Project Description
Bauhaus master László Moholy-Nagy experimented extensively with the medium of photography and is considered one of the most important theorists of the New Vision. When the Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau in 1926, he and his wife Lucia Moholy moved into one of the master houses designed by Walter Gropius. The first darkroom at the Bauhaus was set up in this house. The house was completely destroyed in the last days of the war in March 1945. From 2011 to 2014, the Moholy-Nagy Master House was rebuilt as part of an urban repair. The architectural firm Bruno Fioretti Marquez (BFM) designed an architecture of imprecision with the aim of abstracting what is remembered. The cubature of the house was reconstructed in exposed concrete. Every window, every door is in exactly the right place. But all those details were left out that would give information about the exact scale: Balcony railings, window divisions, etc. The internal layout was reduced as much as possible, walls and ceilings were left out where they were not needed. The series shows the new master house in the experimental style of the New Vision, the visual aesthetics of László Moholy-Nagy. Multiple exposures, negative reversal, solarization, light-dark patterns and photomontages are used to emphasize light nuances and provide a new view at the architecture of the Bauhaus.
Bio
Born in 1970 in Berlin Friedrichshain. Self-taught, member of the Brandenburg Association of Visual Artists. Since 2008, conceptual long-term projects and series in documentary style on the themes of the built environment and urban cityscapes. Since 2018 participation in competitions and exhibitions. Recognitions in over 50 different competitions with works from 11 various series.
I am interested in the context of buildings and their history, as well as the socio-cultural interactions and social implications from the structural design of our environment. My attention here is focused on places and their fate: houses, urban landscapes, industry, in their time, their context, their becoming and passing. My focus is on the transformation of architecture and the change of the built environment in all its facets: development, new construction, change of use, redesign, interim use, vacancy, decay, redevelopment, conversion or demolition.
The Photographer’s House
Hariban Award 2023