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PEOPLE SCANS ___ a poject by Kurt Hoerbst
FINISHED SERIES
darmstadt_scans 2013
vienna_scans 2012
venetian_scans 2011
DESCRIPTION
people_scans_german.pdf
people_scans_english.pdf
Read an english / german interview about the project
people_scans published in PHOTONEWS April 2013
UPCOMING
BEIJING SCANS (CHINA 2013) -- 20.- 30.5.2013
DARMSTADT_ SCANS (Germany 2013) - Opening 3.5.2013
MOOSBURG SCANS (Austria 2013)
RIGA SCANS (Latvia 2014)
WACHAU SCANS (Austria 2014)
VIENNA SCANS
Exhibition Ars Electronica Center Linz
VERNISSAGE (PHOTOS)
March 7th 2013 & Deep Space Presentation
Exhibition
March - April 2013
VIENNA SCANS 2012
In cooperation with Artbits Gallery Vienna
November / December 2012
vienna_scans (vienna november 2012)
Film by Students of the University of Apllied Sciences in St. Pölten
VENETIAN SCANS 2011
ARTE LAGUNA - ART PRIZE
Winner of the ART RESIDENCE 2011
at Claudio Buziol Foundation in Venice
November / December 2011
3sat report - venetian_scans (venice december 2011)
A film by Gernot Stadler
The project is to be regarded as a counterpoint to the high speeds found in digital photography.
Not, however, as a sign of personal rejection of the new media – the idea behind this project is
more a form of concept-based personal slowdown, concentrated work, personal awareness
of the environment.
The technical part is handled by a high resolution digital camera which moves along a specially
designed rail system and can be used to photograph and scan individual surfaces/objects/subjects.
The individual images are then put together to make life-size pictures. A finished picture consists
of up to 20 individual images – giving you a high-quality finish. When you take a closer look at
the finished picture, the high technical quality reveals new aspects in the contents.
The with regard to the genre of portrait photography and the slowing down of what is normally a
very spontaneous act in portrait photography represent an additional aspect of communication
between photographer and model. The photographer takes on an exceptionally domineering
role in this „game“. He literally rises above the model. The model has no possibility of
movement. He or she is at the mercy of the photographer for one to two minutes.
The result is a form of victim/assailant situation (as is very often the case in photography).
The shooting angle does the rest, making sure that once the exhibition picture is put up
vertically again, there is something strange, distant and removed about it.
An impersonal, unapproachable image develops, something that can only be
the result of personal trust and personal closeness …