ROBERT BODNAR
LICHTFELD
Activity Day March 1, 2022
Time: 00:00 – 24:00
Materials: 13 PVC pipes (5 m), 2 lasers (red, violet), 4 mirrors (10 cm x 15 cm), 12 smoke bombs
Slowly, the drone flies over the meadow. Once it reaches the focal point, the abstract-looking sculpture made of pipes suddenly locks into place. A "trompe-de-caméra" becomes visible. The previously expanded space dissolves and becomes flat. Robert Bodnar's "LICHTFELD" developed from the idea of incorporating the drone, which was meant to document every intervention of the overall project from an aerial perspective, into the conceptual idea. The artwork explores the inner mechanics of photography using photography itself, making it tangible through the flying camera. The focal point symbolizes an ephemeral, highly virtualized photographic perspective that, despite its supposed post-photographic momentum, finds itself in the midst of the optical physics of the medium.
Artwork - Déjà vu
Photography
Title: Lichtfeld
Year: 2022
Technique: Inkjet print on Hahnemühle – Luster
Dimensions of the photograph: 42 cm x 59 cm
Frame: Black lacquered wood
Transit - Pouvoir
ROBERT BODNAR
Robert Bodnar, born in Prague in 1980, is an artist who lives and works in Vienna and Lower Austria. He studied at the University of Vienna and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Cornelia Hefel & Richard Großschädl
Cornelia Hefel, was born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg. She completed a specialized course for fashion design, a higher technical school (HTL) for textile technology, various dance training, and finally the HTL College of Photography in Leyserstrasse, Vienna. She served as an assistant to Horst Stasny in Linz, Nikolaus Walter in Feldkirch, and Elfie Semontan in Vienna. In 1998, she began working as a freelance artist in the medium of photography. Her work has appeared in various publications, as well as in group and solo exhibitions, most recently in 2022 ALL, member exhibition at Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, and round 72, Angelo Roventa, Bregenz. Her work is in the collections of the state of Vorarlberg (acquisitions in 2009, 2016, 2018, 2020) and private collectors.
Richard Großschädl, freelance photographer.
