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103-104 | 2008
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Elke Krystufek’s methods of self-enactment, but also her questioning of her position as a subject in the exploitation system and »luxury business art« gave rise to the ironic-assertive title of her solo exhibition: »Responsible for a certain amount of luck«, that she designed at Camera Austria in Kunsthaus Graz. As if in response to this (self) asserted responsibility (that refers to the theme of the 2008 »steirischer herbst« festival), the title of her book, published in the Edition Camera Austria for this exhibition and containing the first collection of writings by the artist, is NEIN (No). In Elke Krystufek’s performative and staging methodology, as demonstrated by her text and image contribution to this issue too, everything becomes material: writing, language, photography, painting, film and sculpture combine to form a reflective scrutiny of the artistic stance and working method and, as a work, also illustrate the process of its creation. Various forms of (self) enactment are the focal topic in this issue of Camera Austria, a double issue by way of exception. One of our aims was to bring together some of the works of artists whom we have featured in exhibitions over the past two years. During the last few weeks we have sent our subscribers the index of Camera Austria No. 1 – 100, an important reference of the content of one hundred issues of Camera Austria. In this issue of Camera Austria we would like to draw your attention to another central aspect of our work: exhibiting. That this issue also focuses on Austrian positions is due to the fact that the subject and techniques of staging are still an important aspect in contemporary Austrian art. This is demonstrated, for example, by the works of Austrian artists Iris Klein, Sissi Farassat or Caroline Heider, that revolve around staging techniques of the female body: All three artists focus on the image of the woman in their work. In his contribution, Sylvère Lotringer focuses on the works of Iris Klein, analysing her handling of the doll that is the focal point of her dramaturgy. In her text »The folded girl« Monika Faber, in turn, analyses Caroline Heider’s handling of models, whose photos she processes by making folds in the photographic paper. Photographic paper as a carrier of visual information is also the subject of the latest work by Sissi Farassat, who also works with strategies of refusal by emphasising the back of the photo. Michael Ponstingl provides an introduction to this conceptual work. The works of Nicole Six & Paul Petritsch were already on show at Camera Austria in 2006. The aspect of re-enactment in the work of the Austrian artist couple is indebted to conceptual practices, as Reinhard Braun elaborates in his contribution. The contribution of the German/Lebanese artist couple Wolfgang Prinz and Michel Gholam also makes reference to an exhibition that we opened with a performance by the artists at Camera Austria in March this year. Maren Lübbke-Tidow presents their work, that introduces an interesting aspect into the current debate on re-enactment as a contemporary strategy in art. Christiane Zintzen, finally, comments on the works of Margherita Spiluttini – that the photographer has compiled in a series: We are pleased to have found an author who fully appreciates the work of this important Austrian photographer, its documentary meticulousness and aesthetic force. For our new column, that begins in this issue, we have invited two artists/authors, Alice Creischer and Andreas Siekmann, who will reflect critically on the relationship of image production, hegemony and violence in this and the next three issues and in the following consider the conditions of artistic production in the new metropolises of power of the globalised world. Christine Frisinghelli Maren Lübbke-Tidow November 2008 |
 
ELKE KRYSTUFEK, Sophie, from the series: Mobile Language, 2008. C-print, 30,3 cm x 20,2 cm.
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ALL ISSUES
| 2010 |
111 |
110 |
109 | ||
| 2009 |
108 |
107 |
106 |
105 | |
| 2008 |
103-104 |
102 |
101 | ||
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Index CAMERA AUSTRIA Nr. 1/1980 - 100/2007 | 2007 |
100 |
99 |
98 |
97 |
| 2006 |
96 |
95 |
94 |
93 | |
| 2005 |
92 |
91 |
90 |
89 | |
| 2004 |
88 |
87 |
86 |
85 | |
| 2003 |
84 |
83 |
82 |
81 | |
| 2002 |
80 |
79 |
77 | ||
| 2001 |
76 |
75 |
74 |
73 | |
| 2000 |
72 |
71 |
70 |
69 | |
| 1999 |
68 |
67 |
66 |
65 | |
| 1998 |
64 |
62-63 |
61 | ||