analog, b/w fotographs, middleformat, archival inkjet print on cotton paper

Stones? Textures of granite? Or veins; fossils of miniscule sizes magnified to the size of the visible; or they are alive, and only the stillness of the photograph makes them motionless? Maybe they are the traces, captured in time, of the movement of heavenly bodies, travelling in multitudes and thus reminding one of live organisms? “Dune” and associations with many other fantasy films flood in instantly,

ultimately leaving a strong feeling that one had come across images in which science and art had become a single whole. The textures, which have grown in the black and white photographs of Heike Kaltenbrunner – are due to her enthusiasm for science and her understanding of creativity as a laboratory. Is it the spirit of the 20s of the of the 20th century?…

by Dr. Irina Tchmyreva
From the booklet to the exhibition „found some magic“
translated from Russian by P. Glebov and R. O’Dowd.

1st edition, 3 multiples, 60 by 60 cm each, mounted on dibond with archival hotglue

2nd edition, 15 multiples, 20,5 by 20,5 cm, frames

thanks to Atelier Neundlinger for studiospace, supervision and the right questions and

Bojan Radovic & House of Photography for Print and Production support.