iris (/ˈaɪrɨs/) ἴρις
2010 – 2013
text: zur Welt kommen

“..the idea that matter knows itself”

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the magician is older than the priest (diptych)
2013 photomontage each 80 x 120 cm
portrait of mother with a digitally merged reptile/snake eye. model of a possible sapient. symbol of original knowledge.

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Mother
2010 photomontage  29 x 42 cm
nightstad-edition 10 x 15 cm

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“the quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting. countable and uncountable.”

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luminosity
2013 digital photomontage 55 x 100 cm /  110 x 200 cm
the textures were created through photographs of intestines, filled with water and spawn in front of a lightbox

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8or8on
2010 digital photomontages, sizes on request

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Blue Iris

“Iris lives in-between worlds, where matter and illusion merge.”

The iris is a thin, circular structure in the eye, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupil and thus the amount of light reaching the retina. In Greek mythology, Iris (ἴρις) is the personification of the rainbow. Iris links the gods to humanity. She travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other and into the depths of the sea and the underworld.

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Blue Iris, 2015, HD Video, color, sound, 1.20 Min. (Loop 1:11)
Cast: Ursula Anna Baumgartner and Nika Brettschneider
Music: Thomas Stempkowski
Camera: Jakub Kavin
Concept/Director/Editing: Shirin Kavin

Exhibited:

2017 Räume der Gegenwart, Videoscreening, Kinopavillon, Künstlerhaus Salzburg (A) / about
2013 Humans, Group Exhibition, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (A) / photos and press
2013 Humans, Group Exhibition, Galerie Prisma, Bozen (I) / photos and press
2013 ltd Exposition, Group Exhibition, Galerie Kiosk Tabak, Zürich (CH) / about
2010 Panama Plus, Group Exhibition, Festival, Ampere Muffatwerk, München (DE)
Publications:
2013 Humans, Kunstverein Kärnten, Exhibition-Catalogue, ISBN 978-3-200-03055-8 (A) / preview PDF
2011 Père&Mère, 155 épreuves d’artistes, la Martinière, Artbook, ISBN 978-2-7324-4917-3 (FR) /review / order
2011 Le Pater et La Mater, Libération Le Mag, Online a. Print Newspaper -Cover, Paris (FR) / view cover

also take a look at: i saw the sun