An Interview with Dorte Eifeldt | Berlin Art Link

"Dörte Eißfeldt's photography is grounded in the experience of seeing: a relational seeing that holds in view not only the self and the world, but also the photographic object itself, which can act as a vital intermediary between the two. Making us encounter gentler close-ups of a neck pressed into sheets of silver, nebulated, spectral hands and snowballs that seem to glow far beyond the print's surface, her largely self-taught photographic practice probes phenomenological questions of appearance, perception and form."

"At C/O Berlin, 'Archipelago' brings together Eißfeldt's photographs with the materials that surround their making, placing sketchbooks alongside working prints, contact sheets and other small objects shown in vitrines. The exhibition, curated by Boaz Levin, foregrounds these often private formats, making visible how much of the work was made to fit a life as it was lived: portable, episodic and continuously renewed."

"According to Levin and Eißfeldt, the exhibition attends both to the photograph's objecthood and to its capacity for transformation. That curatorial aim is realized in the sustained attention given to Eißfeldt's serial works, the careful hanging executed with experimental lightness that allows the eye to move between registers and in the show's insistence on encounters with material and surface that structures the visitor's path through the exhibition space."

Dörte Eißfeldt's photography is grounded in relational seeing that positions the photographic object as an intermediary between self and world. Gentle close-ups, nebulated hands and luminous snowballs emphasize appearance, perception and form. The C/O Berlin presentation 'Archipelago' pairs photographs with sketchbooks, contact sheets and small objects in vitrines, foregrounding private, portable formats that reflect a life lived episodically. Curatorial focus attends to the photograph's objecthood and its capacity for transformation through serial works and experimentally light hangings that encourage visual movement between registers. The installation cultivates encounters with material and surface, structuring the visitor's path through layered, tactile experiences.

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