side Up, 2024
Interverntion in public space
Whitechapel, London
Up' is a concept based on seeing oneself as the centre of reference, which only applies in the context of the Earth. Outside the Earth, the idea of 'above' loses its meaning because it is tied to gravity. In a sense, 'up' only exists because it defines 'down'. The up arrow can be misleading - it seems to point upwards, but it actually means the starting point or origin.
Extending this concept to something larger, such as a house, shows how the placement of such arrows can rotate the building and redefine its orientation in space. In this way, the relationship of objects to direction and gravity is reconceptualised through the definition of coordinates.This side Up, 2024
ASAP, 2024
Intervention in public space
Hernals, Vienna
ASAP is a phrase used in online communication. As soon as possible' is intended to persuade the recipient to do something as soon as possible. There is no deadline and no reason - a gesture of power. The oversized message is located at an intersection in Vienna. There is no rest here - everyone is trying to get to the next destination as quickly as possible. They are running, trying to catch a train or rushing to get home. The place seems like a non-place where you can't linger.
The writing above people's heads sets the agenda. Faster! Do it now! Urgent! As soon as possible is an expression used to stress people, but about what? What are the important issues these days that we need to reflect on and take action on as soon as possible?ASAP, 2024
Hydro Harmonics, 2024
soundscape
3.43 min
The toilet flushes, the boiler hums and the shower runs. These sounds form the soundtrack of our everyday lives - familiar and yet often overheard, drowned out by the noise of our thoughts. In my work I explore what happens when we pay more attention to these sounds and perceive them not just as background noise, but as music.
The soundscape 'Hydro Harmonics' focuses on the everyday 'musical instruments' that we rarely pay attention to. Each household has its own unique soundscape, with its own rhythm, dynamics and motifs. The kettle, for example, emits an unmistakable crescendo that makes the house shake. We all play these instruments every day.
The work invites us to actively perceive the composition of dripping, rushing, splashing and bubbling. Every household has its own sound and offers the opportunity to explore it acoustically.
Nicht jeder Gedanke muss zu Ende gedacht, 2024
Intervention in public space
Landstraße (Bezirk), Vienna
The work shows a play of thoughts in German. "Not every thought has to be thought through to the end". In German language, the last word is missing and the mind completes the word without intending to. Similar to the concept of "Don't think about a blue elephant", the brain does not follow linguistic restrictions.
Completing a thought may seem logical, but it can also be absurd, because thinking is complex and does not follow the rules of language. You start thinking at birth and you stop thinking at the end of your life. People sometimes feel the need to finish a task they have started, but this is not always possible or necessary. The work shown in the public space questions the human urge to finish everything and to eliminate dissonance. It explores the idea of thinking beyond the formalities of language.
Nicht jeder Gedanke muss zu Ende gedacht werden, 2024
Thesaurus (ongoing)
gelatin silver print, analog collage
84 x 102 cm, 94 x 76 cm, 100 x 82 cm
The work shows an organising system from an oil paint box from the 1960s. The system kept the tubes of paint in place and prevented them from mixing.
The appearance of the material created a situation of separation. No matter what comes near this sculptural machine, it organises itself according to its own standards.
The object stands between organic and technological tendrils that intertwine like cogwheels, creating an impossible machine. The light sculpture becomes a silver, shimmering, constructed, monumental object. It is a machine that grows without use, taking root and claiming its place.
It is only through optical manipulation in the darkroom that such a floral machine becomes visible. The individual parts of the apparatus are optically assembled using the sandwich technique, interpolation and pseudo-solarisation.
Fibre Punk, 2023
gelatin silver print, eyelts
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Eliana de Camargo
115 cm x 120 cm x 52 cm
The armor made of photographic paper shows the trunk of the floss silk tree. As a defense against predators, the plant develops many spines, especially when young. Nobody dares to climb on it. Equipped with its own water reservoir, the independent character tree survives any drought.
With the help of this suit of armor, one can acquire the attributes of the plant. Although it stiffens its own position, but protects through any crisis to bloom gloriously in the next season.Foto Wien , 2023
Collecting Sharpness, 2023
modified tree, wood,thorns, cable ties, fan stand
120 cm x 100 cm x 210 cm
As the climate gets warmer and resources become more limited, leaves turn into thorns. At the beginning they are still soft and flexible, but as soon as the heat arrives, they harden and turn into a threatening weapon. Thorns not only serve as a defence mechanism, they also injure bystanders who carelessly step on them or cut themselves. The modified tree becomes dangerous, it has to fight for its position, and any method of defence can help. When I was in Greece, I collected thorns and attached them to a tree. This enabled me to give a peaceful tree the opportunity to defend itself. ‘Collecting Sharpness’ reflects the attitude of a society that changes when resources become scarce.
We came to an agreement, 2023
Intervention in public space
2.80m x 17m, Inner city, Vienna
WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT does not specify who or what exactly came to an agreement. The only thing that is clear is that it is about at least two people who have come to an agreement, which is crucial for our society. Without cooperation and agreement, the welfare state, democracy, freedom and morality would not be possible. People have different ways of living, but eventually they must agree and work together to make progress. This project aims to provoke communication and participation. It's message is universal and still open to various ways of interpretation. Our aim is to engage a discourse and not stand by in disagreement.
"PLATYPUS" is a group of seven students from various classes at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The group is named after the Australian Platypus, a unique egg-laying mammal with a poisonous sting that has a special position in evolution. It makes use of the multitude of nature and can thus react to all challenges of life. The main focus of the collaboration was not to create or display a single piece of art, but to work together as a team. How can we address current and possibly controversial issues and reach consensus progressively?
Group project by Platypus: Elisabeth Töltl, Elena Riener, Johnny Linder, Helene Slancar, Marcus Wagner, Philipp HoelzgenWe came to an agreement, 2024 (group project)
After Heat Season, 2023
technical film
5 Leafs, 10 x 8 x 3cm
Die Arbeit wurde gezeigt in der Ausstellung 123 in Athen.
Caliber 12, 2022
Pigment print of a shot 4 x 5 inch negative
mouted on alu-dibond
125 x 100cm
The analogue photo material is exposed with the shot. The bullets rip all the content out of the film, leaving only a black silhouette. The powerful language of photography includes the shot, the magazine, the bayonet and the bullet. It almost looks as if you are carrying a gun. Taking a photograph is a brutal act. After the shutter is released, there is silence. Nothing moves and the moment has passed.
Infinity has two ends, 2022 (group of works)
gelatin silver print
The group of works is an exploration of infinity. With this abstract space, physics has created a place where even a galaxy of Salamis seems possible. How true can a reality be that we can never really understand? The sky has no limits.
It is more of a philosophical perspective than a space to be explored.
When Etienne Klein presented a photo of a chorizo as Proxima Centauri on Twitter in 2022, it was difficult to tell the difference from a real star. What does it mean for our view of space if a salami is as real as a star?
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Neue Urformen der Kunst, 2021
gelatin silver prints, nails, magnets
140 x 130cm
The work takes up the idea of the 'living ornament', inspired by Karl Blossfeldt's photographic collection of plant forms, which characterised the aesthetics of Art Nouveau. While floral patterns were carved into stone in the architecture of the time, plants are now returning to the home as living elements. They are cared for like pets and collected like art.
Plants are no longer just decoration, but a link between man and nature. Houseplants grow in space as living ornaments.
The installation questions what architecture and art can mean in a changing world.
4 min, 2021
2.18 min, looped
We are constantly reminded that beauty and success ride the same wave. So it is only logical to invest. We build our capital with sweat and tears. Success is what the insights reveal. The 4-minute video performance invites the audience to participate.
Beauty, success, health and capital melt together in a cult-like world of fitness.
It's a workout for all those who want to shake off their likes.
nature: aesthetic disorder, 2020
photobook, 64 Pages, 27 pictures
With the anthropocentric world view, which is already given to us in the Bible, man has extracted himself from nature and apparently placed himself above it. He has created an "environment" in which he differentiates himself from the "natural world".
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